Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Bad day on the Netertubes [Hacked twice]

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Not a good day for me on the Netertubes yesterday. My twitter account was compromised.  I got in long enough to delete the spam post, tweet an explanation and change my password, but made the mistake of logging out. I tried to log back in last night and got the screen ...

Just the Facts: Learn Something Every Day

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Learn Something Every Day is dedicated to just that, learning a fact everyday.  There's no write up on the site about the site, but I reckon those running the place get facts submitted and then do a drawing to go along with the fact and present one each day.

Google Reader power reading

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Google recently asked several online luminaries what they subscribe to, or read, in Google Reader.  There are people from four different areas: * News * Tech and web * Food and health * Trends and fashion Find someone on the list you know or like, you can subscribe to what they read.  My only gripe ...

Wikipedia Fail

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Let the error blogging continue. Wikipedia currently comes up blank and gives this error when going to an article.

Easily design Wordpress templates with Artisteer

Monday, July 27th, 2009

A while back I was chatting with some folks about how somebody needs to come up with a program that easily allows you to churn out WordPress templates with little to no programing skills. It seems Artisteer now does just this. Only I can't use it now because it is ...

Blogger finally changes?

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

So Google finally decides to do something with their blogging service Blogger and I first learn of it by logging into Blogger itself and not the tech media.  I'm surprised.  Looks like it may change for the worse.   A screen shot and some commentary after the jump:

3GS photo and mobile WordPress app test

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The purpose of this post was to test both the 3GS camera and the mobile WordPress iPhone app.  Natuarally the WP app failed when I set the status to "published" but did OK when set to "drafts", the second time. So instead of typing out this whole post again on my ...

Using my blog as a bookmark

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Here are three things I'm currently looking forward to checking out in more depth; that is, spend some more time on: David Lynch Foundation Television -- The psychologically macabre director has launched a video intensive site promoting his love of transcendental meditation.  Good Magazine blurb here. Stereofame -- Chance to win prizes ...

Not content with ‘content’

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

The term "content" -- referring to material that constitutes a publication or document for an audience -- is abhorrent. Applying the word "content" essentially cheapens the writing, music, video or whatever other form of media one is taking in and attempting to gain a life enriching experience from it. The ...

Another list of ‘Best of 2008′ lists

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Review: The best (and worst) films of 2008 [CNN] Our Favorite Blogs [PCmag.com] The 50 Best Albums of 2008 [Pitchfork] The most-read stories of 2008 [BBC News] Remembering Who We Lost in 2008 [ABC News] WFMU's Top Ten of 2008 Lists [WFMU] Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year [Pop Mechanics] The Best Viral Political Videos ...