Archive for April, 2009

Joomla vs WordPress

Image via Wikipedia I came across a good post that outlines the main differences between using Joomla and WordPress as a CMS. It’s not too long, and goes into what it considers the main differences between the two platforms, notably that Joomla is designed for more complex multi-user content managed...

NearlyFreeSpeech

Here’s an interesting hosting company I came across today. It’s called NearlyFreeSpeech and is and came to my attention when I was researching a host for a friend who wanted to host a controversial website. They seem to be pretty unusual in that they have a very libertarian attitude to...

ThirdThursday: IoM Social Media Club – 16 April 2009

Are you doing anything next Thursday? If not, you’re welcome to join us at the next “Manx Third Thursday”, a gathering for social media enthusiasts in the Isle of Man. Here’s how Sherrilynne describes it: Basically, we are bunch of bloggers, Twitterers, Facebookers and people who are enthusiastic or curious...

Countdown to Double Trouble

Well, we’re safely in our second trimester now, so we’ve started seriously thinking about what we need for the twins. We kept all the things we used for Arthur when he was a baby, but we need to double up on things now. One cot isn’t going to be enough...

Come and fight my Brute

I’ve just got dragged into this cute little online game called Brute where you set up this cartoon character and take part in fights against other characters. It’s all automated and a bit random, but it’s cute nonetheless. Here’s what my Brute looks like: Anyway, if you want to come...

Kerchoonz – Do you want to play?

Where do you get your music fix from? I’ve recently been playing with a couple of different online providers like Spotify and Last.Fm which are a great source of music. However, theey focus predominately on mainstream music (although you can certainly find more eclectic choices there), and there are other...

Twitter’s Business Plan

@bigcheeser sent me a link to Twitter’s business plan: It’s from Geek & Poke, a great cartoon site I’ve bookmarked for further perusal. There seem to be some good cartoons there, so if there’s anything good, I’ll be sure to let you know. I always think it’s great that you...

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