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Mario Music
October 25, 2005

What’s with all of these people playing Mario?

Surely you’ve played, seen, or at least know about Nintendo’s flagship game, Super Mario? Would you recognize the music if you heard it? Well, I would. As a matter of fact, I think it’s probably one of the most recognizable pieces of video game music. There are few other video games that have produced music as memorable as Mario.

The only other games I can think of at the moment whose music I remember are Tetris, Crazy Taxi, Xenon 2, and The Killing Game Show. I’m sure there are more, but none of the ones off the top of my head come close to the recognizability that Mario receives.

Why am I bothering with all of this? Ok. Here’s a short list of places where I have found the Mario theme being played that are not in the Mario video game itself.

Admin Revert Plugin
October 24, 2005

Jump in. Here’s the first new plugin I’ve released in a while. It’s a simple one and it only works on WordPress 1.6.

This plugin removes most (maybe all) of the client-side dynamic admin cruft that has been added to WordPress between versions 1.5 and 1.6. Don’t get me wrong, I find some of it useful, but there are folks who are feelin’ just fine with the admin interface as-is in 1.5 and might become confused with all the extra controls. So if you don’t want the extra javascript stuff, then install and activate the Admin Revert plugin.

What does it do exactly?