See this link re 7th May:
Media contacts for interview and press releases with news of Internet Evangelism Day
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Online Journalism
More online writing tips here:
Journalism.org – Journalism Tools: Writing – On Writing Well
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New Version of Performancing
Just downloaded the update to my latest blogging tool, Performancing for Firefox. Better Technorati integration and new del.icio.us integration, too. Very Web 2.0. Here’s the link, it’s only a 161 kB file, so if you’re using Firefox (and if not, why not?) it’s a doddle.
Mozilla Update :: Extensions — More Info:Performancing – All Releases
Technorati Tags: Performancing. Firefox, Technorati, del.icio.us, blogging
New Version of Performancing
Just downloaded the update to my latest blogging tool, Performancing for Firefox. Better Technorati integration and new del.icio.us integration, too. Very Web 2.0. Here’s the link, it’s only a 161 kB file, so if you’re using Firefox (and if not, why not?) it’s a doddle.
Mozilla Update :: Extensions — More Info:Performancing – All Releases
Technorati Tags: Performancing. Firefox, Technorati, del.icio.us, blogging
Stumble Upon
I’ve just come across the grooviest web tool since – oh, Google or eBay or Technorati. It’s called Stumble Upon. First, stop using Internet Explorer as your web browser and install the far superior Firefox. Then download the Stumble Upon extension for Firefox. Close Firefox and reopen it.
You now have a Stumble Upon bar near the top. Click on the button to go to SU’s home page to set up a free account and choose your categories.
From now on, whenever you click the SU button in Firefox you will get random websites in the categories you have selected that other SU users have recommended. (You can recommend, too, obviously.)
Two of my first three random sites were excellent: try Politics Explained for a simple and facetious explanation of different political philosophies. Or for something sublime rather than ridiculous try the photograph of Kenneth Parker.
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Marriage
You don’t usually read techie or geek blogs to get wisdom about marriage but read this post by Anil Dash – full of wisdom and a breath of fresh air.
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Why I’ve Been Offline For Two Days
Never, never buy Norton Internet Security. The firewall had given me problems a few months ago, resulting in a switch to ZoneAlarm and subsequently Sygate, but on Thursday I made a grave error: I paid twenty-six of our finest British pounds to upgrade to the latest version of Norton, which includes anti-spyware and anti-adware. To cut a very long story short, I was still able to email but any program that wanted to access the web was prohibited, even if the software said it was allowed. For techies, it appears that port 80 was being blocked, but there was nowhere to change it.
So I’ve uninstalled it today. For anti-virus I’ve replaced it with a package that is free for home and non-commercial use called Avast, for anti-spam I’m trying Qurb (I didn’t like Mailwasher since you have to disable your email client from regularly performing an automatic send/receive), and I’m sticking with Sygate for the firewall.
Norton, you are never coming near my PC again. And I mean that in Christian love.
Why I’ve Been Offline For Two Days
Never, never buy Norton Internet Security. The firewall had given me problems a few months ago, resulting in a switch to ZoneAlarm and subsequently Sygate, but on Thursday I made a grave error: I paid twenty-six of our finest British pounds to upgrade to the latest version of Norton, which includes anti-spyware and anti-adware. To cut a very long story short, I was still able to email but any program that wanted to access the web was prohibited, even if the software said it was allowed. For techies, it appears that port 80 was being blocked, but there was nowhere to change it.
So I’ve uninstalled it today. For anti-virus I’ve replaced it with a package that is free for home and non-commercial use called Avast, for anti-spam I’m trying Qurb (I didn’t like Mailwasher since you have to disable your email client from regularly performing an automatic send/receive), and I’m sticking with Sygate for the firewall.
Norton, you are never coming near my PC again. And I mean that in Christian love.
Church Ahead Of Trends In Web Browser Wars
According to a piece of research on eChurch Active, use of the Firefox browser is at 8.06% and rising in the wider world, but among church users it’s up to 27%. Nice for the church to be ahead of the trends rather than behind them and just copying; also nice it’s not so simple as the received wisdom that the porn industry drives all innovation on the Internet.
Big Circumstance 