My attempt to bring you up to speed on the events since our last post. Covering the new Windows, new Apple laptops and the “I’m a PC” ads.
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Yesterday, T-mobile announced their new G1 smartphone. This is the first smartphone based on Google’s Android mobile platform. The G1 is thicker than the iPhone 3G but has a smaller footprint. It has a touchscreen like the iPhone, but also has a slide-out keyboard.
Information about RIM’s new touchscreen BlackBerry is out, click to find out more.
Podcasting is a combination of internet radio and RSS feeds. Podcasts are recorded segments of audio or video that listeners can subscribe to and have delivered to their computer whenever a new episode appears.
Our “Free Game of the Week” series is back with this addictive strategy game where you protect your desktop from invaders by building towers that fire weapons.
So I’ve been rediculously busy these past couple of weeks and have been ignoring the site, and I’m sorry for that but today someone posted a comment that reminded me why Luofei and I started this site in the first place so expect updates again, and sorry for the break.
P.S. It might take me a little while to figure out how everything works again, it’s been a lot longer than I thought since my last post.
So by now you’ve got your own domain and a host but you don’t know what to do with it. If you are us, then the first thing you do is install WordPress, the platform we use at Just Plain Tech. The good hosting services will have a 1-click install feature, GoDaddy does this and so do Blue Host and DreamHost. Now WordPress isn’t your only option, but it is the only one I’ve tried. Other platforms include MovableType, which from what I’ve read is more difficult to use …
Welcome to part 2 of our blogging how-to.
If you’ve decided you are a little more serious about the whole blog thing and want to start throwing some money into it then you are going to have to find a hosting service and a domain. Now finding a good domain that isn’t already claimed is probably the toughest part about starting a website. Luofei and I literally went through a bajillion domain names before we settled. If you’re serious then don’t settle for anything less than a .com, maybe a …
At first glance, this seems like a fight between the weird, loser kid everybody picked on in high school and the cool, popular guy who everyone liked and actually was a nice guy. But perhaps, there is more than meets the eye here. This fight is actually closer than most imagine.