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I have started my first ever programming project, an easy to use calculator so Exercise Physiologists, PTs, gym trainers and the general public, can work out things like Body Mass Index (BMI) and resting energy expenditure without going online or knowing the formulas.

Quite a while ago I had this idea for the calculator after often being asked questions like “How do I work out my BMI?” or “How much energy do I need to eat if I’m trying to lose weight?”. Many online tools exist for these sorts of things, but there are some problems with these, that I hope to overcome.

If you want a permalink structure other than the default, make sure the Apache option “AllowOverrides” is enabled for the document root of your WordPress blog. It took me a while and a bit of searching to discover this one. The options to go with AllowOverrides aren’t documented as well as I would like, but [...]

A new plugin should allow me to show mini posts like this in the sidebar, just like this one. They’re called “asides”.