March 18, 2008

WordPress 2.5 RC1 in the wild

By : Roy
Filed under : software, wordpress

With 63% of all tickets for WordPress 2.5 closed and a final release date of the 21st, WordPress has set loose version 2.5 in release candidate 1 status.
If you want to help out the development team in making their deadline, download RC1 (scroll to very bottom of page), join the wp-testers mailing list, and let [...]


March 17, 2008

Craigslist found not guilty of housing discrimination

By : Roy
Filed under : advertising, legal

The wildly popular, infinitely useful, online classified ads website, Craigslist, was found not guilty of charges from Chicago based Civil Rights attorney group that claimed Craigslist violated federal housing laws and was responsible for posting ads that excluded potential buyers or tenants on the basis of race, gender or religion.
Since Craigslist allows it’s users to [...]


March 16, 2008

US Citizens less happy than United Arab Emirates

By : Roy
Filed under : oddly enough

According to the Wikipedia article, ‘Satisfaction with Life Index‘, the United States ranks as the 23rd most happy country, right below the United Arab Emirates, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Seychilles.The ‘World Happiness Map’ is derived from data collected from the Happy World Index(HPI), an organization the believes Gross Domestic Product alone is an inaccurate [...]


March 13, 2008

WWDC08: A landmark event. In more ways than one.

By : Roy
Filed under : apple, rumors

I just received my Apple WWDC08 registration announcement. Apple is noting the event as, “A landmark event. In more ways than one,” with a picture of the Golden Gate bridge split into two separate bridges.
What could this possibly mean? What does Apple have up it’s sleeve? A GPS enabled iPhone? (landmarks, maps, [...]


March 13, 2008

Google Ad Manager Beta Invitation

By : Roy
Filed under : advertising, google

Google announced the release of a new beta product for advertisers today called Google Ad Manager. I currently run a few different sites, and in my quest to try and make them profitable (besides providing it with great content) I try to manage advertising for each of these sites.
On this site I am using Text-Link-Ads [...]