Archive for July, 2006

July 31st, 2006

Firefox Tabbed Browsing Shortcuts

How do you browse with tabs? Do you? Press Ctrl+T to open a new blank tab, type the URL and hit Enter? Right-click on a link on an existing page and choose Open Link in New Tab? Did you know that there are easier ways like:

Posted in Browsers, Firefox, Tip of the Week | 2 Comments »

July 30th, 2006

Another I [heart] WordPress Logo

Here's another one for the I [heart] Wordpress logo contest. Scroll down on the sidebar to see a reduced version implementation. Feel free to insert this logo in your blog by using the following code: <img src="http://static.flickr.com/58/202670272_0613a2e828_m.jpg" title="I [heart] Wordpress" alt="I [heart] Wordpress">

Posted in Blogging, Graphic Design, I [heart] Wordpress, Wordpress | 3 Comments »

July 29th, 2006

WordPress 2.0.4 Released

The much-awaited Wordpress 2.0.4 is out. More than 50 bugs found in 2.0.3 smoked and some security fixes. Upgrading my blogs went smooth as expected. Official release notes and download page.

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July 29th, 2006

Globe Telecom G-Blogs

Globe Telecom's G-Blogs now allows creating and updating blogs directly from cellphones with the ability to upload pictures, sound clips and video. From the G-Blogs website:

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July 29th, 2006

Google Talk Tries to be Spiffy

Google announced three new features to its instant messaging software, Google Talk: File Transfer 'Bout time. Its absence may have been the reason why many have stayed away from it. It's reported that only 44,000 were using Google Talk, or 1% of total market share -- way behind MSN Messenger ...

Posted in Google, Opinion, Software, Tech News, Yahoo! | 2 Comments »

July 28th, 2006

Alleba | Recapped

Ahh. Yes, the weekend! I'm gonna hit the gym and catch up on my anime shows (Bleach). The rest of the time I'll be drafting article ideas and laze around in general. If you missed some stuff this week, here's a quick look back: Rickey, Retz, Bryan Boy, Chikadora ...

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July 28th, 2006

(Kazaa) Want Legal Music and Movies

It's a done deal. Kazaa has agreed to shell out $115 million to the record industry to pay for its sins of the past. And not only that, version 3 of their once popular software has been released, but now works just like its predecessor Napster where users ...

Posted in Opinion, Tech News | 1 Comment »

July 27th, 2006

I [heart] WordPress

Contests, boy do I love 'em. There's a logo competition going on at the Wordpress Support Forums for the phrase "I [heart] Wordpress". Here's my first entry: Watchathink?

Posted in Blogging, Me, Wordpress | 3 Comments »

July 27th, 2006

StatTraq Bug

For anyone using Randy Peterman's StatTraq, there's a small bug in one of the files that might cause an error message to appear at the footer of your Wordpress blog. Open up stattraq.php in a text editor and scroll down to line 90 (approximately). Change: else if($strpos($ua, 'MSIE 2') !== false) to else if(strpos($ua, 'MSIE ...

Posted in Blogging, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugins | 4 Comments »

July 27th, 2006

Edit N Place Plugin for WordPress

I was doing my homework on upgrading my plugins a while ago and discovered an awesome Wordpress plugin called "Edit N Place" by Headzoo's Sean Hickey. It kinda speaks for itself. Made possible with AJAX, what it does is it allows you to edit your articles, their categories ...

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