opinion-and-editorial
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The Blogging Experience
The blogging experience is not just about writing. Bloggers are becoming more and more tech savvy because of the skills needed to run a website that stands outside the rest. Some bloggers have learned to use PHP, or MySQL, SSh and other tools generally reserved for Network and Systems Administrators. Marketing skills have to be…
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Facebook chat with Pidgin
Pidgin is a multi protocol chat client. It works on Linux and PC, technically it also works on macs but it isn’t as simple to install on OS X as other applications you might be used to. I would try Adium if you’re using a Mac. The cool thing about using a multi protocol client…
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Open for Comments
After a few months of being online, I have finally opened up the ability to leave comments on this site. You don’t even have to register, simply go to an article and at the bottom you’ll see the form to leave a comment. You must fill out your name and an e-mail address though, as…
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Writing your first blogposts
So you’re ready to start your blogging. You already have hosting, or you have selected your Blogging Platform. You know your URL, your username and password. Right? By the way, if you see a survey, please take a second to answer it. [poll id=”2″] The steps: Hide it Give me 6+4 Link out Pick a schedule…
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What defines a Blog today?
Is it that it is published everyday? Is it that it runs on a “blog” engine like WordPress? I would say no, and no. I have a few sites that automatically publish information, not everyday but every hour; I don’t consider them blogs. And also no to the second question, The best example I can…
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Bishop Creek Camping
As a follow up to our Kern River Camping experience, I got to go to Bishop Creek recently. It was great, best far my favorite camping trip in recent years. I don’t have the details about where we stayed with me so I’ll have to update that soon. Unfortunately our trip got cut short due…
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Amazing, Ironman coming to reality near you.
Remember IronMan? Hopefully you saw the movie with Robert Downey Jr. The older stuff and comics are cool, but the latest film representation of Ironman is the best IMO. Wouldn’t it be amazing to have that suit? Witness the early beginnings of something that will eventually make that suit a reality. Towards the end of…
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Fixing nextgen gallery after upgrade 1.4.1
Nextgen Gallery is awesome, it displays images in your WordPress installation in a way that is very customizable and using the plugin itself is a breeze. Recently it got updated to version ~~1.3.4~~ 3.1.5 1.4.1. If you’re using a custom template, this upgrade most likely broke your installation. The reason seems to be that the…
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MySQL Administrator
The MySQL Administrator is a GUI for the popular MySQL Database. I find it very useful to manage databases. It works well. I find it useful right after I give myself remote access permissions. This way I can access mysql server instances from a remote location. Most hosts ((Dreamhost allows this btw.)) will allow you…
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Awk VS Sed
What’s the difference between sed and awk? I don’t know, I really don’t care too much, but I do care to know which one I should be using for different tasks. I do know that sed seems easier to use than awk. I may sometime get around to writing some tips, tricks and differences between…