Most of you have sometime listened to a podcast. If you do not know what a podcast is, wikipedia explains it in well written way. Most of the podcasts I listen to are technology-oriented. They cover a wide variety of technology topics though, from MS Windows to Mac or general tech topics like security or … Continue reading My Podcast top ten
Category: General
Firefox 3 is almost here with UI intergration
Firefox 3 will be released to public in a few weeks. For geek users the release candidate version is out there, ready to be downloaded. Firefox 3 will feature user interface integration, which means that Firefox theme will match your operating system theme. Below you can see some screenshots for mozilla development blog that show … Continue reading Firefox 3 is almost here with UI intergration
Packrat: The best facebook app ever
First of all, here is a fair warning: If you start playing Packrat you will probably get addicted. If you do not have a problem with that, keep reading. I have to say that I do not like facebook apps. I do not like them, because most of them offer nothing but loading my profile … Continue reading Packrat: The best facebook app ever
Fix: WordPress 2.5 and Popularity Contest plugin
Many bloggers out there (including me) use the JAW Popular Posts widget plugin, that displays the most popular post somewhere in the sidebar. This widget requires Popularity Contest plugin in order to run. The problem is that Popularity Contest does not run on WordPress 2.5 (it causes a fatal error when activated). The fix is … Continue reading Fix: WordPress 2.5 and Popularity Contest plugin
First thoughts: WordPress 2.5
It has been about two weeks since I upgraded my blog to WordPress 2.5. The new version (which was delayed for about one week) brings many changes, most of them in the backend (administration panel). These changes, which change the blogger's experience when he admins his blog, offer a faster, and more organized admin panel. … Continue reading First thoughts: WordPress 2.5
How to: Enable Windows Vista sidebar when you get the message “Sidebar is managed by system administrator”
Recently I bought a Sony Vaio laptop that runs Microsoft Windows Vista. When I try to open the Vista sidebar I get an error window saying that "Windows Sidebar is managed by your system administrator". Even when I tried to run the sidebar.exe (that launches the sidebar) as administrator, I was still getting the same … Continue reading How to: Enable Windows Vista sidebar when you get the message “Sidebar is managed by system administrator”
Mozilla Prism: First thoughts
Mozilla Prism is a project created by the Mozilla Foundation (Firefox and Thunderbird creators). Prism is dedicated to bridge Web apps with desktop apps. The project is based on Webrunner which moved to Mozilla code repository and took the name Prism. The first thing you may think is that "We have already Microsoft Silverlight and … Continue reading Mozilla Prism: First thoughts
WordPress 2.4 admin interface preview
WordPress 2.4 is scheduled to be released on 24th of January! The changes in this version will be many and most of them on the backend (admin interface). The new interface seems to be much faster and uses much AJAX and caching! I think that its more easy-to-use as long as bloggers get used to … Continue reading WordPress 2.4 admin interface preview
Downtime due to WordPress update
Sorry for the little downtime (around 40 minutes), but I updated Typpz blog to WordPress 2.3.2! This update fixes a critical security bug and adds the ability to create a custom db error page that will apear if WordPress cannot connect to you database instead of the classic WordPress db error page. The official announcement … Continue reading Downtime due to WordPress update
Charge your ipod using onions and Gatorade!
Have you ever thought of how you could charge your ipod's battery when you are not near a computer with a usb port or (for those you have the power adapter) electrical power is not available? Here is the way: you can charge your ipod using onions and Gatorade energy drink! You will need: 1. … Continue reading Charge your ipod using onions and Gatorade!