Entries Tagged as 'Weblogging'

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

A Python-MySQL Project

I assigned myself a project for the weekend, writing a little program that I could use to disable comments on blog posts based on their age. Python’s already installed on the Mac, so I figured it’d be pretty easy to use that to make updates to my Wordpress database.
The first thing needed is the […]

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

He’s been using Facebook and other sites for several years; now college-boy is jumping into the Blog world. Welcome aboard, James!

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

On the Weblog Software

I upgraded WordPress to version 2.3.2 this morning.
WordPress 2.3.2 is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to expose your draft posts. 2.3.2 also suppresses some error messages that can give away information about your database table structure and limits and stops some information leaks in the XML-RPC […]

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Copyright and Net Publishing

For Jeff B. and the rest of us: 12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know.

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Talk About Value, not Technology

Jon Udell, in Talking to everyone, asks
How do you talk to everyone about the transformative benefits of the technologies we’re so excited about, in ways that don’t make people flip the bozo switch and tune you out? How do you tell stories that make the benefits of the technology come alive for people, in ways […]

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Disappointment

For several years now I’ve been a very happy customer of HostingMatters.com, using them for my family’s sites and recommending them to friends and anyone else that asked. Their service is normally quick, friendly and efficent.
As of early this morning, though, my site was being redirected to a “suspended” page. When my credit card number […]

Friday, March 16th, 2007

No Pod-People

USA Today, page 1D: Get an earful of the offbeat
The surprise about podcasting isn’t that millions are listening — the surprise is that millions are listening to some pretty arcane stuff.
No, the surprise — a pleasant one — is that a paper which is so mind-numbingly generic, purposefully so in order to reach the […]

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

twitter.

I’m still not sure how what sort of productive uses twitter has, but I’m giving it a try.

Monday, March 12th, 2007

twitter?

I’m wondering if any of my friends, family, co-workers, etc. are using twitter, and if so if they’ve found any semi-productive purpose for it.
[added later] Rick K. posted about twitter this weekend.

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

7 Years

Same thought as last year. Not writing quite as often as I have at other times, but I’m still here.

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Newspapers aren’t All that Matters

Local news is good, be it delivered from community members’ blogs or in hardcopy on the driveway. In this week’s edition of the local newspaper, The Alpharetta-Roswell REVUE & NEWS, the publisher wrote an opinion piece entitled “Why newspapers still matter to you.” And yes they do matter, even to a ‘net-centric person like me. […]

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

New Year, New Software, New Look

I warned you that it might be coming. The new year isn’t quite here yet, but the new weblog is (mostly, anyway).
Thanks to Geren and Mike for assistance in understanding how WordPress works.

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Moving

They’re not saying “boo.” They’re saying “Moo-ving.”
Expect a new look, possibly using new software, for the new year. In the meantime, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas.

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Non-Beta Blogger

Blogger, the service that I use to build and maintain this weblog, has finally moved their new version out of beta. Over the next few weeks or so, everyone with an (old) Blogger account will be given the opportunity to move over to the new version, with a google (gmail) login i.d. (Google bought Blogger […]

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Web/Database/etc. Server on a Mac

Speaking of tutorials, here’s a “complete installation and configuration guide” for using your Macintosh as a server for all your Internet needs: ISP in a box v2

Monday, July 24th, 2006

This week I’m exploring del.icio.us. If you’re a u…

This week I’m exploring del.icio.us. If you’re a user and have some tips, feel free to drop ‘em in comments here.

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Livin’ in a Mobile Home

Something untoward is afoot. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred.

Alwin’s having “fun” with the net too, his long-held ahawkins.net domain’s all boogered up (technical term, that), so you can find his shingle hanging at alwinism.org for the time being at least.

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

Freedom is Ageless

Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite
Robert A. Heinlein
Apparently that doesn’t apply if you’re a student in 21st Century United States.
There’s been quite a flap this past week about kids and their use of the web. To me, there are three different topics getting mixed up together. Writing that can […]

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Believe. Trust. Give.

Al’s tagline always catches my eye.
Believe nothing. Trust no one. Give oxygen.
I’ve given blood before. Some people give bone marrow, others have given organs. Given that the human body takes in oxygen and returns carbon dioxide (at least, that’s the rumor goin’ round), I’m not sure how I can “give oxygen.” Al, care to elucidate?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Welcome, Fr3der1cK

Friday I had the good fortune of being asked to help build a new website/weblog, and so yesterday was a pretty darn productive day*.
Please welcome Fr3der1cK to the world of blogging. As with so many sites, the design and coding aren’t 100% complete done for launch — the web is as “finished” on any given […]

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Writing

You’re back at at school, you’re writing. You’re at work, you’re writing. You’re sitting at the keyboard staring at your empty blog, you’re writing. But what kind of writing are you doing?

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Coffee, the Net, and (not or) People

NY Times: Some Cafe Owners Pull the Plug on Lingering Wi-Fi Users.
Ms. Strongin and her staff said they were more concerned that the cafe, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, had turned into a place devoid of sound except the light clack of keys, not the focus of lively interaction that she and her husband, Chris […]

Monday, May 16th, 2005

Just Write It

Woah. I just came across this in an old draft that I apparently never finished for posting:
I don’t remember if I’ve recently pointed to Mark Bernstein’s 10 Tips on Writing the Living Web or not, thanks to Alwin for reminding us of it:
…a great guide for anyone who is either starting to write a weblog. […]

Monday, February 28th, 2005

Blog This

A few years of weblogging… using Frontier/Manila since 28-Feb-2000, then Radio Userland starting in 2002. (And now as of 8/2005 everything good’s been moved to Blogger. Some of those links no longer exist and some have been rebuilt with the new tools.)

Tuesday, August 10th, 2004

Don’t Code for One, Code for All

Stopdesign:
“Developing for IE initially, then trying to retrofit for other browsers will increase time and cost in the long run. But there’s a better way to approach development that’s faster and less costly.”
As Phil put it, “Web standards, man. They produce results.”

Saturday, May 15th, 2004

Quote This

Simon Willison on valid XHTML
You can’t put a blockquote inside a paragraph, but you can (and indeed should) put a paragraph inside a blockquote.”
Ouch, I’m embarrassed by how long I’ve been getting that wrong.

Wednesday, December 12th, 2001

Hi.

Good morning, world. This is the obligatory “first post.”