Month: January 2006

  • Installing WordPress 2.0 is a breeze

    I’ve upgraded several blogs to WordPress 2.0 and it’s quite simple. The first thing I did was backup my databases. There are two ways to do this. One is using phpmyadmin (here is a quick guide to backing up your WP database). You can also use the WP Database Backup plugin to accomplish this purpose.…

  • AOL is selling fear

    I can’t stand the latest AOL ads. They show an auditorium gasping in disbelief about the dangers of the Internet. An AOL representative is standing at the podium telling them about identity theft, viruses, and spyware. Those are all problems, but I don’t like how AOL is selling their solution by using fear to show…