Ryan Price

Nginx "how to" - Fast and Secure Web Server (nginx.conf) @ Calomel.org - Open Source Research and Reference

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:55:00 -0400

Deny certain User-Agents (case insensitive) ## The ~* makes it case insensitive as opposed to just a ~ if ($http_user_agent ~* (Baiduspider|Jullo) ) { return 444; }

New Music by my favorite artists - Muppets and Ben Folds

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:56:00 -0400

When Disney bought the rights to the "main" Muppet characters, I have to say I was a little worried about what they would do with them. I grew up with these characters, and we are now certainly in the second or third generation of many Muppet players, so there are now many reasons for the original vision and spirit to get distilled. Still - once a fanboy, always a fanboy - I can't get enough Muppet stuff, old or new. I recently discovered something that was birthed out of the Disney/Muppets merger, namely The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora. It started as "Hasty Tasty Cooking Tips" which actually included live cooking demonstrations, and a really lame red buzzer timer to prove to the Internet viewers that this cooking was being done fast. Then they rethought the series and turned it into something more like a sketch from the Muppet Show or Muppets Tonight, but where the cooking seems to be already complete. This has pluses and minuses, and the new version is definitely more entertaining, yet a lot less educational. Still and all, it's worth watching, and I'm glad it exists.

The Muppets have been doing lots of stuff with the Internet - their YouTube page is prettey damn awesome, and the trailers for the new film "The Muppets" have been alright, but the original Muppet content - music videos - are really where it's at. It was during the release of this latest batch of trailers and music videos that I learned about The Green Album.

Finding this album was like discovering a pot of gold. The big discovery for me was an amazing song called Our World that I had to look up (don't tell!) to learn that it was from Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, which is one of the few Muppet movies that was not available at my home growing up. This album has some great tracks, some not-so-great. Andrew Bird's "Bein' Green" totally rocks, as do any songs that were sung by Gonzo in various Muppet films - he may be the George Harrison of the Muppets, and by extension, Dave Goelz. Dave doesn't get as much credit as Jim Henson and Frank Oz, but you can't pull of some of these pieces and characters without being a world-class Muppet performer. If you're anything like me, you're also a huge Ben Folds fan. Interestingly enough, I haven't watched him host any reality shows - mostly because I hate reality shows - also because I didn't have a TV for much of the time he was getting started with that role. It looks like The Sing-Off has been picked up for a third season. Therefore, I might have to check it out. The really exciting thing is the recent announcement of a career-spanning triple album by Ben called The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective. Where the release of a Muppet album introduces me to one new song, and makes me fall in love again with others, this one does that times three. As a superfan, I own many of these songs already, like all the ones from movie soundtracks and a few (un)official bootlegs or live cuts, but it's nice to have them here - a cool thing is the re-uniting of the Ben Folds Five lineup to record a few tracks that were written, never released. These are songs that were only available as bootlegs or leaked demos in the past - I'm excited to be able to have a decent version of Amelia Bright and Tell Me What I Did, for example. Then when I see a list of credits like this after a song: Because the Origami (with 8in8 - Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and Damian Kulash) ...it makes my Spidey-Sense tingle. What can I say? Because the Origami - 8in8 from Ben Jacobson on Vimeo. If you have not seen the collaboration with Ben and the others, check out the album (Creative Commons, even), Nighty Night by 8in8. It's even a "name your own price" album. Just go check it out. Tags: muppetsMusicben foldsCategories: Video

Environment modules | drupal.org

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:10:00 -0400

Turn on devel in your dev copy, not on production. Just by using settings.php

This module is designed to enable modules on dev or staging (for example devel module), not to disable modules on you production site. It's fine to have the module enabled on production, in fact that's the idea, but do not configure your production settings.php to use it.

Week 2 2011

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:14:00 -0400

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Week 2 coming straight at you as delivered by the SoTG, Chris and Weasel.

