Hey everyone. This post isn’t all that meaningful, it’s really just a test post to test out some new features of the blog.

• Social RSS Syndication
• Sidebar Widgets
• Sociable Plugin (Updated)
• WordPress 2.8 Upgrade
• WP SUPER CACHE

Listing some new changes wasn’t the only reason I posted here. Mainly, I made this post to test out and/or update the WP-Super Cache, which creates static HTML pages for the blog. I, honestly, still don’t know if I like it yet. I mean, it updates for post changes, but not layout and setting changes. If anyone knows how I can go about fixing this, please comment, or shoot me an email.

Sam Ferry

  MediaFire: Free File Hosting.

  So anyways, I recently tried out MediaFire, and honestly,

  I’m loving it. Even a free account is feature-packed, giving you a public folder with a custom URL, unlimited space, and a 100mb file size (meaning you can upload a file that is 100mb in size).

MediaFire has an amazing uploader on their main page. It allows you to upload multiple files and see the statuses of every one as it uploads, all in a smooth, clean interface. 

Off to the right, you can see some of the features offered to free users, and then the ADDITIONAL features offered to MediaPro users (pro version, $8/month). Notice, you get unlimited uploads, unlimited downloads, unlimited b/w, and storage, and you can’t forget free image galleries (you’ll have a gallery of grouped images that you upload). Also, unlike other file-storage/file-sharing sites, there is nothing to install. Everything is done from an amazingly-simple, straight-forward, web interface. If you need a simple place to upload files, MediaFire is the choice for businesses and consumers. Give them a try today, and you won’t be dissappointed. To sign up, pop on over to http://www.mediafire.com.

Sf.

Yes, I know I’ve made posts about Twitter before, but I love it! Twitter is a way to keep in touch with friends, family, or whatever, by posting “tweets,” or text-message-like posts onto your Twitter profile. Each “tweet” can be a maximum of 140 characters in length, much like a text message. Twitter is just a very simple way for you to keep in touch, and keep updates of what you’re doing, online.

There are many desktop applications (and mobile applications) available for users to connect to Twitter, most based on the Adobe AIR framework:

• Twitteriffic: A simple, elegant Twitter client for Mac and iPhone. Visit http://www.iconfactory.com.
• Twhirl: An Adobe AIR application available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Visit: http://www.twhirl.org.
• DestroyTwitter: An elegantly-designed Adobe AIR Twitter application. http://www.destroytwitter.com.
• Nambu: A nicely-designed social client for the iPhone and for Mac. Visit: http://www.nambu.com.

If you haven’t already joined Twitter, sign up today, and be sure to follow me at twitter.com/samferry.

Sf.

Recently, I’ve stumbled upon the “Sociable” plugin for WordPress–the plugin enabling the “Share and Enjoy” links at the bottom of each post and page. These simple links enable anyone to post the link to the post/page to any of their favorite social networks. Also, there’s a unique settings page that allows you to enable/disable social networks. Networks include Google Reader, Digg, Twitter, Ping.fm, and More.

Want to download Sociable? Visit: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/.

Sf;

The following is an article I posted on my very good friend, Justplaindave’s site: Dave and Ethell’s Place. I added a few things in this post, but the main post is the same. If you didn’t have a chance to read it on his site, please enjoy it here:

IRC is an easy and friendly method to communicate with people across the internet. IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat, and is a protocol for chatting (sending text) through a network of servers and users, to communicate with one another, and servers. IRC is one of the things I use while I spend time on the internet, and is always filled with excitement.

IRC consists of servers, networked together, that allow users to connect to them and join channels–chat rooms–and communicate with other users. The inner-workings of IRC are phenominal, and allow for easy communication with users. The official chat room for Dave and Ethell’s place is #davesplace, which is located on the WyldRyde IRC Network, which can be connected to by connecting to irc.wyldryde.org in your favorite IRC client. Also, the official chatroom for the Datablab Tech Community (Sam Ferry, Co-President) is located in #Datablab on the AceIRC network, which can be found by connecting to irc.aceirc.org in your client of choice.

There are various IRC clients available for use, and some are easier to use than others.

Common clients for Windows include:
– X-Chat (Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux)
– IceChat
– mIRC – An IRC client incorporating its own powerful scripting engine.
– Irssi (Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux)

Common clients for OS X include:
– Colloquy
– X-Chat Aqua
– Irssi (Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux)

Common clients for Linux include:
– X-Chat (Available for Windows, and Linux)
– Irssi (Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux)
– BitchX (Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux)
– Konversation

There are many IRC networks, big and small, to choose from, all you have to do is look around. You can find thousands of networks on SearchIRC, but there are a few commonly known ones circulating around. Networks such as: WyldRyde, AceIRC, and iPocalypse. All of these networks have channels that discuss anything and everything, from tech, to lifestyles, to news and politics, or general discussion.

All you have to do, is look.

~Sam

IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is one of the main things I use when I am on the internet. IRC has been around for a while, and it is what is says–its chat. IRC is an easy way to keep in contact with groups of people, as it can be used on anything from a dial up connection to a 20mbps cable line! IRC can be used with web clients (Mibbit.com… Google it.), or IRC clients (mIRC, Xchat, Colloquy, IceChat… Again, Google it.), which are programs you can use to get onto IRC.

IRC works by a network of linked servers transferring data between each other, sending the messages the users send to the channel, or chat room. The main IRC network I am on is a href=”http://aceirc.org”>AceIRC/a>, which can be found by connecting to irc.aceirc.org (for the server) in your IRC client, or by going to a href=”http://aceirc.org”>AceIRC.org/a> and clicking the “Chat” link. IRC is an easy, and fun way to keep in contact with people, have large discussions, and interact with communities with people all around the world. All you have to do, is connect.

Thanks,

~Sam

Hi all! Wow… three posts in one night… I can’t sleep. Anyways, I have finally started using a service I have had for who knows how long… Ping.fm. Ping.fm is a social syndication service, of sorts. It allows you to add social networks within it, and allows you to post to each network individually, or syndicate the same thing to each network. Twitter, Plurk, or Tumblr, MySpace or Facebook, Ping.fm will handle it all, in style.

Now, I have had a Ping.fm account for quite a while, at least a bit before they released it on a public beta. Well, I logged in a while ago, and setup some accounts to post to. Well, I saw a friend, Justin Lowery’s (JLowery354) Twitter post today about a new service Ping.fm is offering, and I finally remembered that I had a Ping.fm account, so I logged in. I found networks that I didn’t even know I had! So, I begun adding the social networks I use now, Facebook, etc., seeing as my Twitter was already added.

Now, I think I will be using Ping.fm more often, as I am starting to see its convenience. I have added it to my bookmarks toolbar in Firefox, so I should use it more.

If you haven’t checked out Ping.fm, check it out now at http://ping.fm.

Thanks,

~Sam