For those of you who run your own blogs, and take care of the updates yourselves, I’ve created a WordPress Upgrade script. Note: This is a Linux/Unix/Mac OS X shell script, not a Windows batch file. The script is very simple: Download the latest WordPress archive from the website Uncompress it to a temporary location [...]
Entries from February 22nd, 2007
WordPress Upgrade Script
February 22nd, 2007 14 Comments
Tags: Admin Tools · Blogging · Downloads · Utilities
GMail-based File Storage
February 18th, 2007 No Comments
With the advent of Google’s GMail a few years ago, and their explosive increase to 1GB (and subsequently 2GB) of storage in 2005 it was only a matter of time until they opened up the API to allow people to take advantage of GMail’s features. Enter a series of add-ons for various operating systems which [...]
Tags: Google · Open Source · Utilities
Timezoneism
February 17th, 2007 No Comments
OK, I know the term is unlikely to catch on, but the fact remains that people in less populous time zones are often shafted by those who live in larger population centres. In North America, that typically means those on the east coast ignore us westerners (see Western Alienation). Members of the media are notorious [...]
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us
February 14th, 2007 No Comments
This is a simple, and very effective summary of how Web 2.0 is changing the way we manage knowledge in the 21st century. Video on YouTube Though it doesn’t get into great detail about the specifics of Web 2.0, it provides some points for thought around how we interact with the web today, and how [...]
Tags: Blogging · Futurism · Podcasting · Technology · Web 2.0
Sedins Star in NHL Commercial
February 10th, 2007 1 Comment
The new myNHL advertising campaign has a couple of new spokesmen: the Sedins! Starting next week a new commercial for the NHL will debut on national TV. It was shown for the first time tonight on Hockey Night in Canada. Check out the “Swedish Twins” spot right now on Canucks.com! This ad is quite amusing. [...]
Tags: Canucks · Hockey · Miscellany · Movies