LAKAMBINI ♥ ORG

January 27, 2012 – 4:09 pm

Oho! New theme. =) I like it for its simplicity. No header images whatsoever. Well, except the name of my blog and in my sidebar which I deliberately filled with images because I don’t want my blog to look boring.

Anyway, I’d like to share this wonderful WordPress plugin I found yesterday called, InstaPress. By installing and activating the plugin, you get to display your Instagram photos in your sidebar or anywhere in your blog. You can also create your own Instagram Gallery with the plugin’s paging functionality feature — I tried this one, but it seems that it doesn’t work for me, maybe theme or plugin compatibility issues. Anyhoo, it’s very easy to use and I recommend it to those who wants to showcase their Instagram photos in their blog.

- Download InstaPress
- Extract the file and upload the InstaPress folder to your (wp-content/plugins) folder.
- Login to your WordPress dashboard > plugins > InstaPress and activate.
- For further configuration, go to settings > Instapress.

Use the following shortcode in your post or pages:

ex.

Use the following shortcode in your theme (sidebar):

ex.

- userid: ID or username of instagram user (leave blank for popular media, use “self” for your own media or “myfeed” to display your feed)
- piccount: Number of instagrams to display (Default: 9) – Note: It is highly recommended to enable caching for more than 20 pictures
- size: Size of instagrams in pixels (Default: 85)
- effect: Name of the effect to use for the slideshow (Currently only ‘fancybox’ possible) – Since 0.4.3
- url: If this value is set, Instapress ignores the value for userid and piccount and displays a single Instagram (no authorization required!) – Since 1.0
- title: If this value is set to 1 and an effect was set, Instapress will show the Instagram’s title – Since 1.0.1
- paging: If this value is set to 1, your pictures will be displayed as an image gallery. The value for piccount defines the number of pictures per page.
- tag: Use this option to filter Instagrams by tag. Note: At the moment you can only use a single tag. The userid option is ignored if you set this option.

So in my case, I used:

Easy, right? =)

Myphone TW1 Duo

January 25, 2012 – 1:52 pm

So I finally got my brother his own touch phone yesterday. It’s not as expensive as my current phone, but at least he has a new one. It’s a MyPhone TW1. I bought it for PHP3488 at Gateway Cubao. My brother loves to read books just like me. The reason I wanted to buy him a new phone with a larger screen is because of the ebook feature. And this Myphone TW1 fits the description (and my budget).

Anyway, the phone itself is okay. It runs in JAVA meaning you can install JAVA games and applications for all you want. As for the ebook feature, the only file format that can be read is in .TXT format and so far, the best ebook reader for myphone TW1 is Albite Reader. Camera, well, it’s okay, not what I expected. But it says in the specifications that it has a 3.2 MP. It’s a DUAL SIM phone. Has good WiFi. Oh! It also has a track pad, which comes in handy. Available colors are cappuccino, black and pink.

manual, warranty, cds, tw1 manual

So far, so good. The only downside about this phone is the resistive screen. You have to touch the LCD a little harder and texting is quite hard (sanayan lang, I guess). I don’t see a “SEND TO MANY” option in their messaging – correct me if I’m wrong (not good for those who are constantly sending Group Messages). No camera flash. It has no motion sensor.

Overall, it’s a good phone if you’re on a budget. Tho, I don’t recommend it for people who are hard core texters and apps lover. Just add a couple of thousands and buy a Samsung Galaxy Y. =) I’ll probably get my brother an Android powered phone soon.

Download JAVA apps and games.
Configure Opera Mini FREE browsing for MyPhone TW1 HERE.
Download Albite Reader
Convert your EPUB and PDF e-books to .TXT.

Instagram for WordPress ♥

Myphone TW1 Duo