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I’m a big fan of WooThemes. As you probably can tell by the theme on this very page (Fresh News). I do like to change the theme from time to time and what better time to do it than just before a new year. A standard WooTheme is $70 if you don’t need the Photoshop [...]

The theme I’m currently using is from WooThemes it’s called Fresh News. It’s probably the best theme I’ve ever owned and tried. The support is great, it’s easy to set-up and customise and according to experts (Thank you Dan) it’s validated and everything is peachy. This Halloween they had a sale, buy 1 theme and [...]

My dear faithful readers. I’m terribly sorry about the recent trouble on The Beta News. I did an update a few days ago, unfortunately it messed up my .htaccess file. I’ve fixed that and everything is back to normal again. Well it is until I hit the “Update” button and update this blog to WordPress [...]

As you’ve probably noticed, The Beta News has recieved a new look. I wasn’t quite sure that the old theme encouraged people to comment on my posts, and after all, commenting and discussing is what blogging is all about. So I’ve bought this lovely WordPress theme from WooThemes called FreshNews. Until now I’m more than [...]

Remember the very popular interview with Guy Kawasaki is still available. Read it and find out why I’m changing my view on Mac. This week I’m asking Sarah Meyers to Show Me Your Desktop. Sarah Meyers is the producer, writer and host of the daily tech show at PopSnap. I was lucky enough to get [...]

In the next two weeks I’ll host the biggest contest ever on The Beta News. Actually it’s the first contest ever here, but who’s counting?! Now the rules to participate are developed by my twisted brain, so hopefully this will be a contest unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. The rules are fairly simple.

I just updated my blogs to WordPress 2.3. I know that some of you will be cautious, but I tried with one of my lesser known (!) blogs first and it went very smoothly. No errors or major problems. I deactivated all my plugins and replaced all files on my server with the new WordPress [...]