Woopra Analytics allows administrators to exclude statistics based on a number of criteria (IP address, user names, etc.) However, for websites with only one administrator, a better approach would be to prevent loading the Woopra javascript (JS) in the first place whenever the admin accesses the site. Read more  

After having bounced around between Google Analytics, WordPress.com Stats, and Woopra Analytics, I’m choosing to side with Woopra’s service for a few reasons:

• All the statistics one could ever want
• Real-time site views
• Ability to chat with site viewers
• OS X, Linux, and Windows desktop clients
• Online interface (real time) for web-based access
• Still in the beginning stages of development, so a lot more is to come.

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When modifying a WordPress theme’s comments section, developers may want to include a particular comment’s number in the flow of the other comments of a given post/page. For example, if you look at the meta section of any comment on this site, you’ll see that I’ve incorporated such a feature. Do I have a reason? No. I just had some free time, and wanted to waste a PHP call. Read more  

Over the last few weeks, I’ve gotten into the world of modifying stock Windows Mobile ROMs to include/exclude programs which typical users need. For example, who really needs the business card reader program common to Windows Mobile platforms? Why not remove it to save on some valuable storage space? That’s exactly the aim of the art of “cooking ROMs.” Here’s how you go about installing new ROMs on a Samsung Omnia smartphone. Read more  

I browse through the blogosphere regularly, and it’s interesting to note how many webmasters have a section dedicated to the social networking. Whether it’s helping you find them on Facebook or Last.fm, or allowing you to share a particular page/post on Digg or Slashdot, the idea of social networking is a must for bloggers who want to effectively link themselves with the rest of the world.  Read more