Writing
WordPress adds support for Google Gears
When I logged into my WordPress-driven website, I noticed a new link called Turbo on the top left: Clicking it brought this up: Like Google Docs and Remember the Milk, it essentially is using Google Gears to speed up page load time of WordPress’ images, scripts, and CSS files. So what is Google Gears? According…
Gmail back in service after outage
It seems the Gmail service went down today. And in response to a request for an explanation about the problem, Google sent the following statement to InternetNews.com: Since about 2 p.m. Pacific Time today, many Gmail users have been unable to access their email. We are very sorry for this interruption in service. The issue…
StumbleUpon database failure error
It seems StumbleUpon has recently been getting the “slashdot” effect: What’s with the username-password info? And the ton of arrays?
The stories behind each car brand’s logo
Here’s an interesting article by AutoLemming. “All brands of cars have a story, and logos are those that bear them in history. In this article we present the most popular auto logos of the world.” For example: Toyota The Toyota logo contains three ellipses which represent the heart of the customer, the heart of the…
Computer nerd quotes
I just had to post these computer nerd quotes. Once you [geeks] read them, it’ll make sense. Never trust a computer nerd who doesn’t have their own domain. Michael Horowitz User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean idiot. Dave Barry Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.…
Creating a favicon in WordPress
You’ve probably noticed some websites having an image in the address bar, like so: These are called favicons (short for “favorites icon”) and in this post I’ll show you how to add one into your website. Create an image you want to represent your website (most likely you already have a logo for your blog).…