http://blog2.powervortex.com Redesigning the Web Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:10:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/06/22/balloon-race/ It has been long since I wrote here at all, especially about the upcoming fourth version of this website. Two months ago, a prototype design of the Hypro theme for Powervortex.4 was completed. A preview can be found here. Unfortunately, I had to completely ditch this design for now and return ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/06/14/mayfield/ As of May 15, 2008, I have switched to the Apple camp. Yes, that is what I mean. Yes, I am now a Mac user. Here are the specs with a few added on specials: 15.4" MacBook Pro with Multitouch 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU (Penryn) 2 GB PC5300 DDR2 RAM 200 GB ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/06/08/lilycove/ It is almost amazing how quickly nearly half of a year has gone by. I clearly recall celebrating the new year and imagining, looking ahead, at how 2008 will be like. We are already nearly halfway through 2008. To me, May is more than just a prelude to the halfway point of ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/05/05/may/ The gallery has been updated to the latest version of ZenPhoto (version 1.1.5). The update went without a hitch and it appears that the update script has been improved. This new version is definitely more stable than past versions though I have not had a chance to mess around with ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/05/01/pvgallery-updated/ As I was creating my previous post, I went to upload the preview for my screenshot. Normally, this would go without a hitch except for the awkward changing of the hyperlink after the upload to the location of my screenshot in PV:Gallery. However, the new Wordpress 2.5 apparently has a ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/04/03/fix-for-wordpress-25-upload-error/ My April desktop. The wallpaper reminds me of my unexpected visit to Darwin, a ghost town in the desert near Death Valley. The feeling of walking into a town that was once full of life but now is only inhabited by the elements and history is quite powerful. VS: Royale Vista ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/04/03/april-desktop-nostalgia/ It has been about 5 months since I created a Facebook account and was amazed by the user-friendliness and solid coding of the website, as well as the innovative API that allows for the development of applications by both Facebook and by third parties. Well, many have seen in the ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/03/30/myspace-starts-its-photocopiers/ I have just upgraded the blog to Wordpress 2.5. This new version has a vastly improved WP-Admin. I really like the new interface. It is very pleasing to the eye and more user friendly than that of previous versions. Upgrade went without a hitch and I was able to get ... http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/03/30/blog-me-25/ My March desktop. I decided to call it "Requiem" because of the wallpaper and color scheme and thought that this name would be cool. =D Anyway: OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition - my fresh install VS: VistaXP Rainlendar: Lucid http://blog2.powervortex.com/2008/03/25/march-desktop-requiem/