Non WordPress Tips

Posted on 18 December, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (22) Comments

5 Unpopular (Anti) Social Articles

My top 5 obscure articles.




Posted on 12 December, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (28) Comments

Jing Screencapture for WordPress Easter Egg

A WordPress easter egg and a Jing screencast test.




Posted on 9 December, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (8) Comments

Stuff This in Your RSS - 12/9/08 - Freelance Folder

This week’s RSS recommendation is Freelance Folder. Check out why




Posted on 8 December, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (46) Comments

How to Get Freelance Work with Twitter

How I find freelance work with Twitter.




Posted on 15 October, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (11) Comments

Support Train for Humanity - Blog Action Day 08 - Poverty

For my Blog Action Day 08 post I wrote about Train for Humanity. Train for Humanity is using physical fitness, social media and blogging to bring awareness and raise money for Darfur.




Posted on 10 October, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (2) Comments

Writing: First Article at Environmental Graffiti

I am now writing for Environmental Graffiti and my first article is Welcome to the Village Underground. Check it out - maybe you’ll like it.




Posted on 26 September, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (19) Comments

Do You Follow Written Instructions?

Do you read the instructions when putting together a bookshelf, installing a new WordPress theme, putting together a new Playmobil set, or when installing a plugin for your blog?
I am interested in how people do things - do you follow the step by step instructions? Or do you dive in and figure it out [...]




Posted on 3 September, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (14) Comments

How to Backup Gmail via POP Email

Do you backup your Gmail? What if you account were hacked into? What if Google deleted your account? More recently Gmail has been completely unavailable and I have had a 502 error. This has made me nervous and worried about the stability of the service.

I save almost all of my emails [...]




Posted on 25 August, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (8) Comments

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, [...]




Posted on 21 August, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (4) Comments

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 [...]




Posted on 14 August, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (22) Comments

Backing Up Isn’t Hard to Do

What backup plan do you use for your computer? Do you even have one? Could all of your files be easily replaced?

It surprises me how many people still don’t back up their data. Eventually your hard drive will break. You may get a new computer before this happens but what if [...]




Posted on 13 August, 2008 By Kim Woodbridge (17) Comments

How to Make an Animated Gif from a Video Clip

Last night my friend, ronobvious, sent me a link to this video clip of Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal doing a little dance.

He then said he wished he could make an animated gif of the dance to use as an avatar. I thought that there must be a way, so I started looking for resources.

I [...]




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