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Spring Cleaning Computer Clutter

When I was a kid, I loved spring cleaning! In my hometown, spring cleaning meant one thing, and one thing only – free stuff! People would clean out their attics and basements and lay it out on the curb for…

Filed under: Blogging, Miscellaneous | | Written on July 29, 2007

My First WordPress Plugin

I’m happy to announce my first ever WordPress plugin – Censortive.

Tired of Internet censorship? Is your site being blocked for having “sensitive” words? Then Censortive is for you. Use this plugin to replace those pesky words with their graphic equivalent,…

Filed under: Blogging, Code & Scripts, WordPress | | Written on July 27, 2007

Modifying Wordpress’ Front Page

The origins of the standard blog front page vary. Some say that the post-after-post-after-post style comes from the ancient Greeks, others say it was the Chinese. One thing’s for certain, it’s old and it’s tired.

Having been a blogger in one shape…

Filed under: Blogging, CSS/HTML, Design, WordPress | | Written on July 15, 2007

How To Make Simple Glassy Buttons in Photoshop

No Web 2.0 Web site is complete without a smattering of glass-like buttons. This simple Photoshop tutorial quickly shows you how to make these little buggers in a jiffy. The process is quite simple, but I’ve spelled it out with…

Filed under: Design, Photoshop | | Written on July 8, 2007

Freed Burner – Feedburner Pro Features for Free!

Burning Questions, FeedBurner’s official blog, sheds the exciting news that two services that were previously reserved for paying customers only are now absolutely free for all FeedBurner users.

FeedBurner Stats PRO

This feature lets you closely analyze the number of people who…

Filed under: Blogging | | Written on July 4, 2007

Speeding Up Wordpress

I decided to try out Ricardo Galli Granada’s WordPress Cache (WP-Cache) plugin and see how much speed it actually added to my blogs’ load times.

As the plugin advertises, WordPress is already pretty trim when it comes to MySQL database calls and PHP…

Filed under: Blogging, WordPress | | Written on July 3, 2007

Free Stock Photography

779192_31958571.jpgI love photography, and whenever possible I like to shoot as much of my own imagery to be used in my designs.

Sometimes, however, it’s just not practical or possible to get out and take the photo you need yourself – enter…

Filed under: Design, Photography | | Written on July 2, 2007

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