And no, this implementation is not limited to the same domain. That means to say, you can create a php page on anothersite.com using template from wordpresssite.com, as long as they are hosted under the same hosting.

Before you start, you should figure out the absolute path of your wordpresssite.com. It is not the path you see in your FTP. Create a php file with following code and upload to your wordpresssite.com, access it on front-end and you will get the path you need.

<?php echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']; ?>

Creating the standalone page is as simple as what you see below:

<?php require( '/path-to-wordpress-site/wp-load.php' ); ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<!--your application goes here-->
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Does this work for you? Do you encounter any issues?

Let me know.

Without further ado, here is the short unboxing video.

Once unboxed, you know this gotta be an Apple product. You get what you need in the package. Nothing more, nothing less.

The new iPad spotted identical outlook as iPad 2. It is 0.03 inch thicker and 50g heavier than iPad 2, which quite frankly, I find it hard to distinguish. You may check out detailed technical specifications at Apple official iPad page.

First thing I eagerly wanted to see is the highly rated 2048 x 1536 (264ppi) retina display. Trust me, you have to see it yourself, and you will fall in love with this gorgeous babe, at first sight. Or, you may more or less tell from the reference shot shown below.

The next thing I wanted to test out is the much anticipated 5-megapixel camera with backside illumination sensor and some other cutting-edge features.

To be honest, the photo taken using iPad turns out to be slightly disappointed under tungsten environment. I still prefer photo taken using iPhone 4 that is more saturated with accurate white balance. Both photos below are straight out of camera without any editing at all, for your judgement.

You may find the original image taken using iPad (3rd generation) (1.7MB) and iPhone 4 (2.2MB) for your pixel-peeping comparison, if you’d like.

Overall, the new iPad is snappy, responsive, and definitely a pleasure to use. I have waited for 3 years since the first iPad was announced. I must say the retina display was the main reason why I decided to get the new iPad and I am more than satisfied.

I will use it for: photo editing and viewing (or in another word, showing off), reading and browsing the web, watching movies, playing HD games,

I will probably use it for: photo taking and video recording if my iPhone battery is running low,

I will not use it for: can’t think of any for time being.

Below are some professional and more detailed review/teardown that I enjoy reading:

• Engadget – iPad review (2012)
• PCWorld – Apple iPad Review: The Retina Display Redefines the Tablet
• TechRadar – Apple New iPad 3 review
• ifixit – iPad 3 4G Teardown
• TechRepublic – Cracking Open the Apple iPad 2012

Cheers!

We made reservation for 9pm seating, but were seated immediately once we arrived at around 8:30pm. The restaurant was not fully seated, and we were seated 2nd row from the window as window tables are reserved for diners who had their pre-valentine’s dinner set.

We were an excited couple started taking pictures of ourselves after making our order.

The wines and food was serve promptly by their friendly staffs. I must say they have great service, thumbs up to the waiters and waitress at Stellar, 1-Altitude. Not forgetting the brilliant wine expert who recommended us Sileni Estate ‘Cellar Selection’ white wine (Chardonnay, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, 2010) which we both loved so much!

We had FoieGras Parfait as our appetizer. Its heavenly great, though the portion can be a bit huge for two of us as a starter. It goes very well with sauternes jelly and slow dried grapes.

I ordered Tenderloin 120 days grain fed (220g) for my main course, while she went for Wagyu rib eye marbling score 4-5 (200g). Both served with horseradish crusted bone marrow, snail greens and chive baby potatoes.

To keep our stomach even happier, we ordered patisseries: one earl grey creme brulee with tea-scented Grissini straw, and another Hazelnut praline cake. They were both good, although nothing much spectacular. We enjoyed them till the last bite though.

We ended our great course of meal with Long Black coffee that came with white and dark chocolate. It went very well with our patisseries and we were glad we ordered it.

Another notable event is that if you pay your bill with Standard Charted credit card, you get 15% off your total bill.

To be honest, the view turned out to be below my expectation and we did not regret for not able to get the window seat. We made a right choice to go for ala-carte as we had what we wanted. We enjoyed the ambiance and we certainly enjoyed it throughout the night. It was a great dining experience with Stellar, 1-Altitude.

We arrived as happy couple, and we left as happy couple too.

Apart from getting the key right from the beginning, another major challenge of website localization is to get the words translated in an organized and efficient way.

Let’s be reasonable. Programmers aren’t translators, and neither the other way round. Programmers are familiar with Ms Visual Studios, while translators are familiar with Ms Office. The conventional way of converting between resx files used by programmers and doc/excel files used by translators simply causes too much overhead and open up chances for mistakes.

Being open-source, Simple Resx Editor is no compromise in terms of features. You can edit multiple languages resource files side by side, with easy synchronization,  addition of missing strings, highlighting missing translations and so on.

User interface is clean and easy to use, it is definitely worth a try.

You can download my sample resx files for testing purpose.

You should have heard about Google+ by now.

Like it or not, you have to add it onto your already lengthy social media todo list for your customers, clients or your ownselves.

Default button embedding code can be as simple as follow:

<!-- Place this tag in your head or just before your close body tag -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>

<!-- Place this tag where you want the +1 button to render -->
<g:plusone></g:plusone>

But wait! You don’t have to be bounded by the same old boring button!

Go on and get your customized Google +1 Button now!

If you are in the website/web application industry, you should most probably be familiar with (or at least heard of) the name of Acunetix.

To put it simply, Acunetix is web security scanner which you can use to audit your website/web application, the Enterprise way.

In Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), you should be aware that there is an additional essential and crucial step in website/web application SDLC, which is Security Testing. Ranging from the common Cross-site scripting (XSS) to SQL injection, Acunetix is able to preamp you with the security loopholes and possible vulnerability before it’s too late.

It is kind enough that Acunetix offer free Cross-site Scripting (XSS) scanner for you to get a hold on how Acunetix is and how do we operate them.

If this is your first time installing and running Acunetix, you may want to refer to the official getting started step-by-step manual.

The pricing of Acunetix is relatively cheap if you consider what it does to give your clients piece of mind.

Do you have anything to say about Acunetix?

Or do you know of any other (open source) alternative solutions?

Please share!