Working with Drupal in Dreamweaver CS5 | Adobe Developer Connection

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:16:00 -0400

This article is divided into the following sections:

Drupal basics
PHP, Live View, and Site-Specific Code Hinting in Dreamweaver CS5
Working on a Drupal theme in Dreamweaver CS5
Drupal theme styles

BarCamp Tampa Bay 2011

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:04:00 -0400

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The topics and the presenters are diverse, but will appeal to anyone who has an interest in technology and the internet. This is an event for web designers, developers, marketers, copy writers, SEOs, sys admins and anyone who operates a business with a web presence to get together and share their knowledge. The endearing quality of the unconference format is that you have options all day. If the presentation you choose isn’t what you were expecting, you can always jump over into another room and check out something else. The schedule starts BLANK in the morning and is filled up by attendees that want to do a presentation. Presenters choose their room and time and everyone else scours the board to choose the path that they will take for the day. The day is what you make it, by choosing presentations to attend and deciding whether or not to present a topic. This is the best part of BarCamp. While most presenters prepare topics beforehand, there are sometimes impromptu topics from passionate people inspired by the feel of the day. Barcamp is a community event, both in participation and in funding. It is made possible by the time and money donated by the crew of people running the event, the attendees and companies that support us. Thank you to all of you! Each year we have some fantastic companies that sponsor by donating time, money, facilities and supplies for the day. We’re also very lucky to get great support from attendees making donations in order to attend. We hope that everyone takes the time to check out the companies and people that support us!

Barcamp Tampa Bay 2009 Intro from Gavin Stark on Vimeo. Introductions of each speaker and their topic from Barcamp Tampa Bay 2009. Location

Kforce Staffing 1001 East Palm Ave near exit 1 on I-4 Tampa, FL 33605

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Co:Collective Founders Launch Coworking Space "Grind" In Heart Of NYC Startup Scene | Fast Company

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Carpet Shark

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:10:00 -0400

Carpet Shark

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Putting on a Kickass Talk Like a Pirate Day Party

