Posted in Blog, Technology on Jul 29th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been having a problem deciding which plugin I should be using: “Related Posts” vs “Similar Posts”. I’ve decided to test both of them at the same time. Now, I’ve made up my mind:
Similar Posts blows Related Posts out of the water. I don’t know how the matching algorithms are different, but the matches ended up being more relevant. Some times Related Posts would return no posts, which Similar Posts gave me what I was looking for.
Not to mention Similar Posts has a great plugin that works for the feeds. So the decision has been made. I thank you for bearing with me during this experiment.
I’m curious as to which one you guys think is better:
Wordpress Plugin: “Related Posts” vs “Similar Posts”
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Posted in General, Technology on Jul 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
I take it that, now, we’re over the whole iPhone thing. To those of you who haven’t gotten one (I haven’t, by the way) I know you’re kicking yourself for not camping out outside your neighborhood Apple/ATT store the week they were coming out. But for those of you who have gotten one and are in love with it, this post is for you guys.
You’ve dealt with all the skeptics who thought that this would just be another gimmick from Apple. But, as the skeptics are slowly learning, Apple doesn’t do gimmicks; they put out solid products. So, you have your iPhone and you love it, but there is this lingering feeling that you have in back of your head. It’s similar to the feeling you get when you’re in the car on your way to work and you think, “Did I leave the iron on?” There is some unfinished business that you have to handle before you can continue with your iPhone enjoyment experience, but what can it be? I know! You’re wondering what to do with your, now useless iPod. Your iPhone is now your lifeline and you’re not going to carry around two MP3 players are you? So, here are a few ideas to get you started:
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Posted in Technology on Jul 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
OK, now I’ve never been a big fan of Apple for a few reasons:
- Lack of exposure - I grew up on DOS and Windows. That’s all I know. I had no friends who were enterprising enough to try a Mac.
- High prices - Macs may be good machines, but they are really expensive right now.
- Can’t Build - At least I can’t. I’ve never even seen inside a Mac. And I haven’t been hearing of many people heading over to NewEgg and buying Mac parts and setting up.
- Lack of Games - I’m a gamer, I’m a gamer, I’m a gamer. I don’t want to pick up my latest favorite game from the store and then have to check whether is Mac compatible.
- If It Breaks, Then What? - Again, this come from lack of experience with Macs. I’ve never really been fond of Tech support of any kind. I like to fix my own problems. With a Mac I wouldn’t be able to do that.
One great thing about Macs however, is that they don’t get viruses, or at least didn’t used to. Such things just didn’t exist, until now.
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Posted in General, Technology on Jul 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Along with working extended hours (and being too bloody lazy; I’m really sorry guys), one this is one of the reasons that I’ve been posting less. I know it isn’t and excuse, but that’s the best I’ve got.
I was over on Mozilla’s site looking for an extension (no, I can’t remember what it was) but I stumbled onto the coComment extension. I don’t know why I haven’t seen this advertised by more bloggers. Since I’ve found it I don’t know how I’ve gotten on without it.
What Is coComment?
One thing that we’ve been taught as bloggers is that we need to actively engage in comments on your blog and on other blogs. Well it’s simple enough to do this on your own blog, because you know when you receive a comment. However, there’s a slight problem trying to do this on other people’s blog? Subscribe to Comments 2.1 has made this a little bit easier. But not all bloggers have this plugin installed. If they don’t, then you have a few problems.
With coComment you can subscribe to any comments from anybody’s blog. Then you can go to your coComment homepage and there are all your comments right there. If there’s a new comment, that thread will become bold.
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Posted in Technology on Jul 5th, 2007 4 Comments »
For those of you who love the iPhone, please ignore this lil’ rant. I’m one who has always been against overpriced electronics (overpriced anything for that matter). But regardless of what I think, and regardless of how cool the iPhone is (I must admit, it is cool. So’s the iPod, but I didn’t feel the urge to run out and buy one either), there are some facts that you can’t ignore:
- There is no SD card or other form of expandable memory for the device. It’s 4 GB or 8 GB, that’s it. You better make your choice right, because there is no going back.
- For all its cool internet support there’s no GPS. Come on now, really.
- There’s no instant messenger. I don’t get it. But I suppose you can always go on the internet and use Meebo.com or something.
- No 3G support. It only relies on EDGE and WiFi. Edge is terribly slow and WiFi isn’t everywhere.
- Only has a 2 MP Camera, no flash, no zoom. I’ve seen crappier phones with a lil’ bit of flash.
- There’s no video recording. Again, I don’t get it. Is it that hard? I mean with all what it already does.
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