Hacking WP-EMail
WP-EMail is one of the many Wordpress email plugins that I decided to use in my recent project. Installation instructions were pretty straightforward but after filling out the fields and hitting the submit button I received a “Language failed to load: instantiate” error. I then decided to look for support in their forum and I landed here. I followed all the suggestions in the forum and exhausted all of the options for configuring WP-EMail but still there were all these different errors coming out.
Thats when I decided to go back to PHP basics of sending email to check if the server is really capable of sending one. Read more
Drum Lessons with Jun Regalado
Last week I started to take drum lessons with Mr. Jun Regalado, one of the most top-rated independent session drummers here in the Philippines. After 4 to 5 years of little drumming activity because I have to finish college so I can have some sort of a fallback whenever things didn’t work out for my drumming, I figured out that it would be great to start drumming again with Sir Jun.
One of the first thing he asked me was to play a groove so he could hear the crap that I will make. hehehe. But seriously he will point out the inconsistencies in your playing which will make you aware of the sound you’re making with the drums. We then proceeded with wrist stroke studies and some materials that basically lubricated my drumming gills. My first lesson with him started out real good and I know this will be the start of a good drumming comeback for me.
Having a good drum teacher and mentor can really help you a lot especially when seeking advice, how to execute things easier and a lot more. Make an investment to find one because this will help you in the long run.