Archive for the 'web development' Category

Free Minimalist Wordpress Themes

I think I’m bored.

Wait, I’m always bored.

Aha! I know… I’ll develop Wordpress Themes.  Hmmm, I’m a minimalist.  So, maybe I’ll create Minimalist Wordpress Themes.

Don’t worry, I know PHP. Honest! (Quick, what does PHP stand for? Don’t! Google! That!  You’re right, it’s Philippine Peso.)

But… where to start?  Ah, yes, here.

So… check back after about… a month.  Maybe I can create a Minimalist Wordpress Theme that you’ll like.

Gender Guesser

Here’s a cool application that guesses your gender based on your browser history. I know, it’s scary, right? No, not the gender guessing but the ability of a web application to look through your browser history.

I just tested it and I’m relieved it guessed my gender 98% correctly.  Here are the “guess ratings” it made when it intrusively navigated through my browser history: Read more »

Yahoo & Google learning to search for Flash-based content

Finally, Adobe, Google and Yahoo are working to enable search for Flash-based content. Me thinks Adobe is a bit slow in optimizing their Flash player technology.

One reason why most sites refrain from using Flash exclusively is because of its file size overhead. The other reason is SEO – it’s impossible to crawl Flash content. Read more »

GrooveNet

groovenet.jpgThe past few months, the Filipino social networking site, GrooveNet, has been buzzing *silently* across the Philippine web. GrooveNet is the exclusive distributor of There in the Philippines, an online 3D chat application that is perhaps second only to Second Life in terms of number of users and popularity. When you register at GrooveNet, you get an avatar for the 3D World and a profile page in the GrooveNet site itself.

You can upload MP3 songs to the music player provided in the profile page. Also, the profile owner can move around the panels. Moreover, the profile owner can add custom panels as he/she pleases. The owner can then add widgets to these custom added panels. Read more »

Save the Developers!

savethedevelopers.gif

I support the initiative to drop Internet Explorer 6 ASAP a hundred and one and one-half percent. Well, I haven’t been supporting IE6 for maybe six months now anyway. I guess you can partially blame my Vista OS for not supporting IE6. I imagine IE6 can be a bitch especially when you’re customizing your Wordpress themes. Read more »