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When To Quit Blogging

Michael Perlman — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:19:21 +0000

Lorelle reports on when people should stop blogging: when it’s getting boring, when you don’t have time, when you can’t think of anymore original content, and a few others. Do you think it’s time to stop blogging?

WordPress Music Video: It’s Called WordPress

Michael Perlman — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:18:01 +0000

While including one slightly family-unfriendly line in his lyrics, Devin made up a pretty corny music video themed around WordPress. Talking in a southern accent, he highlights the main advantages of WordPress, and adds a spin of comedy.

Overlapping Words For Strong Passwords

Michael Perlman — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:17:25 +0000

Ilya Lichtenstein writes about his new method for generating hard-to-crack passwords. The method consists of inserting letters of one word between the letters of another word. Pretty novel algorithm if you ask me.

Todo Management: Hi Tech and Hip Tech

Michael Perlman — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:33:14 +0000

Web Worker Daily points out 20 different ways, both digital and, well, analog to keep track of what you’re doing in life. From commercial software to freebies to a stack of index cards with a binder clip, there’s bound to be something simple or snazzy enough for you to get your thoughts in line.

For Your AJAX Apps: Loading Icon Generator

Michael Perlman — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:11:07 +0000

Weblog Tools Collection came across this great Web 2.0 freebie, which lets you generate those throbber icons for your site. Big time saver, and produces nice-looking icons too.

Useful Tips for WordPress Theme Design

Michael Perlman — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:57:45 +0000

cre8d design has written a pretty good list of resources for WordPress theme developement. They include one of my personal favorites, W3Schools.com, which has a lot of useful Web tutorials.

Shortness of Sleep

Michael Perlman — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:53:20 +0000

When you wake up in the morning, you feel like you just went to sleep a few minutes ago. “Why so soon?” That’s how I feel at about 7:00 every day. Perhaps the only way we can alleviate that feeling is to go to sleep at eight every night.