I released my first Wordpress plugin last night! It's a script that hides/unhides and slightly formats blocks of code. I use it heavily on this site. Here's an example:

a.quickcode { padding-left: 20px; background: url('/wp-includes/images/quickcode.gif') no-repeat; }

You can read more abou the plugin here: QuickCode.

The code below was written pretty quickly. It backs up the Wordpress directory, the mySQL table, zips it then emails it to the specified gmail account. Mutt must be installed.. change the variables to suit your environment.

#!/bin/sh theDate=`/bin/date +%Y%m%d`

######### backup DB ########## /usr/local/bin/mysqldump -A …

EDIT: This post is about 3 years old now and I've since started using Songbird. Read my review titled: "Songbird is to iTunes what FireFox is to IE".

If you dislike iTunes as much as I do, Anapod by RedChairSoftware is the perfect alternative. …

That was a fun break.