Blogroll Dive: 10/31/05
Filed in Blogs on October 31, 2005 at 12:15 amHere are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:
Owen ruminates on the future of WordPress’ upgrade documentation and why “simple” is never better when dealing with documentation.
Bonnie discovers an article which puts an end to the poisoned Halloween candy myth.
Michael Heilemann discusses Apple’s tribute to Rosa Parks.
Brian lists a few Microsoft Office alternatives, and explains why [...]
Subscribe Me Update v1.3
Filed in Freeware, Technology, WordPress on October 30, 2005 at 10:16 amSubscribe Me has been updated to v1.3. My Google Reader subscription button has been included in this release, along with a function to easily add it to your sidebar and a nifty help link for those of you who are new to feeds. The release notes are available here. “The Subscribe Me [...]
Google Reader Subscription Button
Filed in Blogs, General, Technology, WordPress on October 29, 2005 at 11:56 amAccording to my blog’s statistics, Google Reader is becoming a popular online news aggregator. My main complaint with Google Reader is that it prefers to organize new posts by date or “relevance” and not by feed, so it’s not as comprehensive as older services (such as Bloglines), but Google Reader is actually a very [...]
Favored Freeware: Kubuntu
Filed in Freeware on at 9:45 amKubuntu is a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.
Pros: Kubuntu is a powerful and free operating system. The default installation process is incredibly user-friendly and includes almost every application that [...]
Free Microsoft Office Alternatives
Filed in Freeware, MacMerc, Technology on October 28, 2005 at 2:49 pmMicrosoft Office is probably the most popular office suite in the world, but some may argue that it is overpriced and bloated with useless features. In this week’s Freeloader Friday, Brian presents us with two free and fully compatible Microsoft Office alternatives.
Vote for General Zod in 2008
Filed in Humor on October 27, 2005 at 7:12 pmMake the right choice in 2008. Vote for General Zod!
When I first came to your planet and demanded your homes, property and very lives, I didn’t know you were already doing so, willingly, with your own government. I can win no tribute from a bankrupted nation populated by feeble flag-waving plebians. In 2008 I [...]
Adium Update v0.86
Filed in Freeware, Technology on at 3:05 pmAdium has been updated to v0.86. “AIM users with large buddy lists will be glad to see that the recent problem with rate limiting errors while signing on has been resolved (changes to the AIM servers caused this problem, which affected most third party clients). Among other fixes and enhancements, we’ve also improved the [...]
Mactracker Update v4.0.1
Filed in Freeware, Technology on at 11:25 amMactracker has been updated to v4.0.1. This update fixes a few bugs that appeared in the v4.0 release. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Mactracker here.
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