Articles
Looking for new blogware
Yep. I'm looking for new blogware. The most important features are:
- WYSIWYG editing - I don't want to have to worry about HTML tags
- Categories - I need to have categories as I'm looking to build some tutorial sites
- Comment Spam Protection - I like comments but don't like the spam
- Open Source
I can do without the WYSIWYG, but the others are important. So any ideas? Email them to me. willshattuck.at.gmail.com.nospam
Thanks
New Blogger tool... (well new to me ;)
I have stumbled upon a new blogger tool called WB Editor.
I'm still not sure how well it works, but I'm testing it now. :)
Favorite TV Show ... Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
My new favorite TV show is Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It's an awesome show about how this team of designers and Sears bless people all over the United States with a complete makeover of their home. One show I saw they actually demolished and rebuilt a whole house in 7 days. Enjoy this show.
It's awesome!!!!
Blog Software Comparison
I had read about this article, Blog Software Breakdown, while reading some blogs on Bloglines.com. I didn't have enough of a chance to really go through it at the time and I am starting to go through it now. Here's a quote about this article:
This chart displays attributes of different user-installed blog software packages side-by-side for comparison. Only server-installed scripts will be included in this list. (Sorry, no Radio, Blogger, etc.) I created this chart to help figure out what blog tool best suited my needs. Hopefully, it will be useful to the self-hosted blogging community as well.I'm going to be going through it today and hopefully pick something this week.
Have a great day!
UPDATE: 2004-05-31 5:17 PM
The author has chosen his blogware.
Comments closed and looking for new blog software
I'm closing comments on all past Blog enteries due to comment spam. This version of MT that I'm using doesn't have authentication and I have even heard of ways around that. So I'm going to close all comments from before now because of the spam. If you need to post something just email me and I'll open the comments for a brief time.
Also, since MT never was Open Source software, and I didn't really notice, I'm looking for new blog software. MT is a great piece of software, but their recent pricing structure is too restrictive. That's what's great about Open Source. If you don't like something you can either re-write it, write your own, or just make a complete change.
If you have any comments on what blog software I should use and why please post a comment and let me know. I would love to hear other's experiences in using other blogging software. Oh PLEASE don't suggest Bloggar or Greymatter. Those I have used and don't particularly care for.
Thanks,
Will
MovableType starts a pricing system
With MT 3.0 the makers of MovableType are going to begin charging. I agree with the concept of charging because everyone wants to make some money at what they are doing and at what they love to do. I have to take issue a bit with the amount of the pricing and what you get for what you pay for.
For example, the Personal license introductory price is $69.95 (regular is $99.95) and you are able to have a max of 3 author and 5 weblogs. Wait... when I went on this site earlier it was 1 author and 3 weblogs. Well, it looks like they may have listened to the community. However, I feel that even $69 is too much for a personal edition. It should be something closer to $30. Then I say that because I live paycheck to paycheck
If I am not able to continue using the version of MT that I'm currently using, 2.64, then I'm will have to check out some other blogging software. We'll see.
New Sasser Variant
Well since the arrest of the Sasser creator others have picked up where he left off. There is a new Sasser Variant out there now. Time to make sure your computers are patched by going to Windows Update.
I Started A New Blog
It's called "So You Want To Be A Programmer?" It's going to chronicle my adventures in learning to program.
My goal for that site is to provide some tips and tutorials for people who want to begin programming and either don't know how to start or know where to start. Hopefully this will help some other peole besides me :)
It's a dual OS world for me
Well I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to live in a dual OS world. I've been using Linux (both SuSE and most recently MEPIS) since approximately Dec. 30, 2003 exclusive until a few days ago. There are just some things that are more easily done, in my life, in Windows.
My current configuration is as follows:
* Celeron 366 / 256 MB RAM, 64 MB NVIDIA video card
* Dual boot Windows XP Pro and MEPIS Linux
It's going to be this way probably for the rest of my life :) heh ..... Even though I can do most of my web design and testing in Windows now (with WAMP packages [Windows Apache MySQL PHP/Perl] ) I'll still have to do some testing in a native Linux environent. Also some games I play are just Linux or Windows only. No worries :)
Take care and God bless.
