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Vampire Diaries Is a Knockoff

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There’s yet another vampire inspired series coming to television. Starting Thursday, September 10, the Vampire Diaries is coming to the CW.

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

Checking out the previews, good looking humans and vampires interact, there’s unattainable love, and danger ensues. Where have I heard that before? There’s obviously some Twilight (did you recognize that outside gazebo lighting scene?), some Buffy, and some Angel.

What a complete knockoff! I’m so there!!

YOURLS Is Mine

Finally! My own URL shortener based on YOURLS is working. While the URL shortener market is already full, why not make a custom vanity URL shortener just for fun? That’s the reason for pulp.ly! Just for fun.

Took some (unneeded) effort to launch pulp.ly, but it was a learning experience. Thanks to @mirthlab for the recommendation and thanks to @ryankanno for the tech translation and guidance.

Here’s a rundown of some of the issues I encountered in case you want to set up YOURLS.

Be sure you can read the instructions.

Don’t necessarily use the latest version of the software. I installed version 1.3RC, instead of the stable 1.2. There was no htaccess file included in 1.3 which caused problems. I thought it was this issue, but it simply was not having an htaccess file that looks like this. Update: as Ozh himself points out, there is an included .htaccess file, but Mac OS X users don’t see (and hence copy) this hidden file.  Use something like TinkerTool or xMod.

Once the YOURLS installation was working, integrating it with its companion WordPress plugin took some guessing. I guessed wrong and specified a remote YOURLS installation. Changing the installation type to local did the trick.

So if everything is indeed working right, this post should be shortened with a pulp.ly link then tweeted.

Say It With Me, I Am T-Pain

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The latest iPhone app to hit the App Store is I Am T-Pain. With this app, you too can sound like the master of the auto-tune with your iPhone doing live pitch tweaking of your voice.

If that ain’t entertaining enough, you can sing along with favorite T-Pain tunes like Bartender and I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper). And yes, you can record your performances and share them via email or Facebook or Myspace.

I Am T-Pain costs $2.99 at the App Store. Check it out.

Somewhere Jay-Z is shaking his head.

Font Conflicts From Snow Leopard

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Anyone else experience font conflicts after upgrading to Mac OS X Snow Leopard? I didn’t realize I had issues until trying to read the install instructions for YOURLS. Here’s a screen shot of what it looks for me.

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I was like this must be some developer code or something. But copying and pasting the instructions gives me a readable view:

  1. Unzip the YOURLS archive
  2. Copy includes/config-sample.php to includes/config.php
  3. Open includes/config.php with a raw text editor (like Notepad) and fill in the required settings
  4. Upload the unzipped files to your domain public_html or www folder
  5. Create a new database (see Configuration – you can also use an existing one)
  6. Point your browser to http://yoursite.com/admin/install.php

Opening Fontbook, I have a ton of duplicate fonts being reported. I think that once I resolve all these dupes, things will display normally again.

Wanted: Customized URL Shortener

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My hunt for a customized URL shortener still goes on. I do use bit.ly, su.pr, and to an extent, ginx.com, but I’d like something more customizable that supports my own domain name. Su.pr does support URL shortening with your current domain name (pulpconnection.net), but I want to use a different domain for shortening (ie pulp.ly).

So far, I haven’t been able to find a plugin or service that does this. Su.pr is close but not close enough. The hunt goes on…

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