The magic of Posterous and FunnyInbox.net

I know i am late in discovering this service but Posterous,simply put, rocks your socks! I love the way these guys implemented post by mail. I mean i know our beloved WordPress does it, for a long time now actually, but in my humble opinion not quite well.

So i decided to move FunnyInbox.net on Posterous. And you know what? It’s free to have custom domains! Yup. Not like other phonies supposedly “open source” and “all for the community” bullshit. It’s completely free. Period. Now the only problem i have is that it’s kinda slow for now, maybe it will get better. Other than that i am completely satisfied. A problem that i had with WordPress is that i needed too much time to prepare a batch of posts on emails that would come into my inbox. I needed to download, separate, upload, write the post, schedule it… Now, all i do is just forward.

On the other hand i wouldn’t trade WordPress for nothing when it comes to blogging. Not even for some other phonies that are trying to catch up… All in all, for a small site with the niche of FunnyInbox or even as a place for link exchange, i find Posterous to be the perfect solution. Kudos!

The VPS neighborhood

The past couple of days i’ve been bugged with an idea. I saw a new hosting company come around called “EcVPS”. They offer VPS plans for very low, and extremely affordable prices. I know that there has always been a gap between shared hosting, which is as low as $3/month, to the next step for a blog / site, the VPS hosting starting at $10-15/month. I know that many people decide to go on with it, and in my opinion they make a very good decision. But there are always people that are not comfortable administering their own boxes. Then they have two options, stick with shared or pay extra for managed hosting. Fortunately, nowadays, hosting is not expensive, even managed. But, still, jumping from $40 a year to, more or less, $120, is something that boggles.

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WordPress plugin competition submission: YANewsflash

As i said on the releasing article of my plugin YANewsflash, i have started the submission process of it to the WordPress plugin competition with this introductory article. As i also said before, i don’t think it stands a chance but still, it is a plugin released within the competition time limits so, i thought i’d go on with it. I just thought i’d give you the heads up so if it comes to a vote you know what to do

The theme change

I am always known to change my themes around here and i thought it was time for another one. The old one was a very impressive work from “Elegant Themes“, but this time around i feel i got bored of it and i needed a more simplistic one. Why i chose this theme? Well, first of all it’s very clean, no images (except the ones i add). Secondly, it’s white which makes reading a lot more easier. Thirdly, it has a very wide space for my posts, which for a coding blog such as this, is a very good thing, code is not wrapped and when you are trying to read it not too many things pop into your eyes.

To be honest, i can’t assure you that i won’t change my theme again, since i will most certainly do, at one point or another. This blog has been live for a year and five months now and many themes have gone by. It’s a way that refreshes me and keeps me a bit happier with my place. I guess it’s like redecorating a room.

On other news, things on my life still aren’t solid. I am on the edge of a new era and stable is not the word for me right now. So, as i said before, i will most definitely be around, blogging randomly (i guess like i have done before) and we see where that goes.

Again, i would like to thank my readers, and fellow bloggers for constantly checking back on me to see how am i doing.

Make your #FollowFriday easy!

There is a huge meme going on the Twitter world these days called #FollowFriday (started by Micah with whom i am in no way affiliated). I am sure you all know what it’s all about. You just tweet suggestions about people you think your followers should be acquainted with and maybe interested in their tweets. This results in massive follows on Fridays, even for me, a small little birdie. I wasn’t into this meme until recently. I always thought that it wasn’t that worth it anyhow. But, a couple of Fridays ago, i decided to join in and tweet a follow Friday. I wanted to thank all those tweeple that make my experience with this social network pleasant. So, i started creating the tweet and i found out it was rather hard to compose it. I had to visit twitter, find my followers, choose among them and for each one i chose i had to copy his username and make sure everything went well. It took me well over 5 minutes to compose the tweet. And then i thought that a tool that would let me view my followers and simply click on which one i want to add would be great. I searched a little and found nothing ready. Since i always wanted to try out Twitter’s API i decided to go on with one of my own. And, as a result, “FollowFriday” tool was created. So, if you want to check it out and see if it fits your needs be my guest! Rest assured that none of the credentials you provide is stored on the server.

I would also like to thank Kim for troubleshooting with me. Hope you like it and let me know if you find any bug or have any suggestion!

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