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I thought single column minimalist wordpress themes could not deliver all the features required for a demanding blog, but minimalia wordpress theme proved me the contrary. With the post meta on top of the post and appropriate social bookmarking, minimalia packs everything in the same column, with style.

Minimalia also comprises of features like featured post, flickr image display, avatar in comments, etc…

Nine Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts tells you the places where you should stick that post of yours to promote it. It also includes tools like Mozilla Firefox plugins to make posting to blog networks easier.

Most Mac OS X inspired Wordpress themes I’ve seen are mostly mashups of graphics from Mac OS X or its applications. Instead of duplicating OS X, Robert Hodgen has created a great theme providing the OS X atmosphere. Highlights under links, a glossy look and many more tiny details make Blue X a great theme.

The author has provided a comprehensive list of features and screenshots on the theme which is compatible on most browsers. Blue X is a free wordpress theme and it works perfectly on the latest version of Wordpress(compatible Wordpress 2.6).

Also, make sure to check out, Retro Glass which is an OS X inspired Wordpress theme by the same author.

Do you need all the Wordpress Admin features and facilities when it comes to posting your ‘Asides’ posts? ‘Asides’ are supposed to be a short plain text version of your posts, right? Instead of logging inside your admin to write a short post, you could post it directly from your blog which will allow you mostly to keep your post as short as possible.

Ian Steward tells you in his 2 minutes post, How To Add Prologue-Theme Posting To Your WordPress Theme, which will let you have a writing form on your blog. You will end up with something like that :

Depending on where you want your writing form to appear, paste the code in the corresponding wordpress files. I’ve tried it on the sidebar instead and it works great too. The form will only appear when you’re logged in so visitors will see nothing of it.

Like Mac’s OS style? Guess what, you can have the same style for your Wordpress blog. Be it the Tiger interface or the leopard one, even old ones. Check them out : 22 Apple Inspired Free WordPress Themes.

You name your piece of software and you find its serial number on YouSerials, a serial number search engine. Malware-free, you’re given the serial number on the site itself : no need to download anything that might compromise your pc. Plus, users comment on the serial offered which will let you know which works and which doesn’t. You can also download and install its browser toolbar so that searching for your software keys is just a click’s away. Enjoy.

If you want something fast but can’t rely on torrents for your downloads, then you can have them through ed2K which is simply downloading them with eMule. Instead of searching for your downloads with eMule and falling on crappy stuffs, you can use ed2K links which are available on the web. It’s just like the torrent you download first to launch your download with your torrent client. The plus is that you’ve all the advantages like the torrent for e.g comments and feedbacks on the download so that you don’t waste your download time downloading porn.

So make sure eMule is installed and fully functional on your machine for this to work. Now to look for a particular download, you can google it or you can use the two sites I’ve provided according to your language preferences.

Sharevirus holds everything from movies to albums on ed2K links while eMule-island is its french brother. I’m sure there are loads of such sites. Emule-island has been reliable for getting dvd rips or even HD quality films!

As with everything downloaded from the net, make sure to scan your downloads with a good antivirus. Else, Cheers!