Finally, the WordPress Multi User Support Forum is now online but a little empty. The new release is ready and I’m hoping it’ll be live tonight but my install of Apache2, PHP and MySQL at home is playing up so it’s not tested yet. Check back later and post to the forum if you have any problems!
Excellent Photoshop Post Processing Tutorial
Take a quick look at this tutorial, then open the beach image in Photoshop or GIMP and follow the instructions. You’ll learn a lot about post-processing!
My biggest surprise was when I added the “soft light” layer. Painting on it brought out detail or deepened shadow nicely!
RealAge – How old Are you really?
Fill out the survey on RealAge.com and find out how your lifestyle affects your “real age”. I only knocked a disappointing 5.3 years off my real age but the weather has to improve and I’m going to get out walking and cycling more.
Now, where’s that apple?
Yay! Paris Hilton in the news again!
As Mark says, Paris Hilton’s phone got hacked and her phone book was posted online. *Yawn*
Yes, there are pictures too but they’re the usual camera phone quality. No doubt a few of them will make it into the banner ads of some less than savoury websites shortly!
And yes, this is an excuse to name Paris Hilton on my blog. She is the most searched for female in Ireland. Thanks Darragh – blogs.linux.ie is going to be up there with the celeb sites for the latest trash news and speculation! 🙂
Much later… Now you too can see Paris Hilton’s cellphone for yourself. The guys at liquidgeneration have recreated her phone on the web and it’s extraordinary! hehe.
It's Freezing Out!
Taken in my garden this morning as my breath turned to mist and the world was frosty white.
Sudan Red 1 – carcinogenic dye found in household brands
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued a list of Irish products that contain the food dye Sudan Red 1.
The Food Standards Agency in the UK have identified up to 350 food products implicated.
I just checked the kitchen and none of the listed products are in the cupboard. *phew*
So, if that dye causes cancer and has been recalled, why not recall cigarettes?
Later… Maura has more to say on it including links to the slow food website and other goodies!
10 MORE Ways to Make Money with Your Digital Cameras
Following on from the original article, here are 10 more ways to make money with your digital camera!
Hmm, I could do some of these things!
The New Roy Keane Bridge!
A new footbridge is to be built in London to link the National Stadium to the town centre.
Now’s your chance to name the bridge! Simply visit the page above, read about what they’re doing and click on “the competition” link. Now you can name the bridge.
I’d suggest the name “Roy Keane Bridge” as Mr. Keane has contributed so much to English soccer and he’s great and he’s from Cork and all that sort of thing.
(Thanks Donal for the link!)
Telephone Monitoring While on Hold
I keep hearing about this but I keep forgetting that “they” might be listening when I’m on hold. *shrug*
PHP Future – Java or Simplicity
Conflict PHP is an opinion piece on the state of PHP. PHP5 (which I haven’t tried yet) is going down the road of Java and copying it’s object model and other ideas.
That’s no bad thing but most PHP developers surveyed don’t want that.
Adoption of PHP4 was much faster than PHP5 is, possibly because there was such a huge difference between versions 3 and 4. If PHP5 features were really “must haves” then people would be crying out for them. Zend is getting more “corporate” and I hope it doesn’t backfire on them!
John Lim has more on the issue.