SuperXM http://www.superxm.com/ New media buzz en Copyright 2008 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:29:43 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The old 7 foot, styrofoam rock rolling downhill.... Just in case you didn't split your side cracking up at the message chair prank, here is another gag brought to you by those wacky Japanese folk:

]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/12/the-old-7-foot-rolling-styrofoam-rock-gag-huh.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/12/the-old-7-foot-rolling-styrofoam-rock-gag-huh.html People comedy haha show japan gags pranks joke laugh japanese pranks styrofoam rock Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:29:43 +0100 Japanese Massage Chair Prank This is one of the funniest things I have ever watched. http://www.superxm.com/2007/12/japanese-massage-chair-prank-1.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/12/japanese-massage-chair-prank-1.html Blog funny japanese prank massage chair prank Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:59:03 +0100 Watch Cloverfield Trailer 2 Cloverfield trailer 2 is out and you can see it on YouTube or at Movie Trailers page here.

I'm excited to wait and see what it's going to be about, i just hope i will not be disappointed with the plot or cheap FX!

Apple also must release the trailer in HQ pretty soon, be patient! ;)
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Everybody know, that design templates and their quantity is one of the main reasons people love and spread the word about open source CMS, but this time Matt has pissed me off and i give him the award for most user un-friendly site of November :)

See for yourself, visit WordPress, find many links to download, extend, etc. - anything but themes! The only thing you get is crappy collection of some ten templates under different domain that you find via search option on WP site (thank God they had search..).

Shame, such a cool site has such a dumb (non)feature. Or is it me so dumb not finding templates maximum three clicks away from homepage?.. :) I know there's Google outthere and brilliant idea of WP themes marketplace coming, but 'cmon..
]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/wordpress-themes-contest.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/wordpress-themes-contest.html Templates WordPress Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:12:11 +0100 Online banner maker Bannercreator.nu gives you online tool where you can create banner for your site in split second.

Choose colors, fonts, graphics and download the result after previewing it. I like it, saves time and you don't have to look for special banner software.

Create your banner here.
]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/online-banner-maker.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/online-banner-maker.html How To Step by Step Web Design Design Graphics Web Design Widgets Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:58:01 +0100 Blog to book
See Google's Blogger buzz, they have changed to good by adding more interactivity to blogger's homepage.

The story about "blog2book" goes here - Blogger Buzz: To-Do List (the book).]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/blog-to-book.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/blog-to-book.html E-marketing New Media Online Publishing E-marketing Google Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:53:40 +0100 Pirate Island on Google Earth P.S. that Google Earth thingee is fake, there's no such Pirate Island in reality ;)]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/pirate-island-on-google-earth.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/pirate-island-on-google-earth.html Google Space Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:58:29 +0100 Watch comet Holmes!
Go to spaceweather.com and check out amazing pictures taken by astronomers.

And don't forget to go out tonight and try to find this miracle somewhere in constellation of Perseus!
]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/watch-comet-holmes.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/11/watch-comet-holmes.html Space, Astronomy Space Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:30:56 +0100 Google PageRank update My other sites also have changed, some have dropped, others have gained.

What's interesting, that my blog-based sites have gotten the best pagerank updates.
And the ones that have lost it were not updated for a long time, like couple of times a year. Yeah, i know, it's almost like a dead site (and Google knows it too).

Check your pagerank here - livepr.raketforskning.com!
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This add-on for Thunderbird is must have if you hate too many software hanging on your taskbar.
Go to Thunderbird Add-ons official page for "MinimizeToTray" extension, and right click on the green button "Install Now", choose "save link as", save this plugin to your PC. Then in Thunderbird open "Tools" - "Add ons" - click "Install" and browse where you saved tray plugin - install it, close Thunderbird and open it again. Voila, now it's working :)

Thanks to Brad Peterson for developing this extension.
]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/thunderbird-minimizetotray-plug.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/thunderbird-minimizetotray-plug.html Widgets, Plugins Plugins Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:28:05 +0100 Free website systems to start online business
Free cheese only in trap? Not this time!
These examples of website software (let's call them CMS, from Content Management System) are from open source world - that means you can download them for free, install on your own (step by step graphic installing), and use them as you like and for whatever business you like! Why they are free? Because thousands of developers like to play with code and even more thousands of users and IT people believe that best things in life are for free and community built ;)

OK, there you go, the sweet and short list of free Content Management Systems to kick-start your business idea online:

Joomla

www.joomla.org
Definitely the most popular CMS today. You can build simple site, or portals and shops, or social networks.
Installation is fast and easy, only five steps and your site is ready to customize, add or remove modules, enter text and images, and change design templates (they are thousands out there!).
Positive:
free to download, no registration,
thousands of free site designs,
thousands of plugins and extensions,
huge forums with fanatic community,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
does not have built in SEF option, requires plugin
adding new article or new menu item - takes time to learn..

