Addynamo Seen on Statcounter

I’ve written about Addynamo before, as an Adsense alternative, but I’ve never really talked about one of the questions I always ask myself when testing out a new network : who’s using it? It’s one of the simpler ways of determining the legitimacy and worth of a new ad network and something I’m always on [...]

WordPress 3.0 Beta 1 is Out

Great news for all you peeps waiting for the first beta release of WordPress MultiSite/Multi Site/3.0. Your wait is over, the beta is out.

WordPress 3.0

Most of you who follow WordPress development should already be aware of the merge between WP and WPMU, which will be seen in the release of WordPress 3.0. Unfortunately there’s still a limited amount of info available, but I’ll share some of what I’ve been able to find. Project Development Found on “WordPress Development Updates” [...]

WordPress 3.0

These are just some of the resources I follow regarding the development and release of WordPress 3.0 or “Multisite”. 1.  WordPress Multisite Settings : Two screenshots of the WordPress Multisite Settings. 2.  WordPress.org Roadmap – Current planned releases, and links to their respective milestones. 3. WordPress 3.0 – A deeper look at the WordPress 3.0 Code. [...]

Riding the Google Wave

Google Wave

Google Wave has been described as  a real-time communication tool or an online collaboration tool.  Sounds like a mouthful, but from what I understand it seem to be similar to Facebook, but on steroids. The most interesting part,  because it differs from the normal Google monopoly mindset, is the release of many sections of the [...]

Web Definitions for the Beginner

I’ve decided to launch a new section called “Web Definitions for Beginners” or Webdef for short. Webdef is aimed at providing beginner bloggers and internet users an easy to understand definition of all things related to the web. This section is not aimed at replacing or competing with services such as Wikipedia or your trusty [...]

Show Off

A few weeks ago I finally got my 5000th hit, which really made me happy. Today I’m able to announce my 7000th hit, which makes me even happier, seeing as I only make a few posts a week. The blog is almost at 100 hits daily, which doesn’t seem like much, but is a sign [...]

Seacom Blog Launch

On the 23rd of July the undersea fibre optic cable Seacom went live. They provide a much needed 1.28TBps of data to the African content. The cable connects south and east Africa with approximately 17 000km of submarine fibre optic cable. The question is however when and with how much the bandwidth prices, specifically in [...]

Twitter DDoS Attack

If you don’t know yet Facebook, LiveJournal and Twitter received a little wake-up call yesterday (6th August) in the form a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Facebook slowed down, LiveJournal had a few hiccups, but Twitter on the other hand, went down for a lengthy 2 hours. The DDoS attack managed to create enough [...]