This problem's been around since the first day I started a Blogger account. What gives?
My only solution for now is to set it to 2 and it behaves fine.
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14/12/2009
Twitter gadget/widget for Blogger gone mad
If you set "Number of updates to display" as 1 , it pretty much goes bonkers and lists about TWENTY of your latest tweets instead of just one.
This is the really cool e-mail announcing the arrival of Google Chrome for Mac in beta
4,380 frosted mini-wheats eaten!
16/11/2009
11/11/2009
10/11/2009
What distinguishes developers on the Mac from those who design for other platforms?
1) Perfectionism
2) Community orientation
3) Not obsessed with the bottomline
4) Passion
2) Community orientation
3) Not obsessed with the bottomline
4) Passion
09/11/2009
Interview with NetNewsWire developer, Brent Simmons
NetNewsWire is the most popular newsreader client on the Mac.
Things got even better when NNW incorporated syncing with Google Reader. And then came NNW for the iPhone.
Seth Weintraub asks Brent Simmons about the recent changes in the application, how he plans on integrating social services like Twitter and where development is heading.
On how many copies of NNW v3 are out there:
Things got even better when NNW incorporated syncing with Google Reader. And then came NNW for the iPhone.
Seth Weintraub asks Brent Simmons about the recent changes in the application, how he plans on integrating social services like Twitter and where development is heading.
On how many copies of NNW v3 are out there:
I kind of have to forget about how popular it is most of the time or I'd be paralyzed knowing that I can't possibly please that many people. So I tend to think of it as relatively intimate: me and 100 friends.
05/11/2009
This is exactly why TweetDeck just doesn't cut it for me
Am I the only nerd who doesn't own superfast computers?
Pic: 4yr old HP/compaq nc600002/11/2009
Fastest Twitter (Desktop) App for Old Computers
My needs are simple. If an application/program doesn't cause my 4.5-year-old iBook G4 to lag, I'm thankful.
Tweetdeck is often cited as the best desktop Twitter app. Unfortunately it takes up way too much memory for my old machine.
DestroyTwitter, on the other hand:
I've been using DT since April 2009 for my business' Twitter account, and it is nothing short of wonderful.
My all-time favourite is the "Exclude" feature. DT had this long before Twitter lists rolled out. It helps me block out some of the noise (or rather, noisier tweeters) yet still appear to be "following" back my followers. It only blocks out their tweet stream; you will still be able to receive @ replies and DMs from the people you've excluded.
Another favourite is being able to select my preferred URL shortening & picture upload services; the list is not exhaustive but it needn't be.
If you haven't already, give DestroyTwitter a whirl and let me know what you think.
Tweetdeck is often cited as the best desktop Twitter app. Unfortunately it takes up way too much memory for my old machine.
DestroyTwitter, on the other hand:
..uses a minimal amount of memory compared to its AIR-based alternatives without sacrificing functionality and performance. As a result, it can easily run in the background as an automated process.The only drawback is that it doesn't (yet) support multiple accounts.
I've been using DT since April 2009 for my business' Twitter account, and it is nothing short of wonderful.
My all-time favourite is the "Exclude" feature. DT had this long before Twitter lists rolled out. It helps me block out some of the noise (or rather, noisier tweeters) yet still appear to be "following" back my followers. It only blocks out their tweet stream; you will still be able to receive @ replies and DMs from the people you've excluded.
Another favourite is being able to select my preferred URL shortening & picture upload services; the list is not exhaustive but it needn't be.
If you haven't already, give DestroyTwitter a whirl and let me know what you think.
30/10/2009
How To Speed Up Firefox in 3 Simple Steps ↵
Winston Teo:
...every so often, Firefox will devour all the memory on my MacBook and become so slow, that I’ll be forced to issue a “kill -9″ command.I've just implemented Winston's steps & Firefox has become lovable again.
Today, I have had enough, and so decided to go find some Firefox optimization tips that will help to speed up my Firefox. The following are 3 simple steps to make your Firefox fast again.
17/10/2009
13/10/2009
M1 to bring in iPhone to Singapore
From the official press release page:
Best news I've heard all week.
M1 and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone to customers in Singapore later this year. M1 looks forward to offering iPhone and a range of tailored service plans to customers in Singapore.
Best news I've heard all week.
How To: Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Facebook
For Firefox users, and requires the Greasemonkey plugin.
I have Greasemonkey installed and it works fine on this old machine, no lagging. In fact, it helps to speed quite a few things up.
After you install Greasemonkey, installing Keyboard Navigation takes two mouse clicks. Now you can jump around Facebook in Firefox by simply pressing some keys, like:
B - Go to list of birthdays
C - Go to photos
D - Find friends
E - Go to your list of events
I have Greasemonkey installed and it works fine on this old machine, no lagging. In fact, it helps to speed quite a few things up.
