WordPress 1.5.1 has been released. Better get upgraded…
BlogJetThis! Extension for FireFox 0.4
BlogJetThis! Extension for FireFox 0.4
James Avery has created a FireFox extension that allows you to select text in FireFox and then blog about it using BlogJet. Great work James!
If you visit the above link, you’ll see a few comments from me, who in my usual dunderheaded way, couldn’t seem to get the extension installed right… 
And of course I used it to create this post…
Great Computers of our Times, part 1
From the Guardian Online blog:
Apropos of very little, I had a bit of a retro memory flashback the other day (actually it was when I dug out an old copy of Lemmings) and started thinking about what probably ranks as my favourite computer ever:…
And it’s the good old Amiga 500! I used to have one, and loved it…
Evangelism Lessons
Neville Hobson writes:
Three lessons about evangelism:
- Always consider another’s point of view – and listen to that point of view no matter how anxious you are to get across your own point of view
- Be passionate but consider how you ‘deploy’ that passion – others may view your evangelism as rigid and self-righteous proselytizing
- Know that evangelism will fail in the face of a closed mindset
He was recently interviewed on The Red Couch.
Huffington Post is Go
US based celebrity blog thing is now up and running, as reported by Dan Gillmor:
The Huffington Post has launched, and it’s part-Drudge (though from a different perspective), part blog of blogs. It’s obviously version 1.0, which means you should give it time to settle down.
The great Harry Shearer will “Eat the Press” — this could be fun.
Overall, the site seems to be aiming at the role of op-ed page of the Net. I’m watching with great interest, and reading some of it, too.
To give more of a flavour, here’s an excerpt from the announcement email:
The Huffington Post is serving up-to-the-minute breaking news and blog posts from hundreds of the most interesting figures in politics, entertainment, business, the arts, and the media. In addition, Harry Shearer will be moderating a section on the media called “Eat the Press” — where, besides documenting and discussing the absurdities within our news cycle, he will regularly be posting raw satellite feed of our nation’s politicians and broadcasters in their most unguarded moments.
Already, John Cusack, Ellen DeGeneres, Russell Simmons, Mike Nichols, David Mamet, Michael Isikoff, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall, David Corn, and Marshall Herkovitz have posted their unique takes on issues as diverse as gay marriage, the war in Iraq, and what “SpamAlot” and political leaders have in common.
The Huffington Post is also your source for breaking news. Today, the Post offers an exclusive pre-publication look at the explosive new book, “Secrets of the Kingdom,” by best-selling author Gerald Posner, which reveals the unknown story of how Saudi Arabia’s oil fields are rigged to turn into a radioactive nuclear wasteland in the event of an invasion or internal revolution.