I don’t recall much of what happened after Beercon 2006. I could describe the night to be a waxy blur accentuated by shots of tequila and overflowing tenderloin tips sauteed with garlic. Some of the things I do remember:
Month: October 2006
I just installed Steve Smith’s WP Admin Tiger plugin that overhauls the admin page of your wp-admin backend. You can download it from his blog.
There are some problems on Firefox 2.0 using the Mac but otherwise, if you’re bored with the old admin layout, it might be well worth the small effort to install.
If you decide to install it, check out this post by Paul which shows you how to eliminate unwanted screen real estate:
Login to your server and head over to the wp-content/plugins/wp-admin-tiger/wp-admin-tiger_files/ directory. Open up tiger.css in your favorite text editor and search for #footer. For me, this is line 146. Add the following property to that CSS selector and save the file: display:none;. Clear your browser’s cache and load up your WordPress admin panel. You should now have a great deal of extra space where the footer was.
What this does is remove the WordPress footnote located at the bottom part of the admin page that thoroughly reduces screen real estate by almost an inch-wide. Annoying!
After a horrendous experience with a Firefox 2.0 upgrade on Windows I decided to link everyone to a listing of Firefox 2.0 compatible extensions and themes.
I installed Firefox 2.0 this morning and all of a sudden my bookmarks were not showing up on the tab area (but they were still on the bookmarks folder), pages were not refreshing, and tabs were not working.
It turns out that after disabling all my plugins and reinstalling everything from scratch, the problem was twofold:
Program Files --> Mozilla Firefox and start with a clean install.
Hinge-Inquirer Publications has just posted a press release on the recent Synovate Consumer Survey for the months of June to August 2006.
Here is a snippet of the PR:
According to the Synovate survey PC Magazine Philippines reaches 157,703 readers, making it number one in the technology category. Following closely in second place is the three-issue-old Game! Magazine, the Philippines’ first online gaming magazine, with 148,873 readers. Both titles are published by Hinge Inquirer Publications (HIP), an Inquirer Group company.
The local version of PC Magazine is the recognized bible and reference publication of the computer industry here and abroad. PC Magazine Philippines incorporates the latest and most locally relevant material from its foreign counterparts, but also focuses on subject matter made by and for the Filipino PC aficionado, a combination appreciated by its readers, according to the Synovate results. Game!, on the other hand, focuses on the fastest-growing tech lifestyle category today – online gaming, particularly on locally available games. (source)
Okay, just to disclose, I have been a contributor for PC Magazine Philippines and I also do miscellaneous editorial work for GAME! Magazine. It is rewarding to belong to a technology editorial team where all three titles made it to the TOP 10.
I mentioned three magazines right? What’s the third, then? Well, Mobile Philippines of course, that ranked number 10 in the top tech magazines for the said period of June – August 2006. This is also considering that this was the time when the magazine had undergone a transition in title from “MPH” to “Mobile Philippines.”
Now how about that … 🙂
Just a quick note that the SEO Philippines Part II and the Beercon ’06 will be held tomorrow.
Here are the event details:
What: SEO Philippines BeerCon 2006 & 2nd SEO Contest Launch Party
When: Saturday, October 28, 2006, 7:00 PM onwards
Where: Jill’s at The Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
Main Sponsor: Lakeside Technologies
Keynote Speaker: Aileen Apolo, Google Philippines Country Consultant
For more details, click on this link.
A lot of people have been asking what exactly is SEO? To which I will have to answer … No one knows the true secrets behind SEO. It is just like MI:6 and Area 51. If people were able to open up the Pandora’s Box of SEO, then all hell will break lose. That is why SEO II goes in tandem with the Beercon Oktoberfest celebration: what happens in SEOPH II stays in SEOPH II!. In the morning, people will be too stoned to have remembered what happened the previous night.
Personally, it’s another excuse for me to meet up with friends and talk about geeky things and chismis.
Winthrop of PC Magazine Philippines will be there to cover the event too.