Thomas, Author at TwisterMc

Tagging 101 : From Folders to Tags

11 May, 2006

You know what a folder is but what is a tag? For those that are just jumping into the blog world, or the Web 2.0 world for that matter, there is a new idea out there called tagging. Much like folders or categories, it’s a way of keeping things organized. Lets start out simple with […]

I hate American Idol

10 May, 2006

What’s wrong with people?!! Chris Daughtry was supposed to win. He is the best singer left and he was voted off?!! I’m not even sure I’m want to continue watching American Idol. I don’t even know who I want to win anymore. Katharine McPhee I guess. I’m so disappointed. We better get a Chris Daughtry […]

AllTheWeb does LiveSearch

10 May, 2006

AllTheWeb, a Yahoo search engine, is now testing live search. Take a little of Google Suggest, some Ajax and of course good search results, mix them together and get LiveSearch. It gives you suggestions and results as you type. Pretty cool and fun to play with. On the down side, no Safari or Opera support […]

WordPress Feed Stats

9 May, 2006

There is an amazing feature available for hosted WordPress.com blogs called Feed Stats. It tells you how many people have viewed your feed and what feed readers were used. The bad part? It’s only for WordPress.com blogs. See a great review of Feed Stats. I’m hoping that the feed stats feature makes it into all […]

What’s wrong with Blog Search?!

8 May, 2006

There are some great blog search engines out there today like Technorati, Google Blog Search and Sphere. However, they all have the same flaw; they don’t block spam blogs. Not one of the three blog search engines listed above do a very good job, if any job at all, of blocking blog spam. Do a […]

I’m a 2006 WebAward Judge

5 May, 2006

I’m very excited to have been picked as a judge in the 2006 WebAward Competition! Sites from all over the world will compete for a WebAward in 96 different industries. They will be judged on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Everyone from Disney employees to to Microsoft folks have […]

iPox v0.6 Released

5 May, 2006

It took a while, but I’ve finally gotten around to updating iPox! * New in v0.6 * Some Fission extension support. – Actually I coded it in and then I messed with it and I think it still works ok. Tab bar & bookmark bar backgrounds should now repeat vertically for those with more than […]

iPox Hacks 2 : Get Stylish

5 May, 2006

I found a great extension that makes the iPox hacks even easier to do. Just go get Stylish! Stylish allows easy management of user styles. User styles empower your browsing experience by letting you fix ugly sites, customize the look of your browser or mail client, or just have fun. With an online repository at […]

Google Idol Lip-Syncing Contest

4 May, 2006

American Idol is down to four and we are all at the edge of our seats waiting to see who wins. But, then you think to yourself, I can do that, except the singing part. Well grab your web cam and get your favorite song as you could be the next Google Idol! Google Idol […]

American Idol Chris Daughtry!

3 May, 2006

My wife and I are addicted to American Idol again this year. However, in all the times we’ve watched in the past, we have never voted; until last week. Last week my wife voted for Chris Daughtry as he is one of our favorites. Then, last night we both voted. I called in for Chris […]