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WP.me shortlinks now available to self-hosted WordPress

In a recent update to the WordPress.com stats plugin, the developers have added WP.me shortlink generation functionality to it as well.

What this entails

With version 1.6 of the stats plugin, the once exclusive WP.me shortlink feature will now be available to all users of the self-hosted WordPress. It is ...

Selection of Songs: December 2009

I’ve not blogged about Music Videos ever since I’ve moved from my previous blog. This is partly due to my increased usage of Facebook (thanks to Mousehunt as well ). However, in the recent month, I find myself listening to 4 songs repeatedly, and had the sudden urge ...

Christmas Decorations 2009 at Ion Orchard

This would be Ion Orchard’s first Christmas since the shopping mall’s opening. I must add that they do have some interesting decorations and they definitely look great under the night sky…

Of course, I couldn’t resist taking some photos…

Details and photos

Camera: W995 Exposure: Varies F-Stop: f/2.8 ISO Speed: Varies Size: 2448 x 3264 or vice ...

Tutorial: Autosave WordPress Post Title as Tags

This post is published in response to a WordPress support thread, requesting such a functionality (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/338629)

Although the title of the post states that it is a tutorial, I haven’t really tested the following code extensively. It works on my test environment as well as a live blog ...

Tutorial: Adding a second dynamic (widget) sidebar in WordPress

I was looking around in the WordPress support forums the other day and the question of how to add a second dynamic sidebar came up.

This is probably quite a common question, and it’s definitely one of the few things that I looked for when dynamic sidebars were introduced in WordPress. ...

FlowMod WordPress Admin Theme Dev

Long time users of the WordPress blogging platform would know that the administration interface underwent changes when it reached version 2.5 and subsequently when version 2.7 was released. The interface has definitely improved quite abit over those years and all these changes were without a doubt, much welcomed.

However, I felt ...

The tale of two sides and curiosity

The other day, I walked into the room. Someone was speaking while the others sat at the edge of the seat, rapt with attention.”Huh.. that’s weird, what brought all this on?” I thought as I strained to catch the gist of the conversation…

Knowing “the Two Sides”

One key view he held ...

Canonical URLs (Code Snippet – WordPress)

While developing websites, most probably you would have heard about specifying canonical URLs or come across an article on it.

For the benefit of those who haven’t, URL Canonicalization, also known as URL normalization is a process by which URLs are modified and standardized in a consistent manner. Search ...

The Silence during the Last additional duty

In the silence of the night:

0100hrs: I took the spot in the white box, taking over the equipment from the personnel before me. Armed with a massive sleep deprivation, I told myself: “It’s the last additional duty (on top of the usual 9 day work week)… Hang in there…”

I stood ...

Comment using Google Friend Connect

As some of you may have notice, there is a new button labeled “Google Friend Connect” in the comments area.

Starting from today, in addition to the usual comment methods and Facebook Connect (FBC), you can also use Google Friend Connect (GFC) to leave a comment. Using Google ...

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