Upgraded to WordPress 2.5
Happy Cog helped redesign WordPress for the new 2.5 release. I just upgraded to it, and so far, I think it is nice. Nothing overwhelming yet, but the UI is far more pleasing. Looks like they finally have a different way to add videos to, hope that works better than before… I’m going to play around with some things, so the blog may act strange over the next couple days.
So far, I give it a plus for the new colors and cleaned up UI, and I give it a minus for moving the categories checklist from the sidebar to the bottom. That change doesn’t make any sense at all to me right now…
$53 trillion asteroid
Excellent article from Glenn Beck. Not sure how much is propaganda, but it is the most straight forward talk about a real issue I have ever heard. Thanks Glenn.
surplus-sites.com - SEO experiment
I’m trying out a real world SEO experiment with a freelance client right now. Surplus Sites - http://www.surplus-sites.com hired me to build a quick brochure site for them. As a matter of curiousity now, I am curious what SEO techniques may be able to help them increase their rankings…
So far I have tried posting an ad in bowling green kentucky on craigslist, twittering about posting on craigslist, and now blogging about all of them (which should end up on technorati thanks to wordpress, etc)…
Turns out it is pretty easy to manufacture a “quick and dirty” web of links - if the property in Bowling Green, KY gets some increased traffic (thanks google analytics for making this easy), I’ll consider this a victory. If it leases, I’ll consider it a huge victory, and if nothing happens, I’ll consider it a little bit of lost time while learning about search engine optimization…
SNL skit - 3am phone call with Hillary and Barak
Hysterical! Looks like the writer’s strike was good for letting the SNL peeps recharge and come up with some good ideas… hulu.com looks like it could be a glorious waste of time!