12/10/2009
Stop being a cheapskate ↵
Robert Scoble, on people whining about having to pay $3 for Tweetie 2.0:
Mashable lists some of the new features.
I guess they must really bitch because Microsoft charges $300 for Windows 7 or Apple charged $30 for its latest update..And I thought Singaporeans were the only people on earth who think it's their god-given right to want five apples for the price of one.
Mashable lists some of the new features.
Photoshop for the iPhone
The synchronization with cloud storage is icing on the cake.The long awaited is finally here. It's simple, clean and FREE.
Update: This app is not available in the Hong Kong/ Singapore iTunes Store. Unfortunate much. :(
09/10/2009
Want to use Twitter on steroids?
10 Reasons Why Brizzly is like Twitter on Steroids
1. It saves you a lot of clicks - by displaying all pictures and videos that are linked to.
1. It saves you a lot of clicks - by displaying all pictures and videos that are linked to.
This is probably good only if you follow people selectively.
Update: Not all pics are displayed in the timeline. A non-exhaustive list of what's supported & not supported:
YES - twitpic.com / yfrog.com / maps.google.com / youtube.com
NO - flickr.com / bestc.am / pic.gd / tweetphoto.com / ustre.am
2. Full URLs are displayed instead of the shortened ones.
Is this important? Yes and No. Seeing the full URL may help you decide if you want to click on it or not.
Brizzly automatically shortens URLs to bit.ly
You'll also notice trending topics on the right sidebar - Brizzly makes an effort to explain them. Again, saving you a few clicks.
3. Reply with a pic.
People can't resist pictures and will tend to click on a URL with the word 'pic' in it (best example - http://twitpic.com/... ) - smart move on Brizzly's part.
Nobody clicks on pic uploads via HootSuite because the URL is something uber-generic like http://ow.ly/i/2Ll
4. Clicking on reply opens up a field below the intended tweet. The way it ought to be.
5. Can save tweet as draft.
6. Supports multiple accounts. Up to five only.
7. Keyboard shortcuts same as Gmail.
But first, I had to disable 'Search for text when I start typing'. For Firefox, it's under Preferences > Advanced > General.
8. Once you reach the end of one scrollable page, the continuing page will appear in a second. Just keep scrolling, no clicking involved.
9. Click on friend's avatar to view all info, unfollow, add to group etc. One up from Hootsuite: allows muting.
10. IM-like notification for direct messages.
Hoosuite is the only other web-based app I use & can compare Brizzly to. Here are a few things that I really appreciate in Hootsuite and/or use a lot of:
• scheduled tweets - this is indispensable because I manage nine Twitter accounts. Schedule your tweets days/weeks/months in advance, and your tweetstream appears updated even when you're on holiday.
• click statistics (only for URLs shortened with the ow.ly shortener)
• supports not only pic uploads, but documents as well (doc, PDF, etc)
• feeds blog posts to Twitter, almost automagically
• multiple accounts - unlimited
• I can just select/"tick" whichever account I want to tweet from. In Brizzly, I have to switch accounts first. On an old iBook, this takes a few seconds sometimes.
Some other things Hootsuite has over Brizzly:
• supports Ping.fm
• adding users - this is different from adding Twitter accounts. You can have more than one user managing all of your multiple accounts.
I can't comment on Brizzly's "heaviness" or loading speed etc. On a 4.5-year-old iBook, I can say Brizzly runs about as fast/as slow as Hootsuite.
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How to tell the age of your Mac
07/10/2009
The Kindle is going global •
The company announced on Tuesday evening that it would soon begin selling a new version of the Kindle that can wirelessly download books both in the United States as well as in more than 100 other countries.Now to find out if Hong Kong and Singapore are one of the 100.
The main difference: it will use the wireless networks of AT&T and its international roaming partners, instead of Amazon’s existing wireless partner for the Kindle, Sprint. Sprint’s network is incompatible with most mobile networks outside of North America.The new Kindle ships Oct 19 @ US$279. Or, get Kindle on your iPhone for free. <-- available in the US App Store only.
Update: Hong Kong 1, Singapore 0.
Update (02/11/2010) Hong Kong 1, Singapore 1. There's now an
that ships @ US$139 for Wifi only, or US$189 for 3G + Wifi.
06/10/2009
17/09/2009
Feeding Blog Posts to Twitter via Hootsuite
Blogspot doesn't come with a lot of in-built or easy-to-add plugins like WordPress does. So, awhile ago I thought this was a quick-n-dirty way to feed Blogspot posts to Twitter.
Then, Hootsuite came up with the most automagical way to do it. Way quicker-n-dirtier.
