Category Archives: Asides

Feedburner numbers

What is up with Feedburner? How do you lose over half of your subscriber numbers literally overnight? Talk about a useless set of metrics.

WP Upgrade to 2.5.1

Gotta love the WP Auto Upgrade plugin. Upgraded to 2.5.1 without a hitch.

Spring has sprung

Social media takes a break as people discover that Spring has sprung and the sunshine is calling their names

there are times

there are times when I almost feel like pulling a MacLeod and deleting it all - why bother any more?

Neat saying

engtech had a rather interesting thought which I saw on FriendFeed
“The secret to thinking outside the box is not realizing you’re in one.”

Visual words

I found this statement evocative
They always smile. I think it makes their mind tickle.

Cell phones

As much as cell phones get blamed for causing accidents I wonder how many lives have been saved because of them.

Running, Dying

To quote from CNN - "Wurud, 14, follows the latest Hollywood pop culture and plays in a virtual reality world. It’s her only escape from life in Baghdad — one that haunts her with nightmares. "I always see myself running, dying," she says. Yet despite everything, she flashes a brilliant smile: "I will have a [...]