It's been long time since the 9.04 released 6 months ago, and now we can enjoy the latest version of Ubuntu 9.10. I think, there are many changes from previous version, from the UI to the new kernel. I'm gonna explain the changes, but this is my first time to feel different with Ubuntu because I always not interested to try Ubuntu before this version.

It's using text-shadow CSS styling and Javascript.

text-shadow resources :

1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/text-shadow
2. http://www.quirksmode.org/css/textshadow.html
3. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-text/#text-shadow

How to make an article directory with a Wordpress blog? If you are running a Wordpress blog (self-hosted), there is an easy way to make-over you blog into a powerful article directory. All you needed are just a theme and a plugin. It's very simple. Let's get start it.

This is the time to announcing that Ubuntu 9.10 was released.. I've been waiting for it, but I can't download the image file now, my connection is too slow :P (using broadband). Come on! Don't be late to download the newest version of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala..

Choose your country and Download it now!! :P **very excited!!**

FamilyLink is a Facebook application, it uses Facebook Connect to sign in. FamilyLink becomes a top application on Facebook, and #1 for family applications. The main function of FamilyLink is to safe the family tree, to connecting the family member all around the world as long as they have Facebook account.

As usual, Ubuntu has 6 months live-circle, every 6 months the developer releases a new version of Ubuntu. Tomorrow is the day to release their new Ubuntu 9.10 called Karmic Koala, it's still gonna be a free and open source operating system with full supports from the communities.

Sharing photos to each other will be more interesting if we tag the faces in the photos, so our friends can recognize who's on the photo. Firstly introduced by Facebook, than other photo hosting also providing this cool feature including Google Picasa. Google Picasa is a great photo hosting, it has big space to save a lot of photos.

Actually, there are soooo many social news community in the internet. Digg and Technorati maybe the most popular, but I'm gonna tell you about a social news community called IMCurtain. It has same concept with Digg or Technorati, you can submit your articles and drive more visitors to your blog.

After wait for three days finally my new domain is successfully resolved to socialblogr.com from the original address socialblogr.blogspot.com. I'm using DNSPark to resolving my new domain, that is really good DNS service.

I'm gonna share everything about social technology in this blog, because I'm a social tech maniac. I love go social with social apps on the internet, all day. Maybe at this moment the most popular social networks are Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, but actually there are hundreds of social networks that maybe has a lot of features to help you stay connected to your family and friends. I'm sure that you haven't try all of these services yet. :P

I love blogging, but I don't like to write too much words. Just short posts and I'll keep this updated. Sorry for my bad English, I hope you understand what I've been wrote. :P

Are you joining a SEO contest now? Or you just want to make a keyword research? Maybe this tool can help you, because you must be have some trouble when checking your position on three or more search engines. It depends on your contest rules. SERP Analytics is a online tool to combine 3 search engine in one SERP and it's not affected by the cookies.

Google has released the developmet preview of Google Wave and I'm sure that you have watched their cool demo video. So, I'm not gonna tell you how cool their real-time feature. It looks impossible in my country, because I have poor internet connection. :P

punypng is an online image compressing service, it's like Smush.it. They claimed that their compressor is better than other services. punypng reduces your images up to 41% and no regristration needed.

Google AJAX Translation is a Wordpres plugins, it's different with other translator plugins because it has an unique ability to translate a specific post. So, not all of the page translated and there is no Google Translate toolbar on the top of page. Google AJAX Translation is developed by Libin Pan.

Smooth Slider is a free Wordpress plugins, you can easily create a dynamic slideshow for your featured posts on your home page. It's a fully dynamic content, because you are able to choose which posts do you want to add to slideshow. It uses Javascript and customizable color. This plugin is developed by Internet Techies.

BlogrPro has announced their simple contest, all you have to is just "be a reader". You must have a blog to  post about this contest and Twitter account to follow BlogrPro then retweet the announcement.



How about the prize?

Wordpress also has a real-time blogging! It uses IM client (Jabber and XMPP). How about Google Wave? :D Blogging world goes crazy....

I just discovered that Google has made doodles since their establishment in 1998. Wow! When it was a major event or a historic day Google would change their logo in relevant with the theme of the day. The last doodle is Google changed their logo with a bar code, it means that day was the invention day of bar code. A simple way to show their respect to the inventor.

Arora is a lightweight browser built on WebKit, a rendering engine used in Safari and Chrome. First released in April 2008 on Google Code, and still continuous developed until now. Arora has a ad blocker as default feature, we can enable or disable it, Arora also supports Netscape plugins, and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux OS.

Mozilla has issued their new version of Firefox, it's called Namoroka for Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1. In this alpha version, many bugs has been fixed and improved features for web developers. It has great changes on CSS, HTML5, DOM, Javascript, etc.

Smadav is the most powerful local anti-virus in Indonesia, it has so many great features to keep your Windows secure. Today, Smadav 7.0 has been released and available for free download. The biggest change from before version is the scanning speed, Smadav 7.0 has 10 times faster than before. Very fast, isn't it?

Blogging without inserting pictures in post entries is almost impossible, because a picture is more than 200 words of description, even thousands of words. picapp is a place to find relevant pictures for your blog, it guaranties all the pictures are free and legal to use. picapp provides so many categories and high quality pictures.

I've been searched for the best tool to share a web page to Twitter, and found this nice tool. HootSuite is a web based Twitter client, it offers a lot of helpful features, but at this time I'm gonna tell you about how to make easier to share a web page in one click. No addon or plugins needed, just a bookmarklet.

Microsoft has released a Web Platform to support web developers in their works, with this tool web developers and designers can create more creations with a full support from Microsoft. Microsoft is not an open source company, but they provides a lot of comprehensive tools and open source web apps such as Wordpress, Moodle, and Drupal. Microsoft Web Platform is a desktop application, it synchronized with the server, so we can install the web apps in one click. But, mostly the web apps are .NET products.

This is the first muslim social network, after a muslim search engine has been released a few months ago. Muxlim offers a lot of feature to connecting muslims around the world, you can update status, upload images and videos, and many more. Muxlim has founded by Mohamed El-Fatatry and developed by team.

Actually, this theme has been released long time ago and I've found this theme when I was searching for a cool theme for my other blog.  This theme is a personal project by Derek Punsalan. Grid focus has 3 columns and compatible with Wordpress 2.8, just black, white and blue for the color combination. I like this theme, so I use it. :D

Download :
Grid Focus

Can you believe that? What's make Google Adsense earnings increased drastically? There is no secret tricks, even no Google Adsense needed!

The picture above is fake! Yes, you can try this crazy tool to make a fake Google Adsense earnings screenshot. My friends was shocked when they see that picture. :D

Crafty Cart is a Free Wordpress Theme, designed for a small online shop and uses AJAX too. To make an online shop you must install Wordpress e-Commerce Plugin and it will be automatically integrated with your Crafty Cart. Just activate the plugin.

Do you want to make your URL  very long? Along a blog post? Try this crazy tool..


Because bigger is better, right?

Xobni is integrated with Microsoft Outlook, it makes possible to look up the social networks profile of your email senders. Currently, Xobni supports for LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Hoover. If  your email sender is registered to Facebook, Twitter, and Hoover , Xobni will show you their profile. You can follow on Twitter and add they as friend on Facebook. Make your Outlook more socialized!