Easy peasy - Sign up for a Hootsuite account, hammer in your RSS feed URL and off you go. (It's not necessary to switch to Hootsuite as your main Twitter app if you're already used to something else. )
But first - find out what your RSS feed address is, if you haven't already.
• In most cases, just add /feed after your URL and it should work.
• If you run a Blogspot blog, add /feed/posts/default or /feed/posts/default/?alt=rss after your Blogspot.com URL. They both work, so pick one. More on this here.
Then, Hootsuite came up with the most automagical way to do it. Way quicker-n-dirtier.
Easy peasy - Sign up for a Hootsuite account, hammer in your RSS feed URL and off you go. (It's not necessary to switch to Hootsuite as your main Twitter app if you're already used to something else. )
But first - find out what your RSS feed address is, if you haven't already.
• In most cases, just add /feed after your URL and it should work.
• If you run a Blogspot blog, add /feed/posts/default or /feed/posts/default/?alt=rss after your Blogspot.com URL. They both work, so pick one. More on this here.
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Mini Mobile Charger Shelf
This flew into my inbox today. The idea is there, although it looks a little inconvenient to pack.
Perhaps the 'shelf' bit could be folded into half for flat-packing/ storage, and conveniently folded out when in use?
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14/09/2009
Is there a 'Top Posts' widget for Blogspot?
I'm looking for a 'Top Posts' or 'Popular Posts' widget for Blogspot. It should fulfill two criteria:
1. It can be independently added without me having to sign up with a web tracking service or website.
2. It should be similar to this widget for WordPress by Ajay D'Souza.
With all my Google-fu prowess, I've only managed to find one such widget (in working condition) by Divya Sai. It's the best I can find but it's far from perfect.
I'd like it to be closer to Ajay's widget in terms of:
• popularity of individual blog posts are counted by number of visits, not by number of comments
• I'd like for the Title of the post to appear, not its URL.
1. It can be independently added without me having to sign up with a web tracking service or website.
2. It should be similar to this widget for WordPress by Ajay D'Souza.
With all my Google-fu prowess, I've only managed to find one such widget (in working condition) by Divya Sai. It's the best I can find but it's far from perfect.
I'd like it to be closer to Ajay's widget in terms of:
• popularity of individual blog posts are counted by number of visits, not by number of comments
• I'd like for the Title of the post to appear, not its URL.
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24/07/2009
How to open .docx on a Mac (for free)
I discovered 5 different ways to do it:
1. Quick-n-Dirty: (credit: Richard Lemon) - this worked for many but not for me though.
1. Quick-n-Dirty: (credit: Richard Lemon) - this worked for many but not for me though.
2. Quicker-n-Dirtier: Send the file to a friend who uses a PC and get them to PDF it back to you (this method comes highly recommended)
3. Install Open XML Converter. (Works like a dream, baby)
4. Upload to Scribd.com - you can then choose to view it in your browser, print it out, or download as a PDF. (But you must sign up for an account)
5. Install Docx-Converter Dashboard Widget.
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How To Feed Blogger/Blogspot posts to Twitter via Twitterfeed
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1. Finding the RSS feed address for a Blogspot blog is a mission and a half. Dave Saunders' How To Find the RSS Feed for Your Blogger Blog comes to the rescue.
Basically, just add /feed/posts/default or /feed/posts/default/?alt=rss after your Blogspot.com URL. They both work, so pick one.
2. Click on "test rss feed", it should give you a big green OK. You can tweak the settings etc, then Save Feed.
← If you see this, fret not, it'll still work. It just means it's not tracking any stats. 3. Go watch one episode of Dexter. Come back and Twitterfeed should have nicely fed your blog posts to Twitter.
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Some extra notes:
• If you feel like you need to track clicks etc, in Blogger.com, go to Settings > Site Feed, click on FeedBurner
• So you Sign in with your Google account etc., and you do a quick-n-dirty because you just want to get it to work.
Not sure if this next step is necessary/ relevant, but back at the Blogger.com ranch, you paste your new http://feeds.feedburner.com/potatox feed URL in the Post Feed Redirect URL field, Save Settings, go back to Twitterfeed to see if it works now, and it spits out an awareness API error.
That's cuz you did a quick-n-dirty, you squirrel.
This is the part that (hopefully) gets it to work: go back to Feedburner.google.com, go to Publicize > Awareness API , click on Activate.
★★★ SUCCESS! ★★★
The feeds take a wee while to show up on your Twitter stream, so you must can has patience my fren.
I still think there has to be a better/ quicker/ less painful way to do this for Blogger?
23/07/2009
Hello World
I'm not the most tech savvy person really, along the way I've taught myself almost everything. So don't take this as an 'expert-dispensing-advice' sort of blog.
It's more of sharing thoughts, ideas & documenting all the tech-related and microbiz-related stuff I'm learning with each new day.
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