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What is blogging?

Justyn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:52:54 +0000

I thought I might write an article about Blogs (or weblogs). A blog is a type of website (like this one) which allows the individual to update it with anything they like; be it information about a certain event or a video of their animal. Think of a blog as a personal online diary, or something used as a medium to post information about a certain subject.

Why do people blog?
The reason people blog is to be heard, share their thoughts and ideas or just to express themselves. We’ve all read those columns in magazines about opinions on things, well a blog is a way for someone to publish what they are thinking or feeling.

They can also use it to share photos or videos. Some people like to blog about a certain subject (for example someone might blog about technology).

Blog examples
There are blogs for every subject and here are some just to name a few of the ones online.

The Fashion File is fashion blog written by a fashion major named Bridget.
The Car Blog has rants and opinions about the world of automobiles.
News Blog has news in the media and current affairs.

This is just a small insight into the kinds of blogs out there. There are the more obscene trash-talk blogs like Perez Hilton which is a celebrity gossip blog.

Posting from WordPress iPhone App

Justyn — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:14:25 +0000

I downloaded version 1.3 of the WordPress iPhone Application and thought I would see what it’s like.

It’s now iPhone OS 3.0 compatible and has landscape keyboard, an easy way to add links in your posts and upload photos. If you have a WordPress Blog and have an iPhone I would recommend downloading this application.

WordPress 2.8 and K2 RC7

Justyn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:45:13 +0000

Well I have recently updated to WordPress 2.8 and K2 RC7 Nightly. I am in the process of re-theming the whole site. I figured I updated to version 2.8 so I might as well clean up the theme a bit. So come back soon and check out the new layout.

Also on another note, with the new Facebook username option that was released as of late, I managed to get “justyn.smith” so you can access my Facebook page by navigating to http://facebook.com/justyn.smith – neat hey.

WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1

Justyn — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:11:02 +0000

Well WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1 was released yesterday for download.

There was more tickets opened and also closed in this version than any other version of WordPress to date which you can read about in the wp-hackers Google Group.

If all goes to plan, WordPress 2.8 should be released on the 10th which is only two days away. To see the list of changes you can checkout the changelog or read a review of WordPress 2.8.

WordPress Mobile Edition & Wordbook

Justyn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:54:19 +0000

Well I installed the WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. I had a quick look on my iPhone and it rendered quite well. The only thing I dislike about it is that it uses the Carrington theme engine instead of K2 which the blog is based off.

I also added the Wordbook plugin which also adds any posts that I create on here to also display on my Facebook Profile. This seems to be quite a good way for both my blog and Facebook to come together.

It should render fine on most mobile devices, if you do have any issues with it please leave me a comment!

Why I’m using Skribit

Justyn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:01:57 +0000

Along with the new theme design and photos. I have also added a widget on the right side of the page called Skribit. Skribit is basically a blog topic suggestion application which allows you, the reader to suggest things that you would like to read about.

Skribit was developed by Paul Stamatiou who is a recent graduate of Georgia Tech and is now working on Skribit full-time. I hope to use Skribit to allow myself to communicate with the community by getting more ideas on what to blog about, and try to stay active.

Thanks for reading.

Another update

Justyn — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:02:23 +0000

It’s been awhile since I last updated the blog, so I thought I should get this thing updated with some new content.

Last week Chell and I got our lips pierced, well Chell’s piercing is technically called a “Madonna”, it’s like where a beauty spot is. Mine is on the bottom left of my lip.

I have just got 4 days off work, which is quite good as it’s been pretty busy lately. Chell and I are going to Airlie Beach tomorrow and spending two nights in a nice resort. It is quite a special occasion as it’s our one year anniversary, it must be fate as it’s when the 4 days off fell on the roster for me :-).

Airlie Beach is just near the Whitsundays, so hopefully we can go snorkeling or something like that in the awesome crystal clear blue ocean.

I’ve put some new photo’s of Chell and I in our gallery, you can see our new piercings :-).

Oh, I almost forgot, Chell bought me a cool Bathing Ape (BAPE) hoodie, which you can see here or also in the gallery.

WordPress 2.5 delayed

Justyn — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:37:07 +0000

Well it seems WordPress 2.5 has been delayed again, it’s initial release was for March 10, then pushed back until March 17, then March 21. So far according to the WordPress trac it’s a day old so far. There is still currently 256 active tickets, which I hope will get fixed up soon.

It’s good that they are holding off until it is bug free, it will probably be one of the best releases to date. I’ve looked at the sneek peeks of WordPress 2.5, and it looks great. I haven’t personally tried it, prefer to wait for a final incase it causes havoc with Windows Live Writer

WordPress 2.5

Justyn — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:11:51 +0000

Well, it seems WordPress 2.5 will be released on my birthday (thats right, today), but it will be late tonight as it’s not 17th March in the states just yet. It seems quite strange, I haven’t seen any Beta or RC releases of WP 2.5, I just hope all of the plugins are compatible with this new release.

Posting from WLW

Justyn — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:13:07 +0000

Well, I downloaded the final version of Windows Live Writer to see how it performs with WordPress. So far it’s working, but will have to see how this post turns out first. I hate the whole “online installer” stuff, so found the “source” msi installer for a standalone installer (offline).

So for the people that want just the standalone installer, you need to download the WLinstaller.exe and after it installs WLW it creates a temporary .msi file in “C:\Program Files\Common Files\WindowsLiveInstaller\MsiSources\Install_{9176251A-4CC1-4DDB-B343-B487195EB397}.msi”.

You will mostly need to enable hidden folders, as the directory is hidden, but after that copy the .msi to a folder, and there you have it, a standalone installer