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  • Announcing WP-Subdued WordPress theme

    I have just released WP-Subdued, a WordPress theme based on the open source Subdued web template released by Free CSS Templates. I regularly check Free CSS Templates and when I saw the Subdued template, I immediately knew it was perfect for a site I’m helping to launch. WP-SUBDUED. My WordPress port of the Subdued template…

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  • New Aptana IDE version makes Linux installation easy

    I use Aptana whenever I have to edit a web template or convert one to a WordPress theme. Before I found Aptana, I used Dreamweaver. I wrote a post earlier on how to use Dreamweaver to edit edit WordPress themes. EDITING WITH APTANA. Porting an open source web template into a WordPress theme using Aptana.…

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  • Zooomr Mark III now live: Get unlimited photo storage; sell images

    My favorite photo sharing website, Zooomr, is now live after weeks of being down. The two-man website had upgraded its services to Mark III, a new version that had been months in the planning and contains a lot of new features. Among the features of Mark III is the ability of users to sell their…

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  • Installing Photoshop on Ubuntu Linux

    Now, what do I do? That was the first thought that formed in my mind when I first opened Gimp about 5 or 6 six years ago in an Internet cafe on F. Ramos St. in Cebu City. I was given the grand tour on Linux and open source software by Mike Schmeisser, a chain-smoking…

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  • Blogging break

    It’s been an exceedingly hectic week in the newsroom since the May 14 elections. This is my 4th election coverage and it was as it has always been: frenzied, tiring, and stressful but ultimately exciting and fulfilling. News events such as elections make you want to leave the newsroom for the field. Out there, the…

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