Lightbox 2 is a set of JavaScript Library on presenting photos. Showing a large image by clicking a thumbnail image becomes really great.
Like these:
Lightbox 2.0 for WordPress
http://zeo.unic.net.my/notes/lightbox2-for-wordpress/
Lightbox v2.0 WordPressプラグイン版
http://bd.dotted.jp/archives/87/
I added two new WordPress plugins, which are WordPress Related Posts and WP-OpenID.
WordPress Related Posts automatically writes related links of your posts below the contents. Relation is determined by tags you add.
WP-OpenID, another plugin, enables OpenID when visitors post comments. In addition, you can use OpenID when you log in to Admin section.
For connecting admin users and OpenIDs, go to “Your Identity URLs” page at Profile (or Users) after logging in, then register your OpenID.
I hacked TwitThis plugin for WordPress in order to display AddClips and blog ranking bannars. Then I noticed AddClips includes TwitThis, so comented out the original code for displaying.This plugin and xLanguage plugin competed with each other until I let down this priority of filter hook.
How to make a WordPress Plugin Part1(in Japanese) and Writing a Plugin « WordPress Codex were useful for these.
OpenIDが広まりつつあり、有名どころがOpenIDの認証を提供しはじめています（Livedoor、はてな、Yahoo、AOLなどなど）。それで、いつの間にかGoogleアカウントもBlogger経由でOpenIDを利用できるようになっています。初期には別途設定しないと使えなかったようですが、現在はブログを作成すれば自動的にOpenID URLも発行されました。
使う予定のないブログを立ち上げるのが嫌な場合はOpenID for Google Accountを利用するのも手です。プレビューリリース中のGoogle App Engineを使ったサービスです。発行されるURLは http://openid-provider.appspot.com/GoogleAccountName です（GoogleAccountNameはGoogleメールアドレスの@より前の部分に置き換えてください）。
As OpenID has been widely known, some popular services, such as Yahoo or AOL, now provide OpenID authentications. And, Google account holders can use OpenID authentication via Blogger. At the beggining, people should have checked the box in settings, but now automatically get OpenID URL when creating a new blog
Someone who hesitates to start a new blog, can use OpenID for Google Account. This is a service using Google App Engine which is now preview released. Published URL is http://openid-provider.appspot.com/GoogleAccountName (Please replace GoogleAccountName with characters before @ in your Google e-mail address).
Google Becomes OpenID Provider Via Blogger (Now Non-Geeks Can Join The Fun)
http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/19/google-becomes-openid-provider-via-blogger-now-non-geeks-can-join-the-fun/
Use Your Google Account as an OpenID
http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/use-google-account-email-openid-user-name/2901/
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/huixing/20080409
Twitterをはじめとしたミニブログは、現在のところ個人で使うツールとして認識されています。しかし、この記事は企業にとってもTwitterが有用であると説明しています。hashtagの使い方についてはこの記事で初めて知りました。
Micro-blogs, including Twitter, is recognized mainly for personal use. However, this article explains why Twitter or how to tweet, etc. Before I read it, I hadn’t known about hashtags, which look useful.
http://www.horsepigcow.com/wp-content/twitter-101-1.pdf
ざっと日本語にしてみました。Tweet＝つぶやくと変換しています。
Twitterを使っている人が身の回りに少なくて、おすすめしたいのに説明するのが難しいです。mixiのことをうまく伝えられなかった時と同じもどかしさを感じます。そんな問題を解決してくれる動画を発見しました（英語ですが）。この動画はTwitterの利点をわかりやすくまとめています。こういうの日本語でもあると良いですね。
My friends don’t twit, and it’s hard to me to explain how attractive it is. This video is good for telling people what can we do using Twitter.
Video: Twitter in Plain English | Common Craft – Explanations In Plain English
http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter
Twitterの用法といえば、先ごろエジプトで拘留されたUC-Barkleyの院生がTwitterに”arrested”（逮捕された）と投稿したのをきっかけに、大学が彼に手助けすることができた、というニュースがありました。ざっと日本語にしてご紹介。
Speaking of using Twitter, I heard a news that recently, a detained graduate student of UC-Barkley posted just one word “arrested” on Twitter, and it allowed the university to help him get out from jail.
Student ‘Twitters’ his way out of Egyptian jail – CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck
Photoshop Express is a service with which you can edit your photos online. I like the interface, especially that I can see thumbnails with effects on the top. I just made a photo.
I tried to use Google Apps with the filmonkey.net domain. The reason is features of GMail, for example, server reliability, anti-spam functions, and mobile access.
I feel excited when I use new services like this!
I upgraded the WordPress of this site, because WordPress.ORG released the newest Japanese version. It was really easy. All I needed is to upload the new files, then access to upgrade.php. I didn’t get any errors at that time. After I logged in, I activated WP Multibyte Patch plugin, which was automatically added, then checked that the other plugins were OK.
In addition, I installed xLanguage plugin to enable Japanese & English bilingual posts.
Easy way to send a big file to anyone, PypeBytes. No registration, no software install. Please try it:
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