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Here are a number of links that I’ve recently (and not-so-recently) discovered and think might be of interest. Topics range from blogging to programming and the Singularity.

22 Linkbait  Headlines Almost Every Blogger Can Use
Making the WordPress .htaccess more efficient
Making Money With Open-Source (a StackOverflow thread)
Harmony – Procedural Drawing Tool […] Continue Reading…

Last October, the WordPress.org plugin directory introduced a new “Compatibility” feature that allows users to vote on whether a given plugin version works or doesn’t work with a specific version of WordPress. The idea was to provide a more reliable indicator of plugin compatibility so that you wouldn’t need […] Continue Reading…

I’ve wasted three days trying to come up with something to blog about. Three days that could’ve been spent on more productive and enjoyable things – like finally updating Broken Link Checker, or setting up an AdWords campaign for my first commercial plugin. I could’ve spent them reading my […] Continue Reading…

If you right-click the address bar in Google Chrome, you’ll get a pop-up menu that contains, among other things, a “Paste and go” option. This handy feature lets you paste a URL from the clipboard and navigate to it in one swift motion. However, Chrome doesn’t have a built-in […] Continue Reading…

Last week, I announced I would be conducting a little AdSense experiment to gain insight into how often different kinds of visitors click on ads. Today, I will present the results.

The core motivation for the experiment was to test the prevalent assumption that people coming from search engines are […] Continue Reading…