sideways looks often show something new…
Posted in Wordpress Widget Reviews on Apr 15th, 2008
I had a big problem within about 3 days of starting this blog. I changed to fancy permalinks rather than the default ones.
For those of you who are not familiar with the terms here let me clarify this. Essentially, the permalink is literally the permanent link (ah - PERMA-LINK) to your blog post. [...]
Posted in Wordpress Widget Reviews on Apr 15th, 2008
The blogclout widget that allows users to add a button to their sidebar, or a link under each blog post is used a lot by some and not at all by others.
Essentially, the premise is that asking for donations has become lame and bloggers need to find different ways to encourage readers to dip into [...]
Posted in Ramblings on Mar 31st, 2008
WordPress has reached version 2.5 (WordPress is the GPL OpenSource software used by bloggers), and I have dutifully applied the upgrade to this blog.
Mostly it has been painless and the improvements are many. Obviously there are quite a few niggles (can’t make omelettes without breaking eggs etc….), so I thought I would do a [...]
Posted in Ramblings on Mar 31st, 2008
I have already owned up to being a grumpy old man, but sometimes even I struggle not to be moved like the rest of the world.
Some of the more regular visitors to this site will have noticed that I have introduced video ads from Google to my blog - and in the main I have [...]
Posted in Ramblings on Mar 14th, 2008
There is good news and bad news in the McCartney household today. It seems that the Judge presiding over the McCartney v Mills divorce has put to both parties his outline judgement as to the division of the marital fortune.
The good news for Paul McCartney is that odd-bird Mills is unlikely to get [...]
