Monthly Archives: November 2005

Added optimal_title plugin

Posted on November 15th, 2005 by Ryan

I’ve installed another WordPress plugin called Optimal Title from ElasticDog.com. Instead of the blog name being first, the posting title is first. This should help with search engine traffic. For those of y’all with WordPress blogs, give it a shot. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft considering free desktop applications

Posted on November 15th, 2005 by Ryan

Internal Microsoft memos show that the Redmond software publisher is considering free ad-supported versions of its software. Continue reading →

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Ping-O-Matic bugs fixed

Posted on November 14th, 2005 by Ryan

Ping-O-Matic came across a full hard drive and a database table size limit at the same time. Reportedly, it’s now fixed.

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Old shows find new life on net

Posted on November 14th, 2005 by Ryan

Early next year, America Online is planning on offering free access to vitage television shows through a video-on-demand plan.

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IM Preferred over E-mail

Posted on November 13th, 2005 by Ryan

Instant messaging is becoming more popular than email among teenagers, a new study finds.

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XML-RPC vulnerability found

Posted on November 9th, 2005 by Ryan

A recently discovered vulnerability in the open source PHP component XML-RPC is leaving many systems vulnerable to attack. Now a virus called Lupper exploits the vulnerability and loads itself on to unpatched systems.

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Find your own dancing yoda

Posted on November 5th, 2005 by Ryan

Apparently the dancing Yoda posting I did a couple days back was pretty popular. So, using Google’s beta video search, here’s a search to find more Yoda videos.

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Oops, I tried a little too hard to block spam

Posted on November 2nd, 2005 by Ryan

Well, maybe I should have checked my comment form. I had installed a captcha spam blocker to the form, but never actually put the image code in. And it never occurred to me that I was getting tons of comments … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Tip: Photo Filters

Posted on November 2nd, 2005 by Ryan

After messing with color balance and such in Photoshop, my wife hit upon a menu item that I had missed – ‘Photo Filter…” under Image -> Adjustments.

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Photoshop Tip: Quick Fix with Levels

Posted on November 2nd, 2005 by Ryan

Here’s a quick way to fix blown out or too dark images.

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