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Widgets and Plugins

There are several Widgets and Plugins I use on my blog here. So, I decided to give you all a list:

Plugins:

1. Akismet - Anti-Comment Spam
2. Follow Me - Social Media Sidebar Links
3. Tweet This - Adds the Tweet this, Facebook, etc links to the bottom of every post
4. Twitter Tools - Tweets whenever there is a new blog post (and, as you can see in my last post, it also updates facebook and buzz). It also puts a twitter feed in my sidebar.
5. Wordpress Stats - WP's Blog Stats
6. WP Google Buzz Allows people to "buzz this"

Widgets:
For my Buzz Feed, I just use some code I found Here

Google Buzz

So,

The most common thing people are saying right now....what is Google Buzz? Well, Google explains it pretty well:

So, its basically...twitter. Except its integrated into your g-mail account - thus - its easy to use - and its already "right there".

There is also a mobile version of Buzz - with Geo-location and the works:

Now for a few tips:
1. Alot of you are complaining about the "spam" it creates. Well, at the moment, the easiest way to remove that is to make an email filter with the keyword "buzz" and have it either delete or archive it.

2. Another thing, lets say....you use a program like Outlook or Thunderbird, and don't want to open a browser, browse to your normally un-used, and, therefore, un-familiar, webmail account page.
Well, you cal always send your buzz, along with the links to videos and images, to buzz@gmail.com.

Finally:
There has been a rumor going around that you should make it so that only contacts see who you are following a nd who your followers are...because anyone can see their email addresses. That is completely untrue! Do you really think that Google would be that dumb?

Also, people are complaining that , because you can follow complete strangers and they can follow you....nothing is private, so you should turn off the feature that shows who is following you. This is true...however...when it says "public" it MEANS IT! But, you can always select, for EVERY buzz, whether you want it to be public..or private!

Play it safe on the internet y'all!

New Web-Server

Just a little warning,

My current server was never meant to be permanent. Now I have the parts for a newer computer.

So, the site is probably gonna be up and down over the next few weeks.

WMP BSOD

WMP BSOD!!!!
No, not BSOD as in Blue Screen of Death, Bsod as in Black Squares of Death. You know, those random album art mess-ups in WMP, where several albums will change to a black square instead of the actual album art.

What is the cause: after a little research, it is (surprise) Internet Explorer! WMP will use IE to view the image files. People started having the problem when they installed IE7. I am still having the problem with WMP12.
I have a few solutions to this problem

1. Don't use WMP. Download Winamp (this was my personal solution - I am loving winamp very very much)
2. Use a 3rd party mp3 file picture/tag editor.
3. Several people have fixed their problem by deleting the image cache folder in the application settings folder of the user settings directory. This fixed about 5 albums for me.

I would strongly suggest using Winamp if you consider yourself anything for that a basic listen-to-music-every-so-often type computer user. The features, customization, personalization of the program far surpass WMP.
Also, it is much like an audio player version of firefox as it has many themes and plugins. because of this, Winamp can be used to manage any mp3 player......even an iPod