People have different needs for different things, and if your need is to display a simple RSS feed in your theme; there is an easy way to do it… without plugins.  There are a lot of plugins out there for displaying an RSS feed, but many of them actually over complicate things.  Believe it or not, you already have the …

Recently, we featured an article here on C.O.D. that describes the process of installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a netbook with a USB thumb drive.  After using it for some time, there just seems to be too many little things missing to make it a viable permanent alternative.  However, you are not out of luck… you have a choice and …

Most of you have probably seen the commercials from Microsoft touting the cloud experience behind Windows 7 and Windows Live.  The thing is… many of us that have Windows 7 don’t really know how to do some of the things they show in those commercials.  In this multi-part series, we will attempt to demystify the “cloud” and show you how …

Some people like quiet computing, others like the wind tunnel experience.  Personally, I fall somewhere in the middle.  The winding hum of fans whisking air through my rig is calming for me; much like vacuums to a baby.  However, I am not the norm, oddly.  Many of today’s users seem to look towards a peaceful experience in front of the …

For years now, I have been using TinyMCE for WordPress to enhance the editor with some new buttons.  However, I only found myself typically using the “Next Page” button and never really touched any of the others.  I also noticed that some of the new functionality in WordPress 3.1 wasn’t present when using the plugin.  In the interest of keeping …

Face it, most of us like the idea of having an HTPC (Home Theater PC) hooked up to our TV.  The flexibility we get with an HTPC over just a DVD player or a gaming console is enough alone to justify the cost.  I have built a bunch of these for people and until recently, I have never used pre-built …

If you have opened up your WordPress site up to user registrations, there are inevitably some things that you just don’t want them to see. Unfortunately, by default, there is no way to accomplish this directly from the options within WordPress. Until this day comes, you can remove dashboard items by adding some simple code to your functions.php file.

If you take into consideration that WordPress is the most widely used blogging platform, it is confusing why they are still living in the past.  I am referring to the usage of AIM, Jabber, and Yahoo in the user’s profile.  Currently, within WordPress, there is no way for you to modify these choices.  However, with a few simple lines of …

There are a lot of plugins running around that will let you embed videos and media into a post easily.  The funny part about this is that WordPress has had the functionality to handle this all by itself since version 2.9.  The functionality is powered by oEmbed and getting started is easy as pie.

For a long time, I was a cooling enthusiast; it was water or nothing.  However, as improvements have been made over the last few years, the idea of air cooling has become an attractive option.  The days of drilling holes in my case for mounting radiators and clumsy water pump configurations have gone out the window.  Although nothing looks as …