Entries from August 2007

Windows Live services coming to Nokia phones

August 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Nokia has announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to provide a suite of Windows Live services “specifically designed for Nokia devices.” Users of compatible S60 devices in selected countries can now download Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces.
Users of Nokia Series 40 devices will be able to [...]

Tags: Free services · Mobile · free software

Enhancing blog comments with avatars

August 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

I’ve just re-enabled Gravatar support for this blog. Gravatar, for globally-recognized avatar, is a service that publishes avatars or graphic representations of people who comment in your blog. Check out my previous posts to see gravatar in action.
I used the service some time last year but stopped it after a few months when I encountered [...]

Tags: Blog design · Blogs · Free services

You want someone to represent the Philippine blogosphere? Get Sybil

August 17th, 2007 · 13 Comments

Blogger Jayvee Fernandez caused quite a ruckus in several Philippine blogs recently when he accused Janette Toral of “misrepresenting the Philippine blogosphere” for her own merit.
Clueless that I was, the first person I asked, via IM, about Jayvee’s “Bloggers, MISrepresent” post was Janette. She then told me that she suspected that she was the [...]

Tags: Blogs · Highlights · Personal

Sony Ericsson unveils K770

August 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Sony Ericsson has released its latest model in the Cyber-shot line: the K770. The phone, which will be marketed as the K770i in the Philippines and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region, will be available by the fourth quarter of this year.
The K770 belongs to a phone line renowned for it’s photo quality: Cyber-shot models [...]

Tags: Mobile · Photography

Upgrading WordPress Lightbox plugin

August 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments

I just upgraded the Lightbox 2.0 plugin I use for my WordPress installations. I use Lightbox 2.0 extensively for snazzy image loading effects in my blog and all the other sites I run. The script loads images in an overlay window and dims all the other parts of the page.
LIGHTBOX FOR WORDPRESS. The Lightbox [...]

Tags: Blogs · Open source · Photography · WebTech · free software

Going to school—Drupal school

August 13th, 2007 · 11 Comments

I’ve been studying Drupal these past months. Drupal is a highly-regarded open source content management system (CMS) that can run anything from a single-person website to a community portal. There’s even a Newspapers on Drupal group for people using the CMS for their news websites.
NOW SHOWING. I’ve downloaded Elliott Rothman’s video tutorial series on [...]

Tags: Highlights · Journalism · Newsroom tech · Open source · WebTech · free software