Blogs’ Ranks

Why does it always have to happen when we’re in Austria? I remember that in June I lost my PR 5 and all my PR 4s went down to PR 3s.

Now My Pink Notes, The Two Geeks, and My Take on Things went down from PR 3 to PR 2, Bizarre Marriage and Vienna Lopez went down from PR 3 to PR 1, Digitally Designed went from PR 4 to PR 2, Blogleafs went down from PR 4 to PR 1. Penny Wise, a blog formerly located here, is still PR NA.

My friend’s blog namely Pages after Pages went from PR 3 to PR 2 and A Lady’s Chest, previously PR 0, now have a PR 1.

So basically all my blogs’ PRs went down and I have a very good feeling why it happened. After almost a year and more or less 7,000.00$ total income from blogging, looks like it’s going to be downhill from here on but I will still keep my eight blogs.

Surprisingly, Blogxi.com now has a PR 2. Considering that I just finished the site about a few weeks ago and it was launched like 10 or 12 days ago, PR 2 for Blogxi is not bad.

Going to Wordcamp China 2008

Finally, I got the email I’ve been so eager to receive.

Hi, Vienna

The event starts at 13:00pm and ends around 17:00pm. Location is on Fudan University campus, check out the map here: http://china.wordcamp.org/location/ (by default it shows only the Beijing location. You will need to click on the button to the right in order to get the Shanghai location).

Matt’s talk starts at 13:30pm. Afterwards, all the talks and discussions will be in Chinese, so you might want to grab someone and ask them to translate for you. Many attendees are very fluent in English, so I am sure you will find many people to chat with.

With the RMB20 registration fee, you will get a T-shirt of the event and enter a raffle.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

-Liang

I am so going to the Wordcamp Shanghai China 2008 and I am so not going to miss any of it. :).

Giving Up on WP MU

So I gave up on the idea that I can ever install Wordpress MU in my webhost account. I only signed up for a webhosting plan that gives me Cpanel and I am on a shared web server. I can’t touch my DNS settings and I can’t get support from my webhost to edit my httpd.conf file.

So I cancel the hosting plan I dedicated for Wordpress MU and I am still waiting for the refund. I don’t know if I’ll be interested to install Wordpress MU again but it is not likely so. Two days of trying to install it and fighting with an unsupportive webhost didn’t exactly inspire me to continue.

Working with Wordpress MU

I started a project today. I thought it will be as easy as installing a Wordpress blog but it is not. Wordpress MU (multiuser) is way more complicated than I imagined it to be. In some of the installation instructions, one author said, “If you’re not comfortable editing PHP code, taking care of a complex web server and datebase system, and being pro-active about following the development of this project then run, don’t walk, to wordpress.com and sign in yourself and your friends up to free blogs.” I would have done that if I haven’t already had a blog there and if wordpress.com is not being censored here.

So anyway, I got tired of requests from friends that I should make them blogs so I thought of installing Wordpress MU for them. I actually started building blogs for friends such as Yulishen, Veronica, and Earthangel but I am not making more. I am so tired of installing the wordpress blogging platform in each subdomain so I thought of Wordpress MU.

I started it this morning and I am still not done with it. I have successfully installed the platform but I am still getting a lot of errors. Based on my progress today, I don’t see it done anytime soon. I just hope that I can find a really good step-by-step Wordpress MU installation instruction.

Keeping Your Garden

It’s almost autumn. Soon the tree leaves will burst into beautiful colors. This is my favorite time of the year because of the colors and what they do to the landscape but this season also means more work for people owning gardens because it’s time to prepare and protect the plants for the coming cold months and of course, there is the endless raking of fallen leaves. The lawn should also be continuously kept before it will be completely covered with snow for healthy grass growth next spring.

If you are faced with the same house work, you might consider making things easier for you by getting yourself a strimmer. A great strimmer with the following details can be ordered directly from BlackandDecker.co.uk:

1. The 18V Strimmer grass trimmer cuts more grass per charge than any other 18V Cordless String trimmer
2. Cordless Freedom with no danger of cutting cord
3. High Torque: using a unique geared-drive, the cutting line loses less speed when trimming allowing you to get the job done faster
4. Quickly converts from trimming to edging
5. Automatic Line feed system, saves you time and effort
6. Telescopic shaft for improved ergonomics and comfort in use
7. 18V Slide-pack battery interchangeable with other 18V Black & Decker® Cordless Products

All these details plus the Black and Decker Strimmer comes in sleek design that is stylish ang ergonomic at the same time. Not only man can use it but housewives can easily manage it as well. It’s a must have once we get our own garden.