Category Archives for Blogging
Opera Mini for iPhone
I’m typing this from the new Opera Mini browser for the iPhone that was just released today. It definitely is fast. It gets that speed by doing the rendering on a outside server and then sending a compressed picture with … Continue reading
Upgraded to WordPress 2.5
I just upgraded to WordPress 2.5 using WordPress Automatic Upgrade. It worked perfectly. I had been using Fantastico in the past, but this plugin works much better. Externally, you won’t see any change. The major changes were under the hood. … Continue reading
New Theme
I am now trying K2, the successor to Kubrick. It is still in beta but works quite well. I can’t wait until AJAX commenting is natively implemented in the theme.
New Gimped Header
I’ve updated the header. It was created in Gimp. (The image used the Old Photo Decor script; the text used the Basic II Alpha to Logo script). Update: Changed header again to match my Smugmug site.
Mini post
This is an example of a “mini” post, a new feature of the Blix theme.
New layout – Blix
Many thanks to Sebastian Schmieg for developing the Blix WordPress theme. It looks great. Clean and simple but also asthetically pleasing.
Google to fix blog noise problem
Google is to create a search tool specifically for weblogs, most likely giving material generated by the self-publishing tools its own tab. CEO Eric Schmidt made the announcement on Monday, at the JP Morgan Technology and Telecom conference. ‘Soon the … Continue reading
Image Headline Plugin for WordPress
Like the new titles? It is the result of a sweet plugin made over at Coldforged. I’m having some problems with the anti-aliased soft shadows, but that seems to be more of a problem with my hosting than the plugin. … Continue reading
Spam Karma
Even though the new WordPress 1.5 has excellent builtin spam protection I was starting to see some some spam getting past. The problem was that the current spam moderation relies on keywords in the comment body and some recent spammers … Continue reading
WordPress 1.5
I just upgraded to WordPress 1.5. One of the most outstanding upgrades, IMO, is the new theme manager. With the click of a button I can switch between themes. The default theme is now Kubrick…the theme that I’m using can … Continue reading