One of the great things about RSS is that you can get a text-only (that is, FAST) summary of a blog without wading through megabits of images and style.

RSS feed readers, for the uninitiated, make it easy to read RSS feeds, those text summaries of blogs, and simplify the task of reaching out and grabbing those text-only (mostly) blog summaries. Using one, it’s short work to review a goodly number of articles quickly.

In my case, the topic is timely: I’ve just updated FireFox to 3.6, and of course …

If you have trouble finding images for your blog posts, there is a ‘new’ place out there, EveryStockPhoto.com/ – and its source may surprise you.

It actually uses the content available from ALL the image sites out there, and gathers the details into one easy to use interface.

Traditionally, when you need an image, one source has been various photo sites with Creative Commons licenses. For example, browsing Flickr, you might see a photo that you can use if you attribute to the author.

However, while good in theory, there …

It’s true – FaceBook is moving from PHP to compiled PHP – with a performance gain of about 50% over PHP.

The move, using an in-house compiler program, HopHop, takes the original PHP code and translates it to C++ code, with then can be compiled and run on the Web server as a program.

As another benefit, FaceBook has released the HipHop compiler as Open Source, meaning anyone can convert/compile their PHP code.

C++, a language that allows very fast low-level access to computer hardware, is traditionally preferred for fast …

The Latest Issue of ‘The ActiveBlogging Report’ is now ready.

Topics:

What’s New With ActiveBlogging.

New WordPress Version. Time now for WordPress 2.9.2 – here’s what’s in it, and how (or if) you should upgrade.

Maximized Membership Sites, Part 2. Last month we discussed the nuts and bolts of different membership sites – this month, we explore how to set them up ‘on the inside’ for maximum revenue – and minimum fuss.

Text Massaging With Regular Expressions! How many times have you found yourself with text that you know you’ll …

Another bug fix for the 2.9 versions, WP 2.9.2 was released this week to solve a security issue with deleted articles. Although deleted, they are still available, and unfortunately available to more than the original author! Download the latest version from within WP Admin, or go to their website.