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Welcome to The Daleisphere
So, why The new blog? I’ve been a blogger for years now. My video game law and imedia law blogs were created to promote my legal practice. Occasionally I’d sneak in posts like this one, or this one, or...
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WordPress 2.5 – First Impressions
WordPress 2.5 rc 1 was released on March 18. I am using my new blog, The Daleisphere, as a WordPress 2.5 testing ground before rolling it out to my other video game law and imedia law blogs. [March 29...
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Google Turned Feedburner into ‘Free’burner Without My Knowledge
Until two days ago, I was blissfully unaware of the fact that Google had purchased Feedburner back on June 3, 2007 and in the process made two of its key services, FeedBurner Stats Pro and MyBrand,...
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I Switched to Windows Live Writer
For months now, I have been hearing good things about the offline blogging tool Windows Live Writer (download). Two weeks ago I was listening to Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott‘s most recent Windows...
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Windows Live Writer Technical Preview – 1 Step Forward, 1 Step Back
I’ve been using Windows Live Writer (WLW) since early April 2008 (see post here). For the most part I’ve been delighted with it. [June 26 2008 Update: I de-installed the technical preview and reverted...
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Windows Live Writer Cropping and Watermarking Tool
Following my recent post about the Windows Live Writer (WLW) technical preview, the WLW team has responded to several of my concerns in this thread on the Windows Live Writer (Beta) forum. Two of my...
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How to Upgrade to Apache 2.2.10 with Windows XP
For weeks now I have had a persistent problem with my wishhh.com service. It was taking an inordinate amount of time to connect to the service (sometimes as much as 2 minutes or more). After ruling...
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WordPress 2.7 – First Impressions
(click image for larger view of this dashboard image) [Update:As of December 14, 2008, the final release of WordPress 2007 is now out.] I happily installed WordPress 2.7 RC 1 on my four WordPress...
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How To Install IntenseDebate in WordPress 2.7
Since listening to this net@night podcast back in May 2008, where Amber and Leo interviewed Daniel Ha, the founder of the Disqus, I have been interested in implementing this kind of a...
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How to Integrate Disqus within WordPress 2.7 Blogs
Earlier this month I described How to install Intense Debate in WordPress 2.7 blogs. In my ‘Why I switched from IntenseDebate to Disqus’ post [coming soon] I describe why I made the switch. The Disqus...
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Why and How to Integrate Facebook Connect with Disqus
The primary reason I switched from Intense Debate to Disqus, is Disqus’s integration with Facebook Connect. Below I describe why this is important. I then provide a step-by-step ‘how-to’ guide on how...
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How to Migrate Feedburner Feeds to Google Adsense
Google’s acquired Feedburner back in June of 2007. Feedburner has since been integrated into the Google Adsense platform. Bloggers can now place adsense units into their RSS feeds. In order to take...
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Pixlr – Terrific, Free, Web-based Image Editor
I discovered a terrific new web-based image editor called pixlr.com. It works like Photoshop Elements, Paint.net and other popular image editors – but from inside any browser, with nothing to install....
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The Daleisphere Has Moved to Media Temple
On Wednesday March 18, 2009, The Daleisphere was moved from a self-hosted server to Media Temple’s Grid-Service. If you notice any problems with The Daleisphere flowing from the move, or otherwise, I...
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Facebook Connect Glitch with Disqus
[Update: As of April 18, 2009, the Facebook Connect glitch under Disqus discussed in this post appears to be remedied. As you can see, I have re-activated the Facebook Connect option on The...
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Why I moved to Media Temples’ Grid Service from Self-Hosting with DynDNS
Self-hosting using DynDNS.com was working out well until recently. However, there are several reasons why I moved to Media Temple’s Grid-Service: Cost: Not including the original home-server cost (I...
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How to Add the Twitter Widget into a WordPress Site
Taking a queue, once again, from Dave over at ZNF, I added the new Twitter Widget to the Daleisphere (currently below my Disqus comment box) and my other WordPress sites. Previously I had used Twitter...
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Analyzing My First $100 from Google AdSense
I signed up for Google AdSense on April 4, 2008. It took several weeks to sort it out and to slowly integrate the ads into The Daleisphere and my two professional blogs. After some initial testing, I...
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Bing Drives Traffic to Daleisphere on its Second Day
I was delighted to see that bing is driving traffic to the Daleisphere on only its second day of operation. Below is a clip from my Woopra dash-board showing the Daleisphere’s first bing referral (that...
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Analyzing My Second $100 from Google AdSense – in One Third the Time
My first $100 in AdSense revenue was generated from my three blogs in approximately 10 months. My second $100 was generated in just over 3 months – from March 4 to June 7 2009. It took 327,383 served...
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Registered User Comments Only – for now.
Due to a recent rash of spam commenting, for the time being I have changed The Daleisphere’s comment settings to permit comments only from registered users. When leaving a comment you’ll be asked to...
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