Nov 25 2007
There are basically three ways to publish your blog with WordPress.
Open an account on a blog service such as http://wordpress.com/. This is the easiest to set up. But you cannot always customize to your heart’s content and you don’t earn from AdSense.
Run WordPress on your own server at home. You really emerge yourself in the [...]
Nov 16 2007
The first thing you have to consider after installing WordPress and starting writing is to backup and restore your database. I started with WordPress Database Backup 2.1.5, which was rated highly on WordPress.org. It turned out to cause me tremendous grief when migrating to a different server. The primary issue is that some tables are not [...]
Nov 14 2007
Google announced the availability of Android platform SDK this week. However devices running Android will only come after mid of 2008. Like the saying in an old joke, reading the software manual without the hardware is like reading a porn book without the software. It’s hard to hold the urge.
Meanwhile, Google also set up $10 million in prizes for developers [...]
Nov 10 2007
The rising Canadian dollar (now 1.07 over US$) is a clear indication of a strong Canadian economy. Well, some would argue that the real causes are the ever-rising cost of natural resources and temporary weakness of US economy due to the sub-prime mortgage crises.
The strong Canadian dollar prompts a tide of Canadians shopping across the [...]
Nov 05 2007
Alas, it turns out eventually that the much anticipated GPhone is a software platform, closely toeing the line of Google’s business model. As we’re recovering the torturing suspense, let’s see who are friends and who are foes of “GPhone”.
Google’s announcement this afternoon came together with the Open Handset Alliance. Sifting through the member list (http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/oha_members.html), [...]