WordPress Themes

Posted on May 11, 2005 | Filed Under Web, WordPress

The abundance of site themes is another reason for the continued popularity of WordPress. If you are design impaired, there are freely downloadable themes available that you can easily manage through the WordPress admin. (In English, for the not so technically inclined: You can change the entire look and feel of your blog with a single click.)

Good places full of free themes:

Alex King’s Site - This is the mother of all theme sites. Alex runs a contest for themes and posts them on his site. He also has equipped it with the theme switcher plugin (see plugins) so …

WordPress Plugins

Posted on May 11, 2005 | Filed Under Web, WordPress

One of the great things about WordPress is the plethora of plugins available. This is a benefit of working with open source software that has a big following.

Here are some good places to get started looking for plugins.

WordPress Wiki
The WordPress Plugin Repository
WordPress Plugin Database
WordPress Plugin Competition Blog
Blogging Pro Plugins List

Google Search for WordPress Plugins

There are some prettey cool plugins out there. Good luck and happy blogging.

The Weather in Space

Posted on May 10, 2005 | Filed Under Web

Didn’t know there was a weather forecast for space, did you? Check out spaceweather.com for the latest and most complete weather report for… you guessed it! Space.

Why would this matter, you ask? Sun spots, solar winds, solar flares, and other occurances in space have a profound effect on the earth and its own weather. Sun spot and flare activity have been known to knock satellites and other electronic devices out of commission. Also, in case you are a “chicken little”, there are reports for PHAs (or Potentially Hazardous Asteroids). If you or your friends are planning a trip to …

WordPress

Posted on May 9, 2005 | Filed Under WordPress

Go figure I almost didn’t write about WordPress. I guess I thought because this blog is powered by WordPress, it wouldn’t really need any further notice. But then I thought some more and figured that I may actually have a series of WordPress posts. I’m working on a couple of themes (just mods of Kubrick, actually) and may try my hand at a couple of plugins.

I’ve been a fan of WordPress since it emerged from being called b2. If you are a blogger, consindering being a blogger, or just like nifty web tools, WordPress is worth a gander. I’ve tested …

Project Gutenberg

Posted on May 6, 2005 | Filed Under Web

If you are a reader and you haven’t seen Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/), you aren’t really a reader. What is Project Gutenberg, you ask? Their description says it all:

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the Internet. Our collection of more than 15.000 eBooks was produced by hundreds of volunteers. Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded and read, and redistributed for non-commercial use

You will never read through the mountain of texts in your lifetime …