I haven’t written much tech/web stuff here lately and I don’t plan to change that. I still experiment with various so-called web 2.0 services and site design, but nothing has really grabbed my attention lately with two exceptions.

Yakedi! is a free Australian service for sending SMS messages from the web. There are no strings attached as far as I can tell: “No catch, no spam, no limits and no annoying (and expensive) premium sms sent to your phone,” they proclaim and deliver.

I hate typing text messages on a mobile phone. I’m slow and can’t bring myself to abbreviate anything. I had been using Skype to send messages, but they charge normal rates.

I looked at some other free providers and their web sites were too trashy. The Yakedi! site is clean and easy to navigate.

Frog CMS is a lightweight content management system using PHP5 and SQL. It’s a PHP version of Radiant, a ruby on rails application.

I’m currently using it for Gorey Media. It only took a few minutes to set up and get running.

It doesn’t have the bells and whistles of WordPress or larger portal systems, but for a small site it’s ideal, in my opinion. it can be used as a blog with optional reader comments. There is no search function at the moment though.