Month: April 2006
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The rise of the blogger
The rise of the blogger – Breaking – Technology – theage.com.au I am not sure if I believe this article in the Age. Perhaps some bloggers have influence, but not all. Plus, it helps if the blogger is influential in the first place. The article is a little 'deterministic' perhaps. Bloggers and Internet pundits are exerting a…
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The 8 Hour Day Celebrations
This year, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 8 hour day. Melbourne was pretty much the first place in the world where workers were granted the 8 hour day (ironically, working on building the University of Melbourne). There is a celebration on Friday 21 April: Here are the details. Hope to see you there! On Friday…
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The State of the Blogosphere
Thanks to Cory Doctorow fot this one. (Cory is the author of the world's most popular Blog, Boing Boing). And it is easy to see why his Blog is so popular; he is so damn prolific (even during the Easter break!). From Boing Boing Dave Sifry, the founder of Technorati, has posted the latest in…
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RSS Feeds on WordPress
Getting RSS Feeds to display in your posts, pages, and sidebar isn't as easy as some claim. I tried for ages using a plug-in called 'firstrss' but just like the first time I had sex, it didn't seem to work out and turned me off the whole thing for a while. But then I discovered…
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Checking Spelling on WordPress 2.0
I found a great spell checking plug-in for WordPress 2.0 today by Raj Prasad called Editor Monkey. (I would have thought that spell checkers would come standard with content management systems by now). The plug-in took me ages to install (as it is a pretty large file at about 40mb) but it was worth every minute of it as…
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The World’s Most Popular Blog
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things (From The Age) AT FIRST glance, the world's most popular blog, Boing Boing, looks like a pleasant 10-minute diversion: links to "nerdcore" rap music downloads, photos of shoes made from computer keyboards and South Park updates. But the six-year-old "directory of wonderful things" attracts more than 1.7 million…