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Friday Finds for 12/21/2007: 2 iPods 1 Computer

Christmas brings gifts and some of those gifts just might be a new iPod for someone. That’s great for the person getting the new iPod but what happens if that person lives in a house where there is a single “family PC” and someone else in the house already has an iPod? Can two iPods happily co-exist on the same computer? According to this support document from Apple, the answer is yes.

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Dynamically Display Sidebar Meta Links in Your WordPress Theme

Look at any free WordPress themes and you’ll notice that most of them have a “Meta” section in the sidebar. Options to login, logout, or jump to the WordPress Dashboard are often found in this section. And while the links are convenient for the owner of the site, they are only useful to that individual. Wouldn’t it be great to dynamically display standard meta links to only those people that could use them? Fortunately, with a little theme modification you can do just that, and here is how.

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Finally Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.1

Been dragging my feet on this task for while but I finally got around to upgrading my current 2.2.x WordPress installation to 2.3.1. Overall not a bad experience but there are a few things to watch out for during the process. Share, Bookmark, or Email this post

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