science & technology
Scribefire plugin problem
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Scribefire is a blog-editor plugin that allows you to blog directly from a website to your blog without going to your blog, if you get my drift.
Despite having Scribefire plugin loaded into my Firefox browser, I haven’t used it recently, because it posted garbage. Specifically,
“When I post to Wordpress, all of the HTML [...]
WordPress blog tips
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Marko Saric has created a remarkably successful blog… about how to be a successful blogger! I just discovered his website and clicked on his free e-book (PDF), on how to optimize WordPress for successful blogging. I’ve only just started reading it, but already I have implemented one of his suggestions: to change my [...]
Unchuffed, or how to double an mp3 file size without trying
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I tried posting a rather long (2 hours) mp3 file, but WordPress told me the maximum size was 24 mb (the file size was 32 mb). So I downloaded Audacity and cut the file in half and saved the 2 chunks, then tried uploading them. Would you believe it? Again, WordPress, unimpressed, tells [...]
Aoyama Gakuin University forcing students to carry tracking devices!
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In a good example of journalese, the JapanProbe headline screams:
Aoyama Gakuin University forcing students to carry tracking devices
with a picture of an iPhone.
At least one of the commenters is alert and informed, and effectively counters the title’s hyperbole:
Comment by jikku
2009-05-17 18:34:27
The title of this article is misleading. The students of Aoyama Gakuin’s School [...]
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Coupla articles on a related subject:
1) The painful truth about trainers: are running shoes a waste of money?
Then there’s the secretive Tarahumara tribe, the best long-distance runners in the world. These are a people who live in basic conditions in Mexico, often in caves without running water, and run with [...]
The wonders of modern science
Darpa wants to see inside your house, from Wired. Your tax dollars at work.
