The Ubuntu project's upcoming release - the dapper drake - is now in beta. Over the last couple of days the various project teams have released beta versions of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu etc., so the clock is now ticking until final release. The graphics are taking shape and there are probably lots of tweaks and changes under the hood. I am now seriously considering a fresh … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Dapper Now In Beta
Text Link Ads
Jason mentioned text links ads recently, so I thought I'd signup to see what all the fuss was about. What caught my attention was that not only do they offer both publishers and advertisers a wealth of options they also offer some very slick integration techniques for a wide variety of website platforms. If you are running Wordpress, for example, you can integrate the ads using … [Read more...] about Text Link Ads
Adsense Text Referrals
Thanks to Darren for highlighting a new Adsense feature - text referral links. Google have finally decided to offer textual links for their "referral" products ie. adsense, adwords and Firefox Unfortunately you do not have any control over the actual text itself, which is a real pity. You have to choose between four available options .... Another thing to beware of is that the … [Read more...] about Adsense Text Referrals
FeedBurner Issues?
Whilst debugging my self-inflicted Wordpress issues I noticed that FeedBurner hadn't updated my feed since this morning. Normally a quick sync resolves these issues, but it doesn't seem to be making any difference. … [Read more...] about FeedBurner Issues?
WordPress Hates Me
I've reached the conclusion that Wordpress hates me. The templates went nuts again this evening for no apparent reason! I'm seriously considering dumping Wordpress in favour of Movable Type.. though I've no idea how I'm going to handle permalinks... *sigh* EDIT: Turning gzip compression back on fixed the issue.. But why???? … [Read more...] about WordPress Hates Me