Archive for the ‘internet’ Category
June 25th, 2008 by
Miss604
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It’s official, there will be a Blogathon in Vancouver this year (and by official, I mean that I created a wiki page with useful information and a sign up sheet).
Based on the Blogathon of the past, which is not in operation this year, bloggers are encouraged to sign up, pick a non-profit of choice, [...]
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Tags: Blogathon 2008
Posted in blogathon, blogs, charity, internet, vancouver
June 24th, 2008 by
Miss604
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I’ve been using Firefox for about four years and they recently unleashed Firefox 3 which touts: Increased security, wicked-fast loading times, heightened security, and new UI improvements, including default themes for different operating systems and new download manager [wiki] not to mention basics like tabbed browsing and spell-checker.
I’m a fan of “add-ons” like the del.icio.us [...]
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Posted in geeky, internet, mac vs pc
June 19th, 2008 by
Miss604
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I started doing screencasts in a professional capacity last year and since then the tools have become much easier to use and I’m finding folks are really receptive to the “quick tips” I’ve been offering. As a refresher, I wrote a post last summer about Screencasting Tools and I’ve done a few WordPress tutorials using [...]
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Posted in geeky, internet, mac vs pc, screencast
June 13th, 2008 by
Miss604
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A few years ago I was encouraged to use FeedBurner for all my website RSS feed needs. The benefits being when I switched from Blogger to WordPress in 2006, my feed was then “portable” and I simply inputted the new source feed generated by WP, not having to lose a single subscriber or switch anyone [...]
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Posted in flickr, geeky, internet, wordpress
June 9th, 2008 by
Miss604
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I honestly can’t remember the last time I went more than two days without being “connected”. Even when I’ve talked about unplugging from the Matrix we still manage to find wifi at a hotel, in the condo’s common room, or at a highway rest stop. With nothing but giant Cedars, cascading raindrops and paper thin [...]
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Posted in geeky, internet, link fest, vancouver
June 8th, 2008 by
Miss604
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I’ve noticed an overall trend in the blogosphere which involves a conspicuous decrease in link love. Blogrolls are disappearing and going the way of the hat tip.
Photo © Waxy on Flickr - All Rights Reserved - WaxyPhotography.com
Blogrolls are link lists often found on sidebars of blogs or websites that list other blogs. People can [...]
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Posted in blogs, geeky, internet
June 3rd, 2008 by
Miss604
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Last year I participated in Blogathon, which is an organized event for a charity of the author’s choice which involves said blog author to post every 30 minutes for 24 hours.
48 blog posts in 24 hours is quite the feat but with the encouragement of the entire Blogathon community, your readers, friends who [...]
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Tags: Blogathon 2008
Posted in blogathon, blogs, charity, internet, poll
May 28th, 2008 by
Miss604
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Being the liveblogger for my friend Dave’s “Fuck Stats, Make Art” session that I attended at Northern Voice, I know full well that none of my content revolves (or should revolve) around statistics. However, for many reasons stats tracking is important to me, here are a few:
I do have ads on my site for local [...]
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Posted in geeky, internet, reviews