Friedbeef’s Tech

By default the Blogger platform (which this blog is running on) does not allow sorting posts by categories. You can however rely on the community at large to devise workarounds for this.

It is a common question asked by many bloggers who use this platform so here are two ways I managed to pull it off.

I started with an easy way which was to :

1. Create a specific del.icio.us account for my blog
2. Tag my posts
3. Output the tags to my sidebar using the del.icio.us tagrolls feature

Find out more about this method here.

The drawback is that users get transported out of your site and into your del.icio.us bookmarks page when they click on your categories.

The method I’m currently using is via the Freshtags method which also uses del.icio.us, but uses JavaScript found on the Freshtags site to display category results on your blog without directing them out of it. The instructions on how to implement it was easy, and you can find it here.

If you already use del.icio.us, use this Mozdev.org Firefox Extension to easily tag between multiple accounts without having to login and logout.

Or you could just switch to Wordpress :)

Update: 11th Aug 2006 : Since this blog has moved to Wordpress already, you can check out implementation at my now defunct blogspot space.

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If you’ve never had a chance to seriously sit down and play with a Mac, you have got to try this beautiful online Flash emulation of Mac OS X.
Or if you’re feeling nostalgic, here’s an online emulation of Mac OS 7

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With file sizes getting increasingly large, BitTorrent has grown to be one of the most effective ways to distribute large files to a huge user base without overloading your servers.
Torrent Finder is a meta site which searches all your favourite BitTorrent sites all at once so you can find files faster and easier than ever before.

Note: Although it is technically possible to download music, movies, scanned comics, digital books, and cracked commercial software via BitTorent, this site or writer does not endorse

piracy and assumes users would only be searching for non-copyrighted material :)

Related Links:

Torrent Finder : The Best Bit Torrent Search Engine Ever
BitTorrent FAQ and How it Works
BitTorrent software (free):

• Azureus
• Bit Comet
• U Torrent

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