I am a big fan of ljcharm, a console/command line LiveJournal client written in python. I’ve been using it for a while now, mainly because I’ve gone super-minimalistic with regards to ‘net applications. I use mutt for email, centericq for chatting, slrn for newsgroups, and ljcharm for posting to LiveJournal. With screen to tie them [...]

I’ve been meaning to get around to setting up a Google sitemap for a while now, but I just keep procrastinating. Tonight seemed like a good night to do so, though, so I installed the Google Sitemap Generator for WordPress, and I have to admit I am shocked at how easy it was. This plugin [...]

Okay, so it isn’t new anymore, but it is still a good WordPress plugin for embedded YouTube videos (via GeekLimit):
If you’re interested in putting videos in Wordpress posts, [...] just head over toone [sic] of my personal favorite plugin guys, Viper007Bond, and download his Video Quicktags plugin. Same great functionality as my method, but with [...]

First off, let me point out that I love Todd from Geek News Central like a brother. His podcast is one of my absolute favorites, and I tend to listen to it within a few hours of its release. However, there are some times when Todd can be completely off-base. And that is definitely the [...]

All about Linux takes a look at Google Docs & Spreadsheets and find some good stuff there. But the most interesting thing that I read in the article is this:
3) Post to Blog – This is the most interesting one. It is possible to post your document to your personal blog. At present Google docs [...]

There’s a post on www.jessirae.com detailing a supposedly easy way to use two Del.icio.us accounts without having to log in and out of Del.icio.us. The solution given was to install two different Firefox extensions, Del.icio.us Buttons and Del.icio.us Complete. However, I disagree with the resolution, because Del.icio.us Complete can handle this by itself. When you [...]

Here’s an interesting script, something that I’ve been searching for for awhile: Automatic MySQL Backup. What does it do?
Everyday AutoMySQLBackup will run (if setup on /etc/cron.daily) and using mysqldump and gzip will dump your specified databases to the /backups/daily directory, it will rotate daily backups weekly so you should never have more than 7 backups [...]