How to set up FeedBurner?

Hey everybody,

I have no idea how to set up FeedBurner site statistics on this WordPress.com hosted blog. When I try to install it on this blog, it just says “Note: The following instructions are not for use with blogs hosted WordPress.com or any WordPress MU–powered installation.” What the hell? How do I set this up?

If anyone knows, could they please post here? 

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Just to clarify, I mean the site statistics, not the feed statistics.

Get it right, Google!

Before last saturday, I had about 5 RSS feeds that I would regularly check; TUAW, MacRumors, 9 to 5 Mac, Gizmodo Australia and The Joy of Tech. This all seemed fine to me, until I found Times, which came with a kagillion feeds built in. I liked it. So since the weekend I’ve been trying my best to organize my new feeds into folders. For whatever reason, I had to go on Google Reader, and thought I may as well check their so called ‘Bundles’ of feeds that come in categories. My eyes obviously went to the ‘Geeky’ bundle and I had a look in it. Up came five feeds – Cool Tools, Lifehacker, PVRblog, Penny Arcade and… wait for it… MAKE Magazine. MAKE Magazine? Wouldn’t that go under the ‘thinkers’ section?

Who else thinks that’s a bit off?

PS: There’s also a Google-related bundle, a bit self-indulgent methinks!

Times by Acrylic Software

Today I came to terms with Times, a new RSS reader made by Acrylic Software. It breaks up your feeds into pages, such as Sport (you would have Goal.com, Uefa.com etc.), Technology, World, Science and etc. It combines some of Apple’s technologies such as Core Image, Core Animation and WebKit. It feels so well thought out, that I think Apple could release it. Sure, that’s a pretty bold statement, and it is at Version 1.0, but I reckon with a little work, it can beat NewsFire and NetNewsWire. It uses Page curls and Slides, and even the animation that happens when you swap Spaces in Leopard.

I think this is a fantastic app, and although this is a 1.0 version, I see a lot of potential.

If you would like an in depth review, rather than this 6-hour review, head over to The Apple Blog for their review on Times.

RSS Awareness Day

Hey everybody!

Guess what! It’s RSS awareness day (for Australians at least), and I would like to spread the word of RSS! Because I’m a bit busy and in a hurry, this is just a quick link to the wonderful (I don’t know them, but I’m sure they are) people at RSSDay.org and they can take it from here

For anyone who would like to get into RSS, here’s the RSS feed to my blog!

Thanks for reading,

Larry

YouTube rant

Why can’t people voice their opinion on YouTube? I see something on, well it feels like every single video, thats really gets my goat.

Here’s what I’m talking about:

mister1: I love football! It’s the best sport ever!

evilmister2: u wrong. football crap. Basketball lolcats.

Is it’s just me, or is that on every single post?! People just seem to shoot down others without even thinking about it? It’s like a bully in a schoolyard:

littleboy1: I love playing cricket, it’s so fun!

evilboy2: You idiot. It’s obviously that Football kicks mr Cricket’s bottom.

Sorry if I’m being ridiculous, but does anyone share my stolen goat?

BALL!

Can I just get this straight? I love the AFL, and I barrack religiously for the Sydney Swans. But when there is any doubt whatsoever in the rules, you should scrap them.

Holding the ball, for one, is the most doubtful rule in the game. The point of this rule is not to waste time. When you get tackled, you have to get the ball out. But these days, if someone gets held by a great tackle, it’s holding the ball, and the umpire will signal that within two seconds. I mean if it’s called ‘Holding the ball’, then the person trying to hold it in should be penalized. Because if someone gets tackled and it’s called play on, they can get it out. I think it should be play on for say, 5 seconds, before you get penalized.

Is it just me, or does it feel like dropping the ball has disappeared in the AFL. Last night, in the Western Bulldogs-West Coast Eagles game I saw at least 3 moments where someone has got tackled, tried to kick the ball, and it has been called play on. I’m sorry, but if that’s not dropping the ball, I don’t know what is.

I could go on with in the back and holding the man and such, but I won’t.

Psystar demos "Open Computer" in video

Sure, I thought it was a hoax. Sure, you thought it was a hoax. But it’s not. Psystar, the company who boasted the ‘OpenMac’, a Mac clone that runs Leopard out o’ the box, has released a demo of their now named ‘OpenComputer’, running Windows, Ubuntu and, you guessed it, Leopard.

The video shows three OpenComputers, one running OS X Leopard, another running Ubuntu 8.04 and the other running Windows XP Professional. It says that although the computer runs OS X Leopard, an OS not known for its gaming, can run Quake 4 with all the options set to the max.

I reckon that this actually looks pretty good but what would Steve think about this? I doubt that it will be out for very long, as Apple will probably sue.

Info courtesy MacRumors

Test post from Flock

Hey everybody,
This is a test post, using ‘The Social Web Browser’ Flock, which gives you integrated functionality of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and numerous blogging tools. I think it is very nice, but does take a while to get used to. Anyway, I’m going to watch the AFL blockbuster Collingwood vs Essendon from the MCG.

Thanks!

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Hint – Random blog

The bar that accompanies the top of every Blogger blog has a button “Next Blog” which takes you to a random blog. This is a great thing, but to read a random blog, you have to be reading a blog in the first place. If you want to have this luxury from any webpage, you can drag the button onto your Bookmarks Bar, and when you click it, it takes you to a new blog!

I like Safari now.

Okay, quite a while ago, sometime last month, I updated my Safari to 3.1, but thought nothing of it. I didn’t even try it out for pete’s sake. I just went on my merry way with Camino, which has served me greatly. I wanted to check up on Newspond, but as Safari is better than Camino with CSS and the like, I  thought I might as well try it in Safari. I tried it, and it’s damn fast! Even on my 1.25Ghz PowerBook is steams ahead of Camino. I have now switched my prefered browser pick from Camino (version 1.6) to Safari (version 3.1) and I’m liking it. It also uses less CPU than Camino, which can get rather juicy when on flash sites, for some reason.

Thoughts?