Redesigned
I have redesigned the look and feel of this blog. Using the WP Premium theme. I’m using it pretty much out of the box here but am working on a more aggressive implementation of it for another blog. I’d love to get some feedback on it. Please either leave a comment or fill out the form on the new contact page.
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4 Things MSFT Did Right in 2009
Santa being tracked by Norad. Notebook sales outpacing dektops. Finally. HP geared up to sell 18 million laptops in 2009. Windows 7 to be out in 2009. The Digital Cliff coming your way. Steve Jobs spirit suddenly "insitutionalized" within Apple. Today’s list. "4 things Microsoft got right in 2008.
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/137493/tech5-137493-12-24-2008.mp3]
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Plugin Moves WordPress Admin Menus Back To Top of Page
I switched to WordPress 2.7 recently (right after it was released on December 10) and like it very much. Several new features have been added or changed. Some more prominent than others. Perhaps the most prominent change is the revamped backend admin interface. I think it’s great. I like it a lot. The default theme, page layout, etc. is excellent.
I only have one complaint about it. They moved the menus from the top of the page to the left hand side. I don’t get this move at all. I suppose this was done to make it mimic most desktop GUI interfaces where you’d have icons on your screen, usually starting along the left side. But I hate it. Even with a big monitor you only have so much space within the browser window and adding something along the left side minimizes the width you have within that space. Suddenly the area where you’re typing your posts is half as wide.
The WordPress development crew had the foresight to add a feature where you can collapse the menu to it’s top level icons to give back some of this screen real estate. That’s a great idea but I like seeing the words on the menu. I have enough icons to remember without needing to remember these.
After doing some searching I found exactly what I needed. It’s the Worpdress Admin Drop Down Menu by planetOzh. The original purpose of this plugin was to allow the menus of the old admin interface to drop down on mouse over to reveal what choices were available in their respective sections. Previously without this plugin you’d need to click the section to see what was inside (via a sub menu). But in version WordPress 3.0 or higher 9the current version is 3.1) this plugin has the added feature of moving the menu back to the top of the page. This allows me to reclaim 100% of the screen real estate lost to the left side menu. It works like a charm and is highly recommended to anyone who is as annoyed with the menu change as I am.
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Microsoft Does it Again
Click to listen: [audio:http://m.podshow.com/media/12115/episodes/137283/tech5-137283-12-22-2008.mp3]
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Shoe Boom
The man who threw his shies at George W. Bush last week has sparked a run on the shoes he threw. The Istanbul-based manufacturer of the shoes has been deluged with orders for the shoe. 300,000 pairs have been ordered since the incident and the company has had to hire more staff to meet demand. More here.
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