Category: Software

  • Upgrade to WordPress 2.0.4

    Version 2.0.4 of the WordPress blog platform was released yesterday. I’m planning to upgrade this blog to this latest version during the weekend. Apologies in advance if, for a short time during your visit, you see odd things or some…

  • Stay safe with anti-virus protection

    Spam’s been on my mind a bit this past week. Email spam in particular. I’ve been getting quite a few emails – averaging two or three a day – from an address to which I have never sent email. These…

  • Social computing explained

    David Tebbutt’s article in The Register on Friday has the simplest answer I’ve yet seen to the question “What is social computing?” – Think of social computing as a platform upon which people can collaborate in ad hoc groups, where…

  • More WordPress plugins

    Here’s a great WordPress plugin that, while I’m not quite sure what true value it might have, is a lot of fun using. Live is a free WordPress plugin that lets you watch your site activity in real time. You…

  • New ecto for Windows released

    Following beta testing over the past few months, version 2.1 of blog manager and editor ecto for Windows was released earlier this week. However, 2.1 contains a major bug – a misbehaving ‘insert hyperlink’ function – which has been swiftly…