Archive for the ‘technology’ Category

I want to change my Tales of a Single Parent blog. I am currently running it on Blogger, but quite frankly, I have grown very tired of Blogger which is why I moved this blog to WordPress (by the by, I absolutely love WordPress and am very happy I switched). I am not sure if I want to run Tales of a Single Parent on WordPress or Joomla.

I want to add video to the blog and more information as far as news, photos and resources, etc. It will still be the official blog for the Tales of a Single Parent podcast, so of course I’ll still be adding the audio from each show on the blog as well.

So, I just don’t know which platform I want to go with. More later on that. If anyone has any suggestions, leave a comment….

I’ve been using the online ordering feature at pizzahut.com since they started and I love it. It’s so easy, so simple. When the kids and I want pizza, my first instinct is to always get online and put in my order, not to call in my order.

So tonight, the kids and I agreed that tonight was definitely a pizza nut (guess I should have thawed out that meat earlier). I get online to pizzahut.com and I see that you two new things:

1. You can text message your pizza order
2. You can go to pizzahut.com from your mobile phone and place your order

This is awesome. NOW, if I wanna order Pizza Hut and I’m not home yet, but am on my way, I can text message my order - I LOVE IT!!! (my best friend is going to think I am nuts if I really do this - but he knows I will)

There are more and more services popping up that allow anyone to easily and seamlessly create a website. All of these servicesgive you the ability to create a website in a matter of minutes; no programming required. They actually have some pretty nice looking templates and have some great features. There are four services in particular that I’ve been looking at and have referred to people who have $0 budget, but need a simple website built (whether it be or personal or business use).

Weebly, Roxer, 350pages, and Webnodes. These services say any novice can build a site with ease and I have to say; they are telling the truth. They have designed it so that a child could use any of these services and set up a webpage. I am really impressed with their features as well, especially Weebly and Webnodes.

Snapshot of Weebly’s features:

* Create a website & blog
* Switch designs on the fly
* Drag and drop interface
* Buy a new domain instantly, or
* Host your existing domain for free
* Add content elements, such as videos, pictures, maps, and text

Snapshot of Webnodes features:

Features
* Web 2.0 technology
* Real-time interactive editing
* Drag-and-drop technology
* Gadgets and widgets
* Bookmark and tagging
* Multiple file upload
* On-line document editing
* Free hosting
* Use your own domain
* More than 40 free templates
* Import a custom template
* Automatic SEO

Tools
* Articles
* Polls
* Discussion forums
* FAQ
* Dynamic lists
* E-commerce
* Site map
* Photo galleries
* Full-text searching
* Website statistics
* Webmail
* RSS

Webnodes has some pretty awesome templates too; very modern and up-to-date. They seem to be the most cutting edge out of the group of free website building services.

All of these services are free. It will be interesting to see if they remain free and if these services can survive.

WOW - I am shocked to see you can buy an Apple TV at Wal-Mart. I guess it was bound to happen…