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8 Open Source Websites I Use, and 2 I Don’t

Edward Andrew Robinson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:25:48 +0000

I love lists, and I love open source software. Whats more I find that I am using more and more open source websites in my daily life. Without further ado here are 8 open source websites I use:

#	Site	Comment	Source
1	Wikipedia	Great free encyclopedia	Source
2	Reddit	Social news site, similar to digg.	Source
3	Planet Ubuntu	Ok well I mostly just use the rss feeds.	Source
4	earobinson.org	That was a bit of a shameless plug but really any wordpress blog would do.	Source
5	Identi.ca	micro-blogging service similar to twitter.	Source
6	Trac	Great project management tool!	Source
7	Launchpad	Another great project management tool, used by the ubuntu community and many more.	Source
8	Pastebin	Great way to share snippets of text	Source

and two that I don’t:

#	Site	Comment	Source
1	Drupal	Like WordPress another great CMS	Source
2	Libre.fm	The open source version of Last.Fm a great music tracking service	Source

Update: I just realized I also use tr.im as my url shortener and they will be going open source.

New Hackergotchi

Edward Andrew Robinson — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:48:16 +0000

With the release of wordpress 2.6.1 I have once again updated my hackergotchi. This will be my third hackergotchi since 2006, and the original image was taken by my mother at our cottage in Pointe au Baril, and yes I am sitting on the barrel that markes the site of the original barrel that the town gets its name from.

New Hackergotchi

WordPress Bugs and My Call For Help

Edward Andrew Robinson — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:05 +0000

I have been blogging for quite some time. During that time I have used blogspot.com, wordpress.com and now my own wordpress install. The main thing that has made me move from platform to platform is gaining more and more control over my blogging experience. With that said as of late I have been having some really problematic wordpress bugs.

WordPress republishes my rss feeds when I edit my posts
I expected this was being caused by the Simple Feed Copyright plugin so I have disabled it. I had a reason for installing it but I would much rather be able to edit my posts and I’m not so sure how bother I am by other sites ripping my content (I would still rather they did not however). Despite my best googling efforts I have still not solved this problem. Any ideas? Update: Yup this seems to have solved it!
WordPress is no longer emailing me when someone comments on my blog
Google did get me more information on this problem. But I have still not been able to solve it. Whenever someone comments on my blog I would like to be notified by email. Any ideas?

About my Setup

Hosting Plan: 1and1 home linux
WordPress Version: 2.5.1
Plugins:
- Enabled:
  - AdSense Manager 3.2.13
  - Akismet 2.1.4
  - Google Analyticator 2.12
  - Google XML Sitemaps 3.0.3.3
  - SyntaxHighlighter 1.1
  - TagMahal – Automatic tag suggester 1.0.3
  - WordPress.com Stats 1.2.1
  - wp-cache 2.1.2
- Disabled:
  - Hello Dolly 1.5
  - Simple Feed Copyright 1.0
  - Theme Switcher Reloaded 1.0
Theme: SpotLight-Fluid 1.2 By Sadish

If I left out anything let me know. Hope you guys can help me.

Hello World 2.5

Edward Andrew Robinson — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:30:10 +0000

Today I updated to wordpress 2.5, and I have to say its great. I love the new interface. As well as updating in response to all the websites stealing planet Ubuntu content I am going to try using the ©Feed plugin for wordpress. So we will see how that goes and I hope the plugin is not to invasive for people.

I am also loving playing with the Hardy Heron Beta and am looking forward to upgrading all my machines when it officially comes out.

In other news my girlfriend has now been using Ubuntu since Christmas and has promised to help me write a post about her experience.

Edit: I have nothing against other sites hosting my posts as long as I get a backlink.

Hello World 2.3.2

Edward Andrew Robinson — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:03:00 +0000

I have upgraded my blog to WordPress (Version 2.3.2), nothing to see here, move along.