Pligg

www.pligg.com
It works and looks just like Digg! Create site where people can vote and comment your topics, links or products.
Installation is easy, just enter required settings and click 'next' until finished.
Positive:
free to download,
lots of free site designs,
lots of plugins and extensions,
good forum with support community,
built in SEF option,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
the configuration of some crucial parts of site is difficult for absolute beginner,
some SEO features are not that easy to configure,
requires you to register on Pligg forum in order to download it for free

WordPress

www.wordpress.org
This blogging platform is intended for blogging, but with the right design template and customization you can turn it into great business site!
Installation is the easiest i've ever seen! Only one step and you can log on and start to customize and create your content.
Positive:
free to download,
hundreds of free site designs,
hundreds of plugins and extensions,
good forums, huge support community,
built in flexible SEF option,
extra stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
some SEO features will work only with plugins,

Drupal

www.drupal.org
One of the most popular CMS today. Build sites, portals, online shops, etc.
Installation is easy, the configuration is not that easy.
Positive:
free to download, no registration,
hundreds of free site designs,
hundreds of plugins and extensions,
huge forums with support,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
takes time to learn how to do this and that..

Movable Type 4

www.movabletype.com
Also a blogging platform, but again you can use your imagination and turn it into perfect business site. And yeah, it's not an open source, it's a piece of software "free for personal use".
Installation is easy enough, a graphic installer with step by step things to click and enter.
Positive:
free to download,
free site designs,
many plugins and extensions,
growing support community,
built in flexible SEF option,
stable development, regular new versions
Negative:
some SEO features hard to get working,
kinda in 'beta' phase, some things don't work as expected until you find what and where must be configured.

MODx and Plone

(www.modxcms.com)
(www.plone.org)
These two are worth trying.
ModEX is going to be a hit if the development continues and community keeps involving. The best feature it has it is easy editing mode of any content via AJAX interface.

Plone is a monster that has many features. The adding of new content like pages and articles was very easy and intuitive. The main reason you should not start with this software is
that it requires a lot of resources from hosting machine (in other words, you need dedicated hosting to run it the best possible way).


Well, i hope this gives you some ideas where to start and it definitely shows you that you can start e-business only with 20 bucks - 10 for the domain, and 10 for the hosting!
P.S. there are some more good website building systems, sorry if i've forgotten something important, remind me in comments!

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Well, i'm glad my story of Movable Type 4 installation helps you folks! As you write some comments about how and why, i try to answer, but not always i know how to help you, sorry for that ;)

Keep experimenting with CMS systems, and you'll find the perfect one for you!]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/mt-4-installation-guide.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/mt-4-installation-guide.html Content Management Systems How To Step by Step Movable Type Movable Type Online Business Tips Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:22:19 +0100 Astrophotography Astrophotography"!

Images of space made by him have also been featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day site.
]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/astrophotography.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/astrophotography.html Space, Astronomy Space Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:54:13 +0100 Download Pligg - a digg like site software Download Pligg and try it, if you want to build your own site like Digg.com!

Pligg is an open source content management system (CMS), that has regular updates and strong community with forums full of help, tutorials and Pligg templates.

You must register, to download Pligg - just go to Pligg.com forum, register, and check out forum tread with links to latest stable Pligg releases.

After you make your digg-like site, you can also promote it on Pligg forums here! :)]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/download-pligg-a-digg-like-site-software.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/download-pligg-a-digg-like-site-software.html Content Management Systems Online Publishing Digg Online Business Tips Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:45:02 +0100 How to burn UIF file into disc MagicISO, it's small, fast, and does what it says - burns them files with weird extension .UIF (like the ones you have downloaded from torrents) ;)

UIF is for "Universal Image Format", a powerful compression image file format to backup CDs and DVDs.

MagicISO tutorials and download at official site.

P.S. Trying to burn .UIF file with NERO did not work.]]> http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/how-to-burn-uif-file-into-disc.html http://www.superxm.com/2007/10/how-to-burn-uif-file-into-disc.html How To Step by Step New Media Software Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:18:50 +0100