Category Archives: Internet

A Crude WordPress Based Microblogging System

July 1, 2011 – 12:35 am

Those of you who follow our Twitter feed are probably aware of an experimental project we launched last week. The goal of this trial was to determine the ease by which we can repurpose WordPress; a platform allowing bloggers to publish high quality content, into a microblogging site similar to F* My Life and Text From Last Night. The challenge itself isn’t all that difficult if one has basic programming knowledge. However, we wanted to demonstrate just how valuable the extensions created by the WordPress are and thus, placed a restriction on ourselves. To create our target site, we were only allowed to modify code created by other programmers in the WordPress community. As you may have guessed, the project was a complete success and was completed in a little under 2 hours (give or take).

Tags Automattic, Blogging, Lifeinuni, Microblog, Multiple Users, Network, Post, Prologue, Theme, Twitter, Website, Wordpress | Comments (3)

Google Launches it’s own Social Network

June 28, 2011 – 7:57 pm

Getting tired of Facebook? Or perhaps you want to switch to a network that takes a more active role in protecting your privacy. If you are looking for something different in the social networking scene, you may be in luck. Internet Giant Google just announced their latest project, “Google Plus (+).” Currently in invitation only stage, Google Plus is a social network with some promising features to separate it from the competition. Take a look at the videos below to gain a better understanding of what Google is trying to achieve.

Tags Android, Competition, Facebook, Friends, Google, Myspace, Project, Share, Social Network | Comment (0)

Internet Software Tutorials

Capture system audio using SoundFlower

April 19, 2011 – 11:19 pm

So, you proudly rip non-downloadable audio streams by placing a microphone near your computer’s speakers eh? Unfortunately, you might have noticed that this method results in a significant loss in sound quality in addition to a lack of stereo sound (A big disappointment if you were thinking of placing the final product in a mp3 player). So, what other methods are there to capture sounds from a webpage when you do not have access to a download link? Meet SoundFlower, an open source software available for Macintosh hardware running OS X 10.5+.