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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-04

Erik Dasque — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:20:00 +0000

not impressed by #splunk Its auto-discovery is weak and the server crashed… #
splunk, I de-installz you. Be gone. #
awesome, look what i found on the back of the @macheist truck! the new mac app squeeze! http://macheist.com #
Little blurb on my custom covers for #scuba diving gear on #Ponoko Blog http://bit.ly/9WXQcP #
What's even more useless than #fedex ? #upsstore #
it's amateur hour at Logan #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-25

Erik Dasque — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:20:00 +0000

#firefox crashfest. Why do I still run it? #
Hertel #
This remains a good article if you're looking into getting scuba certified: Friendly Advice to a Lot of Young Men http://bit.ly/cHO1Ns #
I have been looking for this for 10 years. Only on Netflix! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-18

Erik Dasque — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:20:00 +0000

i would love to see #mywi on #android #n1 #
I find #twicca to be the best twitter client on #android IMHO it also beats anything on the iPhone or even desktop. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-11

Erik Dasque — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:20:00 +0000

#apple 'negociations' brought ebook prices up to $14.99 from $9.99. Consumers suffer, publishing houses rejoice. Authors gain nothing #
#amtrak thank you for taking me home http://yfrog.com/4aslatj #
I love how it takes 3 days for #Fedex to deliver an overnight package."No one was here". Nah,no one but the 4 people working in the building #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-04

Erik Dasque — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:20:00 +0000

Thought Outlook/Entourage, Groupwise were horrible email clients? Try Lotus Notes on Windows, or worse its web app. "Inutilisable!" #
1st week with #android #nexusone after 2 years with #iPhone: Contact as a shortcut, great idea well done. #
1st week with #android #nexusone after 2 years with #iPhone: Widget in the different app screens. How complicated the SDK for it? #
1st week with #android #nexusone after 2 years with #iPhone: Widget in the different app screens. Great idea. How complicated is that SDK? #
1st week with #android #nexusone after 2 iPhone years: Quick access widget to turn on/off GPS/3G/Bluetooth/Sync and change brightness: great #
Firefox is such a crashfest these days #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-28

Erik Dasque — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:20:00 +0000

is #googleqsb for mac dead? Seems so. No new release or twitter activity. #
#comcast phone line is dead, unable to complete my call at this time. Seriously? #
#ponoko should put a checkbox for each order "Is it ok for us to ask you about your make" and blog about it. Current blog is generic/boring #
yeah, cause we do cool stuff ( http://bit.ly/btQqAj ) with @ponoko and all you talk about is random maker stuff from other companies/people #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-21

Erik Dasque — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:20:00 +0000

#jQuery 1.4, welcome! http://bit.ly/8M4POf #
Good episode. Can't wait to get back onto the main storyline though http://bit.ly/2qgvGg #
#aws #ec2 cost with screen on #ubuntu. Makes sense: http://bit.ly/51aH7Y #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-14

Erik Dasque — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:20:00 +0000

I nominate @swiftfm for a shorty award in #apps because the best way to find new music is through my friends. http://bit.ly/shorty #
This is a test. Who remembers the game Little Computer People? #
my free-1 #ipevo USB handset died today. Won't power up, connects/disconnect. It was my loyal companion for clear Skype phoning for years #
the #iphone headset works as a microphone/headphones when connected to a new macbook headphone jack. Pretty awesome for #skype #
On #Chrome Mac dev channel, Dev/Task Manager is grayed out in the menus but not in the task bar menu. Doesn't work though; about:memory does #
My #Wordpress checklist: http://bit.ly/5RmzRw #
New post – Amazon Web Services (AWS) – management tools – Part 1 – The Cloud Saga – http://bit.ly/6htqE0 #

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My Wordpress checklist

Erik Dasque — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:12:00 +0000

A few year ago, I realized that beyond blogging, Wordpress is an exceptional CMS, I started sites with Wordpress. Dave Sutton’s Trawler Explorer, REI Paradise, Privateer Divers, Juergensen Marine, Danny’O Mom and Pop art shop Thinking Diver and the latest The Cloud Saga are all built using Wordpress.

After I built a few of those, I realized there were a few common steps that I pretty much always went through and decided to build a check list.

Change domain’s DNS settings to point to the new server (I happen to host on Linode which I recommend if you need more than just a folder on some server somewhere.
Add Domaine Zone for that domain in your hosting service control panel (Again, I love Linode Manager for any Domain Zone changes)
Create Database in MySQL for the new Wordpress site
Install wordpress in server directory, change permissions if necessary
Create an entry in your apache site-available sites and enable it (your mileage may vary if you don’t control your host directly)
Go setup Wordpress (hit your site URL for the first time)
Change admin password and user info
Change blog title, description and other parameters
set up permalink to custom structure /%postname%/
set up Akismet with an API key
set up a google analytics account for the new web site, make note of the ID
Choose a basic blank structure theme that you like (or if you’re lazy a nice pretty theme that’s ready to go)
Add and configure the following Wordpress plugins:
- All in one SEO Pack
- Google Analyticator: inserts the Google Analytics code and includes many advanced options
- Google Analytics Dashboard: presents Google Analytics data on your Wordpress dashboard and your post/pages lists with individual traffic graphs for each
- Google XML Sitemaps: generates sitemaps automatically to help search engine index your content
- Landing Sites: provides the user with some context on the page if they’re coming from a search engine
- Redirection: manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have
- SEO Slugs: improves slugs for SEO by removing common strings (the, a, …)
- W3 Total Cache
- Advertising Manager
Go to Google WebMasters, Bin Webmaster & the yahoo equivalent and set up your site with those search engines. Don’t forget to enter a sitemap.

That’s all folks!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-07

Erik Dasque — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:20:00 +0000

going to the Apple Store today. #iphone doesn't see new wifi networks. Resetting, restore, etc doesn't solve. Anyone else has that issue? #
Outgoing should be relative when it comes to the Orange line #
Grr, work PC is totally locked up. No VNC, no remote, no vmware migration possible. It's locked tight. And it runs Windows. #
network solutions wants $34.99 to renew a .com domain? WTF ? #
Please this year, no one loses all their computer data – backup with Backblaze, it's cheap, it works, it's simple: http://bit.ly/13Y1r0 #

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