Sweetcron – A Self Hosted Lifestream

Yesterday Yong Fook released Sweetcron, the much anticipated self hosted lifestream.
By self hosted, I mean that you have to have access to your own server or webhost that is running PHP and MySQL. If you have ever installed Wordpress, you can install Sweetcron. The only part that is a little more [...]

How to Use Twitter with the Ubiquity Firefox Extension

A prototype of the Ubiquity extension for Firefox was released today. This is still version 0.1 so things do not work perfectly. The potential for this is enormous and the Internet has been buzzing about it all day.

It is my understanding that Ubiquity basically allows you to mashup various components of the web [...]

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What? Not everyone likes and dislikes the same things that I do?

I tend to forget that my likes and dislikes are not the same as others’. I made the mistake of not offering an option on my site because it isn’t something that I would use. I’m not going to classify this [...]

Stuff This in Your RSS – Open Culture – 8/26/08

Are you looking for online cultural and educational media? Open Culture sifts through online videos, podcasts and courses and links to the best media out there. The project is maintained by Dan Colman and Ed Finn of Stanford University but the site is not affiliated with Stanford.

Recent finds include; the best podcasts for [...]

Command Line Part 2 – Deleting Files

About a month ago I wrote an article about why the command line was still useful. This morning I ran into a problem that once again proved the command line’s worth to me.

I was trying to delete an old website backup that was in the .zip format. When I tried to delete it, [...]

(Anti) Social-Lists 8/24/08

Back to School, Twitter, Backing Up and Monty Python all make up an electic selection for this week’s (Anti) Social-List.

Back to School Season – Keep Family a Priority – Parents are scrambling to get their kids ready for the upcoming school year. SimpleMom discusses ways to stay organized with back to school and throughout [...]

Full of Things to Say? Track Your Comments with Commentful

I never used to leave comments on blogs. I lacked the confidence. I didn’t think I had anything to contribute. Since I started this site, I have made a point to leave comments. Now, I enjoy the interaction with others. Well, usually. The most enjoyable sites to comment on [...]

Quick and Easy Flickr Slideshows for your Blog

Flickr has released a new and improved version of their fullscreen slideshow. The slideshow is available from almost every page including search results. Flickr videos can be played from within the slideshow and the slideshow will automatically pause while you are watching the video.

The best feature is the ability to embed a slideshow [...]