Archive for August, 2006

Google’s XML Sitemaps

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

There are a number of free tools that help you create a Google sitemap:

Google Sitemap Generator made with Java!
Google Sitemap Generator made with a Python script
Open Source Sitemap Script
Google Sitemap Generator and Editor
Google Sitemap Generator for Windows
Google Sitemap Generator Dreamweaver Extension

Arne Brachhold’s WordPress plugin creates a new XML sitemap for your WordPress blog. The donation ware plug-in makes it simple to generate a sitemap. A few minutes invested in creating a sitemap could make a significant difference in your blog’s rank, positioning and traffic.

WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide

Monday, August 7th, 2006

Quickstart Guide WordPress

WordPress 2: Visual QuickStart Guide is a useful book to have next to you while you work on your blog.

This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide shows you how to install, use, and customize WordPress to get the most from the software. Includes tips that explain why certain techniques are better than others, how to watch for potential problems, and where readers can find more information.

: is more oriented towards beginners, but has some useful information for intermediate users. Advanced users should look elsewhere.

Wheels Falling off Hummers

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Hummer Wheel Falls Off

A couple of weeks ago, the Sacramento Bee printed an investigative report, Wheels are falling off Hummers, which describes how model year 2003 H2s have steering knuckles fracturing or failing, causing H2 suspensions to collapse or their wheels to separate. The part remains in 47,900 model year 2003s.

Flickr Tools

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Flickr Services
Flickr has an open Application Programming Interface (API for short). This means that anyone can write their own program to present public Flickr data (like photos, tags, profiles or groups) in new and different ways. There’s a long list of API methods available to you to work with.

Third Party Flickr Apps List
Flickr Hacks
you’ll learn how to:

Post photos to your blog directly from your cameraphone
Mash up your own photos or others’ public pictures into custom mosaics, collages, sliding puzzles, slideshows, or ransom notes
Back up your Flickr library to your desktop, and save the comments too
Set random desktop backgrounds and build your own Flickr screensaver
Geotag your photos and map your contacts
Download a list of photos and make a contact sheet
Make your own Flickr-style tag cloud to visualize the frequency of common tags
Build a color picker with a dynamic color wheel of Flickr photos
Feed photos to your web site and subscribe to custom Flickr feeds using RSS
Talk to the Flickr API using your web browser, Perl, or PHP; authenticate yourself and other users; and build custom API applications

Kubrickr
is a tool that lets you replace that giant blue blob at the top of your WordPress 1.5 blog with a nice photo from Flickr.
FAlbum – WordPress Flickr Plugin
is a Wordpress plugin that allows you to display your Flickr photos and photosets on your site.
FlickrRSS plugin for WordPress
is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to display Flickr photos on your weblog. The plugin supports user, public and group photostreams. It’s easy to setup and configure via an options panel. It also has image cache support.

fd’s Flickr Toys

The Great Collection