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{ Monthly Archives } January 2008

Aardvark

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 by web developers), for analyzing the structure of a page.
To use Aardvark, just right-click on [...]

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The Kindle Looks Cool

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 Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
* [...]

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Magic Jack

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. It’s like a big USB stick, and comes with a short cable so you can plug [...]

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KDE 4

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 source list using the following command
sudo aptitude update
Then you need to remove any exiting kde4 using the following command
sudo aptitude remove [...]

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Grand Central: Part II

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 as I look to change phone systems around at home. I’m all for saving a few [...]

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Grand Central

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 your phones through the web.

Screen callers, know who is calling and screen the unknown ones.
ListenIn – hear [...]

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Bug Countdown

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.

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WP Plugin: All In One SEO Pack

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 that you see in your browser’s window bar is the most important thing *on* your page. Make sure [...]

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WP Plugins: Askimet

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 every darn post has a few dozen links for sites for you and your readers [...]

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WP Plugins: Adsense Deluxe

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 annoying by any means. For example, if you’re looking at some images I’ve posted from the Scottish [...]

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