Monthly Archives: June 2009

Customizing Google AdSense alternate ads

When AdSense runs out of inspiration (i.e.: no targeted ads are available), it displays public service ads by default. You can choose to replace this with a custom ad of your own choosing. To do this, you have to put a HTML page somewhere and change the alternate ads settings for the appropriate ad unit: Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on June 10, 2009, at 16:06 | 3 comments

Complete WordPress Atom feed: an XSLT transformation

Previously, I tried obtaining a full Atom feed without pagination from WordPress. I didn't succeed, so I ended up writing an XSL transformation which merges all the pages of this Atom feed into one valid Atom XML stream. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on June 10, 2009, at 15:06 | 2 comments

Enforcing Drupal URL aliases

I hate modules, especially core modules. I prefer code to be tightly integrated. I want it to work together. Is that too much to ask? In Drupal, most functionality has been stuffed in modules. There's a Locale module, a Content Translation module and a Path module. What's missing is a Working Together module. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on June 10, 2009, at 14:06 | 13 comments

Gentoo update: system

This Gentoo box needs upgrading badly. I started this in February, so perhaps it's time to continue. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on June 09, 2009, at 22:06 | No comments

With Vimperator it almost feels as if I can control Firefox

Wednesday, after returning to Groningen from Barcelona, I saw Ying using Vimperator. I was sold immediately. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 3 years ago, on June 07, 2009, at 23:06 | 4 comments