I like playing with technology and I received an invite to Google Voice. I use an iPhone 3G so the integration is limited to a HTML5 web page running in Safari. The integration is not bad at all and the web page on my iPhone is very functional.
Software
WordPress 3.0 beta looking good
I’ve been using WordPress 3.0 beta for about 2 weeks and I’ve only run into one odd behavior. When I upload or upgrade a plugin, the old plugin gets deactivated and the new plugin version gets downloaded. What is not happening is that the page is not loading up the next steps of re-activating the [...]
Yes, but how does Matt really feel?
It reads a little like a rant, but you really can’t blame him. I’m not even going to link any of the articles because they have so many inaccuracies you become stupider by reading them. If you’re a web host and you turn a bad file permissions story into a WordPress story, you’re doing something [...]
Playing with WordPress 3.0, Beta 1
As I usually do, I switched this blog from WordPress 2.9.2 to the current 3.0 beta. I always run the beta versions and I have not yet gotten myself into a hole. It also helps that I have very good backups for the last 30 days. I re-ran my overnight backup job one more time [...]
Now using Hybrid and a child theme
I’ve been interested in switching to a theme framework and after looking at both Hybrid and Thematic, I’ve begun plugging into Hybrid with the child theme WP Full Site. It’s a fun little exercise and Hybrid has lots of places to make changes just using a child theme. The WP Full Site function.php file has [...]
And the winner is Xmarks
Earlier I had dropped Xmarks and installed Mozilla Weave. After a few weeks I’m back to Xmarks. Syncing the browser history is a very useful feature, but some really weird things have been going on with my Weave sync data lately. My problems began when I installed Weave on my Ubuntu 9.10 work station. I [...]
Mozilla Weave
I’m giving Mozilla Weave a try. I’ve been a big fan of the extension formally known as Foxmarks (Xmarks) so when Mozilla released Weave, I was not sure if there was anything for me to look at. I use a work PC, my HP, and a laptop. Xmarks has been good at keeping my bookmarks [...]
Recycling an old printer
Stefan had replaced his old Epson Stylus Photo R300 printer a long time ago and dropped it off at my house. It’s a USB Epson inkjet printer that has been replaced a couple of times over. I don’t even know what the current model is, but this one was free so who cares? Naturally, I [...]
Wow, Skype looks different
I was catching up with a friend and she asked me if I still used Skype. When she and I worked at the same company, instant messaging and Skype were very popular. I have not used Skype or IM for many months. With Skype I was getting weird spammy contact requests so I left it [...]
MSN Toolbar and Firefox
My current PC is a HP i7 workstation and I’ve tried to keep the software it came with in place. For example, it comes with a 15 month subscription to Norton Internet Security. Even though I have a valid license for Norton 360, I can now save that license for another PC. The HP PC [...]
