Even with the popular “search everything” plugin, we’ve decided to move off the WordPress search feature and implement Google’s AdSense-based Custom Search. The same search bar you see up top is now programmed for the Google Custom Search. Go to it! The best thing about Custom Search is that it allows us to not only [...]
Blast giveaways aplenty — free stuff here!
Jan. 17, 2008 Leave a Comment
Congratulations to loyal Blast Magazine reader Jeff Hunt for being the most recent winner of a Blast Magazine prize package. This month’s package included a full-size official poster from the movie “The Diving Bell And The Butterfly” with the film’s official soundtrack courtesy of Miramax. Jeff is also receiving a copy of outlandish new DVD, [...]
A Blast Magazine holiday
Dec. 20, 2007 Leave a Comment
Here at Blast, we have a bunch of traditional, odd, and downright original holiday plans. We thought we’d share them with you. One of Blast’s great mid-year staff editions, Holly Jobbagy decided to combine video golf and teddy bears for her boyfriend. “He’s especially into golf, and since he can’t play this time of year, [...]
Letter from the editor: Kyla Ebbert Kyla Ebbert Kyla Ebbert
Dec. 15, 2007 Leave a Comment
I saw the stats, and I still didn’t believe it. We wrote a 189-word brief about Kyla Ebbert — a Southwest Airlines passenger who was almost kicked off for wearing a skimpy (it wasn’t even that skimpy really…) outfit. Then the counter started ticking like dollars on a gas pump. By the end of the [...]
Automattic buys IntenseDebate
Sept. 23, 2008 Leave a Comment
Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has purchased the advanced next-generation web commenting system IntenseDebate for an undisclosed sum. This is a big move for WordPress, which has been looking for a new commenting system for a while and seems to have found it finally. In a blog post on their website, IntenseDebate describes the deal [...]