Author Archives: Andy

Setting up Firefox 2 context menu for Mac

By Andy | Published: August 12, 2009
I reinstalled Firefox 2 on a MacMini with OS X 10.3, but could not remember how to get the single-button context menu setting restored. Thanks to Google, I found a posting that had the information: On the location (address) box, type about:config (this will bring up a list of all configurable settings) On the filter [...]
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Modifying file upload settings for WordPress

By Andy | Published: May 26, 2008
In a recent post, I wanted to upload a Stuffit file with a .sitx extension, but had a problem using the upload features in WordPress (error was “file type does not meet security guidelines”). After some searching, I found this article describing how to fix this problem (modifying wp-includes/functions.php to add ‘sitx’ => ‘application/x-stuffit’). Once [...]
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Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript

By Andy | Published: May 26, 2008
MacTech Magazine recently published my two-part article titled “Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript”. In the April 2008 issue, part 1 gave an overview of test-driven development techniques using the AppleScript language, then gave a short example of those techniques using the ASUnit testing framework. In the May 2008 issue, the ASUnit framework was used to develop [...]
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Using the WordPress OPML Editor Tool

By Andy | Published: November 24, 2007
I have been testing the WordPress tool for the OPML Editor on a development WordPress weblog. Tonight, I decided to try it on my main weblog. Here goes…. It worked! I was able to successfully add another weblog to the tool setup.
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Fixing the archives link in the Copyblogger theme

By Andy | Published: August 11, 2007
After I installed the Copyblogger theme, I noticed that the “Archives” link in the header of the page did not display the archives for my site. I reviewed this article which talks about adding links to the header navigation area, but it did not have any information on my problem. After some searching, I found [...]
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Welcome to Perl.com readers!

By Andy | Published: August 8, 2007
For those of you who are coming here from my article on Perl.com titled “Making Perl Reusable with Modules“, welcome! I have continued working with the concepts of Joseph Schillinger that I described in that article. I have created a short Perl script which allows the user to create a MIDI file from a Schillinger [...]
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About this weblog

By Andy | Published: August 8, 2007
Welcome to Andy Sylvester’s Web! This is a personal weblog which will cover a variety of topics I am interested in. See the Categories section on the sidebar to get a feel for my interests. Welcome aboard!
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