The team over at the official Google Reader Blog have announced yet another superb innovation for the feed reader I can’t do without.
They’ve coded a new browser plugin called Google Gears which enables you to download the most recent 2,000 items from the feeds you subscribe to, so that you can read them offline. This […]

It seems that not many bloggers I know are taking advantage of the coComment service, which I mentioned briefly in this posting, so I thought it might be helpful to go into a little more detail about what the service has to offer.
coComment is an service which is used for tracking online conversations. If, like […]

Kubuntu Linux is very nice indeed; it’s based on Debian. But, interestingly, I’ve had to switch over to Debian due to a problem with excessive hard drive activity on Kubuntu, which has been causing a perpetual clicking noise from the drive here.
I found some discussion of this on the Ubuntu Forums, with at least one […]

ScribeFire (previously called Performancing for Firefox) has been updated at last!
This version instantly found WordPress running here on The Far Corner, whereas earlier versions required a clumsy workaround to get the addon to recognise the hosted version of WordPress.
The new version of the Firefox plugin can be downloaded here. It really is an essential tool […]

I’ve just found a site called Conduit which allows you to create your own free personalised toolbar which you can use to increase traffic on your blog or promote your website. The toolbar can include a Google search button (available for a number of different countries), an RSS button and even a radio station. You […]

When you consider all of the websites you’ve visited that allow you to leave comments on blog posts, forums etc, it’s a difficult and time-consuming exercise checking whether anyone has replied to a question or comment you’ve left.
coComment is a useful tool for tracking these online conversations. For Firefox users, there’s an extension which will […]