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:05:00 -0400

As International Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming up, I am in the midst of my annual preparations for our 3rd Pirate Party. This year is probably the most organized we've been about the affair. I've learned a few things in the past few years putting on these events, so I thought I would share some tips here for making your party a success. Pick a good date. This year's Sept 19th falls on a Monday, which works well for holding a party at the office, but not so well for a party with friends. We tend to choose a Friday or Saturday for our festivities. Dress like a pirate. For the past few years, Target has had a selection of foam swords in their $1 section, in preparation for Halloween. In fact, the idea of holding Talk Like a Pirate Day was a stroke of genius by the creator, because it makes getting a hold of costumes much easier. Encourage guests to dress up too. The first year we held the party, we put a lot of emphasis on the "talking" like a pirate, not much on dressing. In later years, we've made sure to mention it in invitations. Music can set the mood.I've done some research into MP3s available through Amazon, and built up a wish list for possible future purchases. If I can only recommend one, it would be the double album Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Song And Chanteys It features recordings of many "classic" pirate songs by modern artists, some well known for making music, like Bono and Sting, as well as obscure guests John C Reilly and Ralph Steadman. With few exceptions, every song here has an old world feel which could really help set the mood for your party. Something I found on my journey that is not very "traditional" pirate or seafaring music, but still beautiful is Alela Diane's The Pirate's Gospel. For a full wish list, check out my Pirate Songs Wish List. (Listmania Lists can't have MP3 Downloads for some reason) Have a Pirate Name. Google "pirate name". Encourage your friends to do the same. Pirate Games. Pirate Fluxx is a great variant on the Looney Labs classic of ever-changing rules with a few extra goodies thrown in like the Scurvy card. There are also countless Pirate Board Games, such as Avalon Hill's Sword & Skull, which a friend gave me one year. I've also thought of putting together a "pin the eyepatch on the pirate game." All you'd need is a photo of any celebrity (black out a tooth or two and scribble on a beard with a magic marker) and a piece of black construction paper with some Scotch tape. Visit the Party Store. We got some great stuff at a party supply store as well as our local Hobby Lobby - props like a fishing net, cupcake holders, toothpicks with flags on them, cocktail accessories and much more. We also have a huge sign one our front door warning "Baware of Pirates". Visit the Flea Market. I found an awesome brass flagon with a glass bottom, and we also found an old cigarette lighter that looks like a pistol. Drink Pirate Drinks. I found several drink recipes online with neat names like "Bilge Water", "Crow's Nest" and "Foul Weather". There are also many competing recipes for Grog out there. Eat Limes. We normally go for a few tropical fruits - we make something called a Hawaiian Wedding Cake, which has pineapple and coconut in it, as well as serving sliced pineapple and anything with fresh lime. Maybe next year we'll spring for some Key Lime cupcakes. Get inventive with the food. Trying to research what pirates ate didn't get us anything interesting, so we decided to make it up. We get these mini-quiche from the wholesale store and stick some of the Jolly Roger toothpicks in them - they almost look like little boats. My philosophy is that if you have access to all the world's oceans, then you could really put anything on the menu, since you're currently "at port" during your party. Eating what they would have had after long weeks at sea is mostly maggoty bread and meat. Wasa is my preferred hard tack, if you must know. Make your own costume. You will be more satisfied with your costume if you buy a real shirt and a separate hat, and then just wear some black dress pants or jeans instead of getting a cheap Jack Sparrow costume - they fall apart, don't fit well, and don't look good either. There is a costume shop near our house that had some great peasant shirts, and I used a piece of scrap fabric to make myself a bandana and a sash for around my waist. Some of the cheap "boot toppers" will go a long way too. Since we have this party every year, I am slowly building up a costume that is much nicer by purchasing one new piece a year. Last year it was a cool telescope with stainless steel and leather trim from Hobby Lobby. A fake earring and a cheap eye patch can help too for a male costume. For the female costumes, you may need to be more of a tomboy, unless you want to be a slutty pirate or a bar wench. Mood lighting. Lanterns, candles, and tastefully placed lights can certainly help a costume party of any kind. Seeing everyone in stark light is not as good as something a bit more subdued - let the imagination fill in the details. Nametags? We are going to try nametags with your chosen Pirate Name this year to see if that helps the theme out. Results TBD. Provide Dress-up accessories for guests. Make sure you aren't making it too difficult for your guests to participate. We decided the nametags with some pre-selected names and having a few dress-up items like eye patches, temporary tattoos, earrings, etc can help people get involved without investing in a costume of their own. Have fun. Don't stress out. I recommend setting a budget, and planning to stick to it. You can always do it bigger and better next year! Tags: funCategories: HowTo

The Muppets - The Pig With The Froggy Tattoo Teaser Trailer

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:19:00 -0400

Tod Caviness performs at DemoGraphic

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:07:00 -0400

How to: New Google Analytics Widgets & Dashboard

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:02:00 -0400

The most popular (and free) system for web analytics has got a new interface, so I decided to give a quick tour of the home screen and share three widgets I like to use to get an overview of the activity on my websites. This list is by no means exhaustive, but these are things I am interested in right now: find out how many people are accessing my site from mobile devices, or not from Mac/Windows/Linux operating systems at least find out the most popular keywords bringing traffic to my site, and how many of the visitors are new (this month) find out what are the most popular pages on the site, and how often that is the only page someone visited (bounce rate). Tags: GoogleanalyticsmetricsgoalsCategories: HowToTechVideo

How to: New Google Analytics Widgets & Dashboard

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:31:00 -0400

How to: New Google Analytics Widgets & Dashboard

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TEDxJuanDeFuca - Taylor Conroy - How to Build a School in 3 Hours

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:25:00 -0400

i want to meet all members in chat

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:17:00 -0400

The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora | Disney

rprice@ryanpricemedia.com (Ryan Price) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:52:00 -0400

Only the coolest cooking show on the internets!