One of the best technology gadgets I’ve ever purchased is my Wacom Tablet. With up to 8 (okay 12) hours a day on the computer, a stylus and tablet provide for more productive, injury-free computing. Although it comes with a mouse, I use the stylus and ExpressKeys for just about everything. Not ready to spend [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Free dotMac: notMac
Mac users who are enticed by the syncing solution provided through .mac, Apple’s commercial webspace, email, and file storage solution, now have a free alternative. Say, “Welcome” to notMac. notMac, a product of the notMac Challenge, was recently introduced as a free, opensource alternative.
If you’re not willing to pay $100 to fix corruptions issues, try [...]
Want More Comments?
During my recent switch, I decided not to import comments. The main reason? It was easier not to. I don’t regret it, but now my posts look less lively. So I need more! For business blogs, even old comments are important. They increase authority and can provide a bit of an ego boast if you’re [...]
Favicon on Blogger
Favicons are those little icons in the Address bar and next to your Favorites. When I migrated to Blogger, I lost my custom favicon and inherited the default, orange “B.” To restore it to my original “j.u” favicon, I performed some first-grade slight-of-hand trickery (It’s really easy).
Choose a favicon host.Although possible, Blogger doesn’t make it [...]
Blogger Migration 404
With the migration to Blogger from Wordpress, the most effort is going into dealing with post path differences. These differences will cause 404 (missing file) errors if not dealt with correctly. I wanted to be sure that people looking for my older WordPress posts would be appropriately redirected to the correct Blogger address.
My WordPress paths [...]