Still Not Perfect

Some Wordpress plugin ideas I’ve been considering:

1. Server load indicator - Allow you to display a bar indicating how heavily loaded (load average, mem usage) your server is. This one is probably only easily done on a Linux server (/proc filesystem would be instrumental).
2. Visitor origins - Like this one just more customizable (can use a custom map image). The only problem with this idea is I have to get the geographic IP data from a source that probably will charge money. I’ve already investigated Maxmind’s GeoIP City and Geobytes GeoSelect.
3. Flickr photo gallery - I’ve already begun work on this one. I’m tying into Flickr’s API to get a list of a Flickr user’s photosets and photos. You can see my progress so far here. I still want to add human readable URL generation and Flickr comment integration before I feel it is ready for primetime.

Update (11/27/2004): After some thought I’ve come to the conclusion that the server load indicator really isn’t a WP plugin (it doesn’t interact with WP at all). Depending on how it was implemented the visitor origins one might not interact with WP either.

Now that it appears to be over and Bush has won I must say I didn’t expect the decision so fast. I guess I was expecting a knock-down, drag-out fight like we had in 2000. In fact I fully expected the votes in Ohio to be challenged for at least a week or so. I’m glad it didn’t happen that way again, though. Regardless of who you wanted to win or who you voted for (not always the same candidate, mind you) I hope you agree that a fight like we had in 2000 does nobody any good. After a fight like that the candidate who does eventually win has half the country (or more) against him, and even more bitterly than they were before. So, I’m glad we didn’t have another 2000. That said, I do think our current electoral college system leaves a bit to be desired. Read the rest of this entry »