Site Reference Helps Add Value
If you publish a website or a blog, you are an expert in what you know. Or if you don’t consider yourself an expert, most likely you know much more about your topic than many of your readers. With every topic comes a set of vocabulary that the reader must know in order to properly […]
What do these four things have in common?
Remember the game from when you were a kid? You look at four pictures and identify what’s similar about them. Have you guessed yet? If you said they are all broken, you won. A lights out, a screen door doesn’t work, a towel rack has come loose from the wall and the lawn mower is […]
Post to Blog from MSN Messenger with Plug-in
I found a handy widget through imified.com that allows you to post directly to a WordPress blog from MSN Messenger. This was originally posted live from MSN before later being edited. They have widgets for Blogger, Live Journal and other blog applications in addition to apps like Google Calendar. Several things things to keep […]
Open IE Tab within FireFox
If you are like me, you have long preferenced FireFox for a whole host of reasons. Firefox is quicker, more secure, has tabbed function, cool skins and nice plug-ins. IE 7 has tried to catch-up but with tabs and safer browsing but it’s still hurty if you ask me. The Firefox community is on the […]
Arena Football, a Very Quirky Idea
This past Saturday evening my daughter danced in the half-time show of a new professional football league here in Austin, Texas. Arena football is a bazarre pseudo-American football game with a fifty-yard field, fireworks, hooters girls and cheap footballs bouncing off the walls. (Not to mention the players). It’s kind of a cross between football […]
A Rose by Any Other Name
I like Monday mornings. It may be strange to you, but I enjoy the start of new weeks, the challenges and opportunities. I enjoy starting new things, I enjoy the beginning of each new season and all that it brings. As an avid gardner, Springtime is my favorite time of the year. I’m kind of […]
Thought Sparkers Making the Thinking Blog Meme
After being tagged by Not Fearing Change and by Christy’s Coffee Break twice, I figure I am due to pass on a little link love and also tell about some of the dynamic thought provoking bloggers in the blogosphere. While there are many that come to my mind, here are some that may not have […]
Create Category as a Page in WordPress
Once you get used to working in WordPress, you’ll find it pretty easy to customize. One nifty way to populate pages that are updated from your blog is to break-out your posts into four our five main categories. Then you can hard-code those pages into your main menu. This will make management of your site […]
How to Get Your Own Domain
If you are even semi-serious about blogging or have been blogging for quite a while, getting your own domain and host is a very solid move. If you run or want to run more than one blog, it’s a no-brainer as the little effort you put in to setting up the initial site will pay […]
How to Redirect Specific Blogger Posts
Since I am in the middle of redirecting traffic from my blogspot site to thoughtsparks.net, I thought I’d pass along a great tip to encourage others to do likewise.
First off, here’s what I don’t recommend: use a meta redirect or javascript redirect from the front page. It will mess with your search ranking as search […]
