Kudos to my colleague Kim Castillo, for starting up her new blog at Southisms.com. She writes about books and music. Kim is actually a friend of a relative. I found her to be a very talented writer and that’s why I was more than happy to help her out in the technical side. I really… Continue reading Southisms.com
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Googleplex Down Under
Google Australia opened its doors to the media in Sydney, Australia, May 16, 2006. Yeah, it’s two months ago, but better late than never. Some pics: More after the jump.
Stylehive It Plugin for WordPress
A couple of my cousins run a fashion blog at Shopchicks.com and have been promoting some of their posts via Stylehive.com, a Digg-style bookmarking service directed at fashion and trendy items found on the Internet. To make their lives easier, and perhaps for other fashionista bloggers out there, I created a new WordPress plugin that… Continue reading Stylehive It Plugin for WordPress
A Little Help for Browsing Porn
Heatseek is a new IE-based browser with an emphasis on porn surfing. It promises to make downloading pictures and videos a breeze with just a click and organizes them in a gallery format. You need not worry about scandalizing your parents/spouses/kids — Heatseek has a panic button! The browser is password-protected and all files are… Continue reading A Little Help for Browsing Porn
WordPress Theme Competition III
Honestly, I didn’t think there would be another after the other one where a Filipino web designer Gail dela Cruz made quite an impression. I didn’t know either until now that some of the winners have yet to receive their prizes. No, as much as I’d want to, I won’t dive into that arena (cough).… Continue reading WordPress Theme Competition III
Ajax Loading Gif Animation
I was sniffing around for some nifty loading gif’s for one of my projects when I found Ajaxload, a drive-thru Ajax-powered site that spits out loading gif animations to your liking on-the-fly. Yeah … for you graphically-challenged Web 2.0 geeks out there, this is the place to go if you want your apps to look… Continue reading Ajax Loading Gif Animation
PageRank Update
There are hints of a major PageRank and backlinks update. My sites are holding steady, but one site I handle dropped a point — which is fine. One big surprise is that some Isulong Seoph sites are hitting PR’s of 6’s and 5’s. The competition is getting red-hot! As far as backlinks are concerned, Google’s… Continue reading PageRank Update
Stopping the ODP Snippets in their Tracks
Google now gives webmasters the option to add a simple meta tag to their webpages to tell the search engine not to display their ODP (Open Directory Project) information: Insert the following anywhere between the header tags: <meta NAME=”GOOGLEBOT” CONTENT=”NOODP”></meta> This news came fresh straight from the bakery, so not every search engine who uses… Continue reading Stopping the ODP Snippets in their Tracks
FireFox 2.0 Beta 1 Release
No hope for a 1.6? Hehe. Mozilla releases a full Beta release of their extremely popular browser, Firefox. Changes as quoted from the Beta Release website: Built in Phishing Protection. Search suggestions now appear with search history in the search box for Google, Yahoo! and Answers.com Changes to tabbed browsing behavior Ability to re-open accidentally… Continue reading FireFox 2.0 Beta 1 Release
PLDT MyDSL Sucks – The Saga Continues
I read about Marc Macalua’s lousy time with PLDT MyDSL. All I can say is — Dude, I know how you feel. I’ve been languishing with MyDSL forever because it’s the only damn DSL service available in my area. Frequent lost connections, extremely sluggish download times (way below what’s being advertised) and outages are just… Continue reading PLDT MyDSL Sucks – The Saga Continues