Where to Find Free Images and Art Resources for Blogs?
May 1, 2008
Where does one find images that can be posted online without infringing copyright laws? That’s a common problem faced by bloggers, at least by the ones who don’t want a DMCA complaint filed against them.
With most of the online material belonging to someone and being posted by someone else, it’s easy to unknowingly become an accomplice to content theft. Somehow, it’s easier to tell when text is free for distribution. What about all the ubiquitous art and images with no obvious authorship or copyright notices? In many cases it’s impossible to tell. It would be desirable to get them at the source, or at sites with clearly stated ownership and distribution policies.
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WordPress 2.5 Released
March 29, 2008
As it had been predicted, WordPress 2.5 has just been made available coinciding with WordCamp Dallas.
This blog is already running the new version and the upgrade was as painless as possible. It took less than 15 minutes, and that was mostly due to the slow uploading of files. Just make sure to check that all your plugins are up-to-date and that none of them conflicts with release 2.5. A good place to check for plugin compatibility is the Plugin Compatibility 2.5 list maintained by the WordPress community. Full directions to upgrade are listed in the Upgrading WordPress guide. [Read more]
Space Shuttle Atlantis Ready for Launch (Update)
February 7, 2008
Weather permitting, the space shuttle Atlantis is set up for launch today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A cold front is expected to move over the area and there’s only a 30% chance of acceptable conditions for the launch.
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MarsEdit Blog Editor: Tagging WordPress, Movable Type
January 31, 2008
MarsEdit, the popular desktop blog editor for the Mac platform has been updated to version 2.1. The new version brings an assortment of new features, including enhanced web previews, the ability to save drafts to the server, and instant searches for drafts and entries. [Read more]
Zenfolio Online Photo Sharing Review
January 28, 2008
Zenfolio is an online photo sharing service similar to Flickr, Smugmug, Fotki, Exposure Manager, and many others. What distinguishes it is the elegance of its interface, easy of use, and superb customer service. I’ve been using it for almost a year and thought it would be useful to share my experience with others. This is not intended to be an exhaustive review, nor a comparison with other services. It’s rather a collection of observations from one user point of view.
Photo hosts provide a service that falls in the general category of “photo sharing,” the publishing or transfer of digital photos (and/or videos) online for display, downloading, printing, etc. [Read more]
