I pointed to a piece by Paul Graham earlier today and found this one on writing helpful also.

Paul Graham has written well about the Return of the Mac. One thing he says I think is interesting is this;

If you want to know what ordinary people will be doing with computers in ten years, just walk around the CS department at a good university. Whatever they’re doing, you’ll be doing.

Thinking of mind mapping? Here’s a straight forward how-to. (via Lifehacker)

While you’re at it you might want to check out the free mind mapping software, FreeMind.

I’m checking out Yahoo 360 thanks to the LaughingLizard at weblogtoolscollection.com. If you’d like an invite leave a comment.

There’s now a pile of themes for WordPress 1.5 available as a part of the theme competition at alexking.com. Now there’s a cool theme browser to help you find the one that’s right for your blog.

Does having Google AdSense ads on your pages get them indexed quicker by Google? Gagetopia thinks so.

Here’s the plugin I didn’t know I was looking for. The Obfuscate E-mail plugin for WordPress makes using email addresses on your WordPress powered site much easier and a bit more secure from spammers. If you use an email address in your post this plugin substitutes the text in the address with random ASCII and hex code.

This will make my life much easier for one WordPress driven site I maintain that frequently requires I post several email addresses at a time. Doing this by hand using Dean’s Obfuscator was getting tedious. Here’s hoping it will stand up to those nasty spambots.

WP-Junkies – one more place to get your fill of WordPress goodness.

If you use a wireless LAN at home or have the responsibility of maintaining a wireless network at your business here’s a good read on real wireless LAN security.

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