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Monthly Archives: October 2007
New WordPress Theme
I figured it was about time to upgrade to a new theme, so I found this one, Snoods theme. Whaddya think? Because this theme doesn’t accommodate the native tagging capability of WordPress 2.3, I had to hack into the wp … Continue reading
AT&T = lazy and uncreative
I just came across this article AT&T unsure about bidding in 700MHz auction (InfoWorld) “Company CEO indicates that FCC’s open-access rules for the valuable spectrum could hinder the development of a profitable business model.” Essentially what you are saying is … Continue reading
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Daily Links (2007-10-19)
Cowboys try to buy “cowboys.com” for $275 in an auction This is what happens when Lawyers invade the internet Feedburner + WordPress how-to – With my recently upgraded blog, figured it was time to hook it up through feedburner. So, … Continue reading
Daily Links (2007-10-18)
Daily Show archives now online Ruby comes to the browser – Looks like some folks have been able to integrate ruby scripting into the web browser, which opens up a whole new world if it actually catches on and matures. … Continue reading
Thanks Amazon!
I realized I hadn’t yet picked up the latest She Wants Revenge album, so I figured this would be a good chance to check out Amazon’s new MP3 store. 15 non-DRM’d 256kbps tracks for $8.99 is a steal IMO. Thank … Continue reading
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Google Docs just got pwned
Check out these screenshots from Microsoft’s Office Live Workspace. Purdy.
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Daily Links (2007-10-17)
Apple opening up the iPhone – Finally My Jaiku – Finally got an invite. Woo! I really like the concept of using their service as a RSS feed aggregator. I think I’ll still stick with Twitter for my microblogging for … Continue reading
WP & MySQL updates
Well, I just upgraded from WordPress 2 to 2.3 and MySQL from 4 to 5, so this is mostly just a test. Oh, and the theme I was using doesn’t play well with WP 2.3′s tags, so I’ll have to … Continue reading
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Jaiku Invites?
Anyone have any invites to Jaiku they want to give me? If so, hit me up at drgath at gmail. I’ve always thought the “life-stream” concept first pioneered by Twitter and now used by Jaiku was pretty cool even though … Continue reading
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