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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, [...]

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 [...]

Why the Command Line is Still Useful

Today, Lifehacker has a post called the Top 10 Command Line Tools. I’m sure most people are thinking, “Command Line? Who uses the Command Line? That’s for old people and went out with DOS.” There are, however, still some really useful reasons for using the command line and it shouldn’t be [...]

Twitter Tools - Managing Twitter Via Wordpress

How do you notify Twitter of your new blog posts? Do you add the post manually, use Twitterfeed, use Twitter Tools, or do you use something else? Personally, I use Twitter Tools for Wordpress. Not only can you set it to send your new posts to Twitter, but it also contains [...]

Get Invited! - 4 Ways to Obtain Access to Beta Sites

.A number of online services launch in Beta and require an invitation to access them. Here are four ways to obtain a coveted invite

Twitter - if you have a large enough following you can request invites. I have given and received beta invitations via Twitter
Invite Room on Friendfeed - Mark Krysnky created an [...]

Disqus on Tumblr - Add Integrated Comments

A tumblelog is a type of microblog that uses mixed media, such as images, video clips and links, rather than longer article type posts used in traditional blogs. The best well known is probably tumblr.

Tumblr can be used to lifestream by adding up to 5 feeds, such as flickr,

MyJugaad.in - Create an Online Slideshow from RSS

Lo-fi librarian mentioned MyJugaad.in, which is a tool to create an online slideshow of webpages. You can use any RSS feed, popular sources such as google news, a tag on del.icio.us, or a list of sites.

It seems as if all my projects recently involve using the Green Tweeter data but since the data is [...]