Software - Upstart Blogger

Apr 23 07

Panic released Coda today, stealing some of the thunder from macrabbit’s CSSEdit 2.5, also released today. CSSEdit, along with Transmit and skEdit, have been my preferred trio of development apps, so how does Panic’s Coda—an all-in-one FTP client, text editor, preview browser, css editor, terminal, and reference library—stack up?

I’ve been playing with it for the […]

Panic Coda 1.0 First Impressions

Apr 23 07

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I’ve updated my free WordPress theme, Upstart Blogger Minim, to version 0.2.
This is a very minor update. I noticed a few remnants of my old site still in the files, and removed those. And I fixed the 404 page, which was formatted incorrectly. You’ll probably want to customize it anyway.
To download, visit the original post: […]

Upstart Blogger Minim Updated to 0.2

Jan 23 07

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If you like Digg, you’ll love Pligg, the open source CMS that lets you create a digg-style site.
Pligg is still in beta (Beta 9 as I write this) and there are still a few kinks in the system. But it’s solid enough to use now. In fact, I’ve just ported my old blog Futurosity from […]

Create a Digg-style Site with Pligg

Nov 18 06

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I wrote a few days ago about using ImageWell to quickly resize images, but I’ve discovered an even easier and faster way: just drag and drop an image on the Image Shackle Dashboard widget. You can resize the image using a slider, or set a default width or height. There’s also an option to automatically […]

Resize Your Images With Image Shackle 1.1 Dashboard Widget

Nov 16 06

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Why fire up Photoshop every time you need to resize a screen capture? If you need to make minor adjustments to your images (resizing, croping, rotating, and much more), ImageWell is lean and fast. Modify your PNG, JPG, or TIFF images and add drop shadows, watermarks, borders, labels, or annotations. Upload your images to iDisk, […]

ImageWell 3.0b6

Nov 16 06

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Blurb, the book company that lets you self-publish bookstore quality hardcover and paperback books, has finally added TypePad and WordPress.com support to their BookSmart book creation software.
BookSmart slurps the entries from your blog and autopopulates the pages (you also have the option of dragging and dropping entries to build your book). BookSmart doesn’t currently support […]

Publish Your Blog As A Book With Blurb

Nov 06 06