Well, this post contains very little apart from a link to a popular blog listing site, appropriately named ‘Blogged’. On one of the many times that I checked my email whilst on holiday, I discovered a contact form submission with information from one of the site’s editors who rates content. They informed me that my blog had been rated 8.4 on the basis of:-
- Frequency of Updates
- Relevance of Content
- Site Design
- Writing Style
Whilst that doesn’t put me first in any of the categories, it ranks me fairly highly. This website is entirely based on opinion, so it is hardly the oracle of the internet, but considering that the relaunched version has been online for three months, I am happy.
If you really want to see my rankings in individual categories, then read on. However, in order to balance things out I’m going to up the amount of modding and guide posts plus Apple-related content. If you have any post suggestions, then I’d love to hear from you via the contact form.
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I first decided to take a look at Google Chrome when I was listening to a BBC Radio News programme this very morning. As with everything Google-esque, the project was described as something revolutionary, unique and innovative. After arriving at my trusty desk some time in the evening, I was reminded of the program’s presence thanks to a number of mentions on blog RSS feeds that I subscribe to. One quick Google search (no pun intended) revealed the aforementioned browser, and a search round their website certainly tempted me.
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The founder of Digg has just announced various changes to Apple’s lineup coming soon. His blog at kevinrose.com boldly states that an entire revamp of the iPod line is expected shortly, with a few cosmetic changes planned for the iPod touch and a redesign of the popular iPod Nano.
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Seeing as this addon is one of the most popular available on the WordPress online plugin database, I’m sure many of my readers already have this handy addon. If you don’t, then you should!
The software does what it says on the tin - it backs up your files and gives you the opportunity to save them, and after a few clicks the otherwise painful process is complete. My second most recent upgrade (prior to this post) didn’t go too well, and took several attempts before I realised that my WordPress Cache was causing the problems. These attempts included the clearing of my browser’s cache, and after a few minutes of cursing and swearing I found the culprit!
My Experience
Success! The upgrade went so quickly, and my site remained in tact! Just over a minute is way better than spending ten minutes uploading files over FTP. Every WordPress user hosting a site themself without a one-click upgrade option should use this system if they don’t already!
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As the title suggests, Weave is a plugin which allows you to synchronize your browser’s bookmarks, history, open tabs and more with either your own server or a hosted solution. It has been in beta testing for quite a while now, and has been created for Firefox users. Not only is this solution ideal for those with multiple computers, but it is also handy for backups - it gives me less to copy over and export. With the new Firefox “super bar” indexing visited pages and bookmarks by META data, tags and names, it no longer means that you have to wander between computers trying to find a single web page.
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Due to Flickr’s increasing popularity, there are countless reviews, feature lists, guides and more available on the internet. In this post, I am going to focus on part of Flickr’s business model and what makes it particularly popular.
Like most people, I am used to (and growing tired) visiting otherwise great sites which are spoiled by the plague of advertising. Sure, a site intended for money making has to get some revenues, but there are many alternative ways - and thus my praise for Flickr’s lack of overly intrusive adverts.
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I’ve seen many articles in magazines, technology suppliments in newspapers and online, many praising specific models or comparing them in this category of laptops. However, I haven’t really seen anything going into depth in terms of practicalities with such small computers. Some people have heralded this sudden sweep in cheap, lightweight laptops as a step to the future, whilst others disagree. As a result of this, i’m going to be examining the gap in the news: what they can do for us, and if they are a practical replacement for slightly bulkier machines.
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Mint is a popular web-based PHP statistics software with a twist. No longer are you seeing ugly analogue graphs, but the beauty of an ajax based app, with customizable modules called ‘Pepper‘ so that you can see what used to be basic visitor numbers in a whole new light. Easy to navigate, you can find more out about your visitors, and what is more, a good statistics tool shows you what they appreciate.
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Well, a week ago I was praising MediaTemple as a great web host, as I had done for just under two months. However, given the similarities between the hardware that MediaTemple use for it’s Grid Service and DreamHost for it’s shared hosting (especially on the Blingy cluster which I am hosted on), I decided to show the difference to you for myself.
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Something caught my eye in yesterday’s Independent newspaper. The article titled “Google old boys launch their own engine in global search for wealth” certainly drew my attention, and after a little reading it appeared that a new search engine had appeared on the market. Cuil, pronounced “cool” and derived from the old Irish word for knowledge, is what all the fuss is about. One quick visit to cuil.com and I discovered how much Google users had been missing out….
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