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Here we go testing the SimpleTags plugin with WordPress 2.1.

[tags]wordpress,simpletags[/tags]

Looks like it works just fine.

Talk about a branding nightmare. In 2004 AT&T Wireless decided to merge with Cingular Wireless to become the nations largest cell phone company. Now they are re-branding again to become AT&T again.

For the folks at home it’s going to seem like a screw-up when their bills once again come from AT&T. I’m not sure exactly why they have to go around switching names every few years, but I’m sure it’s good for business. You know, in the long run. Oh wait, that doesn’t count when you change your name every few years.

To keep, and attract, customers, Cingular or AT&T or whatever does have exclusive rights to the iPhone from Apple and may be giving away free service with the purchase of an iPhone. All speculation at this point and time but AT&T needs to do something. Customers may feel like the company is unstable or just to confusing to work with.

Changing your brand name once is hard enough, changing it back has got to be down right confusing. Good luck with that.

I did it, I jumped into WordPress 2.1 here on my test blog and it seems to be working just fine!  Now I have to test a few plugins.

In my quest to find an acceptable blog editor, I’m now testing out Scribefire (formally Performancing).

My first issue with it is no spell check! And, since I’m using Flock, that maeans I have no spell check at all. Sad. Personally, I’m awaiting the built in spellcheck feature in Flock like Firefox 2.0 has. Hopfully it’s coming soon.

Anyways. The second thing I don’t like about Scribefire is the uglyness. Yes, it’s kinda ugly. It seems more thrown together than designed. Maybe it just looks that way on a Mac.

Third thing is that it seems to slow down my browser. Opening new windows is slower and I think it’s a bit much.

On the bright side, I love the blogging window at the bottom of my browsing window. That’s handy. Plus it has good features and Pingoat built in. NICE.

I’ll keep watching Scribefire, but so far, not overly impressed.

I’ve finally decided to re-download ecto and give it a try again. If all works well, I’ll buy it. I’m hoping that this will encourage me to post more often and maybe even better posts. Then maybe I really will resurrect this blog!!

I’ve finally decided to re-download ecto and give it a try again. If all works well, I’ll buy it. I’m hoping that this will encourage me to post more often and maybe even better posts. Then maybe I really will resurrect this blog!!

Technorati Tags: ecto

For 2007, I think I should do something with this blog. Resurrect it for the 5th time and maybe this time it’ll stick. Or maybe make it an American Idol blog. Ohhhh

Even if the sales guys at the fish store tell you that your GloFish Danio won’t be bothered by high pH in your water, don’t listen to them. They die within 24 hours. We’ve tried two fish and lost two fish.

Technorati Tags: GloFish, danio, fish, pH

When I wrote about Bleezer and Flock the other day, it was suggested I re-checkout the Qumana blogging program.  So, I gave in and checked it out only to find out, I can’t use it. 

There are two places I blog, work and home.  It Qumana doesn’t work under Mac 10.3 so that’s out for work and it doesn’t seem to work correctly on my Intel iMac.  It loads, gives me a message saying it’s going to pop-open a window so I can add blogs, however nothing happens.  I can’t add any blogs, so I can’t blog with Qumana.

Again, Flock seems to be the best free blogging software I’ve found so far.

Qumana support, please look into the Intel Mac issue.

Thanks

technorati tags:qumana, flock, blogging, imac, mac

Blogged with Flock

The idea of a desktop blogging application always excites me but it never happens. From Qumana to Bleezer to Flock, I’ve tried all the free ones. The only really nice one seem to be etco which costs.

Using Bleezer at the moment, it is free, looks good and seems to have all the necessaties I need. The only missing part seems to be the ablity to choose multiple categories when publishig.

Will I choose it for the long run? Probably not. I’ve tried ecto and it’s hard to see any other desktop blogging application try to compare. Bleezer is great, but not quite as polished in the interface and overall application.

Last minue issues here. I’m on an Intel iMac and it seems that spell check isn’t working. That’s a major issue for me as spelling isn’t a strong spot. (as you can probably tell from the un-spell checked post above)