Monthly Archives: January 2008

Aardvark

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Myself

Powerful and user-friendly utility for selecting elements and doing various actions on them. It can be used for cleaning up a page prior to printing it (by removing and isolating elements), for making the page more readable, and (most appreciated … Continue reading →

Posted in firefox plug-ins | Tagged aardvark, block element, class and style, elements, firefox plug-in, keyboard, keystrokes, popup menu, red rectangle, select start, web developers | View Comments

The Kindle Looks Cool

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Myself

Check Out The Kindle Here * Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that Looks and reads like real paper. * Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing. * Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary | Tagged atlantic monthly, back of a taxi, bill simmons, book samples, electronic paper, espn, evdo, frankfurter allgemeine, high speed data, huffington post, international newspapers, irish times, michelle malkin, new york times best sellers, resolution screen, slashdot, wall street journal, washington post, wireless connectivity, wireless delivery | View Comments

Magic Jack

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Myself

I came across this little gizmo during my online wanderings. I read up on it, watched the videos on the Magic Jack site, and decided to order one. It was a cinch to set up, and real easy to use. … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary | Tagged $20 a year for unlimited phone calls, cinch, dongle, free phone calls, gizmo, Linux, mac version, magic jack, registration area, time number, unlmited phone calls, usb ports, usb stick, wanderings, Windows XP | View Comments

KDE 4

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Myself

I installed Kde 4.0 on my Ubuntu 7.10 system. First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file to get the correct files. sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list add the following line deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu gutsy main Save and exit the file Update the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aptitude, colors, crash issue, deb, default configuration, exiting, KDE 4, plasma, ubuntu, vanishing taskbar | View Comments

Grand Central: Part II

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Myself

It’s been a few days since I installed Grand Central. I can’t yet say it’s something I don’t know how I lived without, but I it’s certainly useful for sure. I am certain it’s going to be even more useful … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary | Tagged different systems, family and friends, few days, grand central, magic jack, new numbers, pennies, phone numbers. google, skype, vonage | View Comments

Grand Central

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Myself

Another excellent idea for those of you that like or need to keep in touch, but are always on the move, but at the same time don’t want the phone to be the master. With Grand Central you can: Control … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary | Tagged address book, best bit, beta, central address, email, google, grandcentral, greetings, invitations, mobile device, mp3 files, notifications, ring tones, time don, unwanted callers, web pages, web screen | View Comments

Bug Countdown

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Myself

Today marks the beginning of the 30-year Countdown to the Y2K38 Bug, when Unix time will overflow 32 bits. Some 30-year loan calculation software might start having problems with this over the weekend. Share this:

Posted in Commentary | Tagged calculation software, countdown, loan calculation, overflow, unix, unix time, Y2K38 bug | View Comments

WP Plugin: All In One SEO Pack

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Myself

WordPress is a great blogging tool, but SEO isn’t its strongest point. This plugin is streamlined for some best practices for WordPress SEO. While it gives you many options the defaults reflect the settings I recommend using. Titles The text … Continue reading →

Posted in WP Plugins | Tagged best practices, blog title, blogging, excerpt, explicit description, fate, few words, meta, mta, phrases, rank in search engines, SEO, SEO plugin for wordpress, tagging system, title descriptions, wordpress plugin | View Comments

WP Plugins: Askimet

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Myself

This plug-in works prety darn well to filter all the comment spam on your blog. When you first start a new blog you won’t get much, but rest assured the spammers find you faster than Google on speed, and then … Continue reading →

Posted in WP Plugins | Tagged askimet, blog, blogs, creep, google, manhood, spam, spammers, urls, wench, wordpress, wordpress plug-ins | View Comments

WP Plugins: Adsense Deluxe

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Myself

I carry some advertising on my blogs. Two reasons. It makes me a little money, and running and hosting web sites and blogs costs some money. Contextual advertising such as from Google Adsense can actually be useful, and not always … Continue reading →

Posted in WP Plugins | Tagged advertisement, downside, google, google adsense, hotels, images, job, money, postings, scottish highlands, wordpress | View Comments

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