jason reposa

Wordpress code: Find parent category of blog post

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:41:08 -0400

On MyBankTracker.com we introduced a new category structure. For reasons I won’t get into, I needed to find the parent category of the current post’s category. But, finding the parent category was surprisingly difficult using standard Wordpress functions. Anyways, this code is based on get_category_parents() which can be found in wp-includes/category-template.php. Note: this is tail recursive, so it could be rewritten to be iterative. Feel free to copy and redistribute.

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// Recursively traverse the parent child relationships of categories, returning when found the parent with no parents

// $id is the child category, ignore $visited on the first call (based on get_category_parents() in category-template.php)

// Used on: http://www.mybanktracker.com/bank-news/

function mbt_get_category_parent( $id, $visited = array() ) {

$parent = &get_category( $id );

if ( is_wp_error( $parent ) )

return $parent;

if ( $parent->parent && ( $parent->parent != $parent->term_id ) && !in_array( $parent->parent, $visited ) ) {

$visited[] = $parent->parent;

return mbt_get_category_parent( $parent->parent, $visited );

}

return $parent;

}

As expected, use this code at your own discretion. No support or liability implied by sharing this.

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Yojimbo + Dropbox + sleepwatcher

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:55:11 -0400

There is a great post on the Yojimbo google group about how to get Yojimbo working on Dropbox. This allows you to use synchronize your notes/passwords/etc over more than one computer. http://groups.google.com/group/yojimbo-talk/msg/9465b1c53650a2b9

The one snag is that you can only have Yojimbo running on one machine at a time. In order to work around this limitation I’ve used the command line tool sleepwatcher to monitor when a computer goes idle, so after 10 minutes of idle it will run a script that tells Yojimbo to quit. Download sleepwatcher here: http://www.bernhard-baehr.de/

Here are the scripts to do it. …

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Bill Gates' Generosity

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:50:12 -0500

I’ve purchased Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000 and XP. I’m finally at peace with that now that I know that part of the money has gone to people really who need it.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7007734.ece

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Do you need a seed investment to get VC?

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:57:25 -0500

I posted this question on Hacker News.

We’re profitable. We’ve done our homework. We have proven the business model and customer validation. It’s scalable and repeatable. But, we’ll need a big investment to grow at the scale we want.

We understand that seed investment can open up doors by giving us introductions and preference when finding the right VC, but our revenue is greater than any seed investment that I’ve seen.

We’re more than willing to give up some equity to grow. We just want the right partnership.

Do you need seed investment if your revenue is greater than what a seed can offer? If you skip getting a seed, how likely is it that you’ll get the right VC?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1084083

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T.M. Lewin I still can't log in

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:30:24 -0500

This little blog-o-mine is turning into a rant site. Anyways, I want to order a new suit, but I can’t log in using my email address. Yes. My email address TLD is 4 characters. This just doesn’t seem possible that my .name email address is rejected.

http://www.tmlewin.co.uk/

i’m out.

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Clear skies at Castle in the Clouds. Beautiful day for a wedding.

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:00:42 -0400

Clear skies at Castle in the Clouds. Beautiful day for a wedding.

New Hampshire for the weekend

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:00:42 -0400

New Hampshire for the weekend

We had a library date tonight, but it closes at 5.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:39:36 -0400

We had a library date tonight, but it closes at 5.

Fire

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:29:58 -0400

Fire

Vodka at pravda

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:13:11 -0400

Vodka at pravda

Vodka gets serious. Just kidding. Stack says Clemson is great!

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:13:11 -0400

Vodka gets serious. Just kidding. Stack says Clemson is great!

Blue

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:13:11 -0400

Blue

Still waiting… UMass and WPI dissapointing me. I’ll have another.

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:20:41 -0400

Still waiting… UMass and WPI dissapointing me. I’ll have another.

Drinking harpoon in a red sox bar. First time in manhattan in over a month

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:20:41 -0400

Drinking harpoon in a red sox bar. First time in manhattan in over a month

Tequilla time

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:20:41 -0400

Tequilla time

Optimum online password

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:38:30 -0400

Who conned Optimum into limiting their passwords to 8 characters? Does it really take up that much more CPU to validate a longer one or that much hard disk space to store it? Why does this issue still persist on highly trafficked consumer facing websites?

It could mean one of two things:

The password field in the database is only 8 characters wide. But, that would also mean that the password is store in clear text.
Optimum made the decision to save users from hurting themselves. Someone from their information/systems architecture group: “Oh noes I can’t remember passwords longer than 8 characters, so I bet nobody else can either.”

Whip that person.

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Grilling

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:54:27 -0400

Grilling

Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Kevin Rose) at Sprout Up NYC

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:11:57 -0400

Thanks to @garyvee for giving a shout out to MyBankTracker.com!

His book is Crush It! and you can buy it today.

Here he is posing as Kevin Rose:

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Celtic Ray FTW… last night in Florida

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:51:50 -0400

Celtic Ray FTW… last night in Florida

rainy days… karen reading by the pool

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:30:35 -0400

rainy days… karen reading by the pool