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Post archive for ‘Technology’

Server Fart

Apparently the people at Automattic decided that last night at about 9:30 was the perfect time to have a WordPress server fart. I had just finished writing a really good, long post, only to find that once I published it, my blog was completely erased, with the exception of the design and blogrool. But have [...]


Categorized as Blog, Technology

It’s over, I’m leaving you…

A letter to an ex-close companion 
Yes, Textpattern, we’re through. You’ve tormented my web publishing process for long enough. You remember that WordPress I was telling you about, well, we’ve been folling around behind your back for months now, and you never saw it coming. It’s a lot better than you’ll ever be, and that’s why [...]


Categorized as Blog, Design, Technology

Building Lasting Relationships (on the web)

On a number of occasions recently I’ve been asked by a few friends how I manage to maintain a solid audience. Well, it’s all a matter of making the right connections. Establishing relationships with like-minded people is an important part of keeping activity on your blog, or any website for that matter, going.
As a teenager [...]


Categorized as Technology, Uncategorized

That Fake Video iPod…

I thought this was way too important of a link to just push to the sidebar. Sinc ethe launch of my article there’s been one specific photo of a video iPod that’s been leaked evrywhere. I myself didn’t link to it, but you’ve probably seen it everywhere.
Well, a video was just released on YouTube documenting [...]


Categorized as Blog, Design, Technology

Sitting ’round the Campfire, roasting Mallows

So, on the official day of its launch I had the opportunity to mess around with Campfire, the newest product from the guys at 37Signals. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Campfire is a group chat tool aimed to replace Instant Messaging for client based communication.
During the test phase I was able to [...]


Categorized as Design, Technology