Teoma beats Google at searching?
I came across this article, Google Grumbles, my me Eweek magazine. It talks about how Google's search results seem to be less relevant to search terms than it used to be. The author, Brian Livingston, does some comparative searches between Google and Teoma. I've done my own comparison and so far Teoma is coming up ahead. We'll see.
Updates, Linux, and apt4rpm comments
I want to apologize for the lack of posting and replying to comments. We are adjusting to a new work and life schedule here at my house. Now, my work schedule has stayed the same, but I don't go online every night to check email or browse websites or post blog entries. Because of that I haven't replied to many postings. I'd like to provide some thoughts on my experiences with Linux and reply to some comments that have been left regarding my apt-get for SuSE install.
Firstly, and I think everyone knows this, Linux is here to stay. Both in the server and desktop markets. No matter what Microsoft does or doesn't do it's not going away. Since I don't have an interest in the server market other than as a remote web server I will refrain from commenting on server/enterprise issues. There are several Linux distributions out there that focus on the desktop. Mandrake and SuSE are two that come to mind immediately that are successful. I had installed Mandrake in the past and enjoyed the experience. SuSE was installed on my system on 30 Dec. 2003 and stayed installed until just about a week ago. Both of those distributions are well suited to the general desktop user.
My most recent Linux install was with MEPIS. MEPIS is a Debian-based distribution that not only focuses on the desktop user, but also has a business formed around it. In fact, the author of MEPIS just stated in an interview that he's now able to pay the bills with MEPIS. That's a success story no matter what your business is. :) I am extremely happy with MEPIS so far. I will write more specifically about my experiences with this distribution as I get into it more.
On another note, my wife uses MS Windows exclusively. Her reasons are with Windows she can get the work done she wants to do with a minimal of hassle. I can't fault her there at all. It takes me about twice as long to do any task on Linux right now because I'm still learning how to do all my daily tasks. Give me a couple of months and I'll probably be as fast with Linux as with Windows. My wife also has some games that she likes to play. Most of them are Linux compatible, but a few (of course the ones she likes the most) are only for Windows. No big deal. :) Anything for my wife.
As for the comments left for my post on installing apt4rpm on SuSE... The best place to get the sources.list file is from the SuSE apt4rpm site. I had to take that line for SuSE 9.0 and split it into two lines. My apt program couldn't parse the file because the “deb .....” line was too long. That might fix some of the problems you are experiencing, Martin. Finally, since I am not using SuSE any longer I won't be able to provide any first-hand advice and I would refer you to the SuSE apt4rpm site as well as the original apt4rpm site.
And finally a note about my updates. As my family, church and work schedule are about the only things going on in my life this blog will probably take a backseat to everything else. I will promise to everyone that I will post at least once a week. I do find at least that much time in a week. It's usually on a Sunday afternoon between church services :). Please continue to read and comment on anything and everything you see here.
Thank you to those who do read and post comments.
May God Bless you richly,
will
Mel Gibson's "The Passion" on ABC Primetime
I'm watching this now and will post my comments on this after it's done. So far his gospel seems to be biblical.
Presidential Match
I came across this site, Presidential Match Guide, in my lunch time reading. The top 5 candidates that are most line with my views are:
- Bush - 100%
- Lieberman - 62%
- Edwards - 59%
- Kerry - 53%
- Clark - 46%
Now my wife would tell you that she wouldn't be suprised at No.1, but the rest she might have been. I kind of wish there were more Republican candidates going in this election. That way I could see how I fare against more than one republican. There are just some things that Pres. Bush has done with the budget and handling domestic and foreign affairs that I just don't like. I may go into more detail about this later, but I'm not sure. I try to just stick to issues rather than opinions.
Have a great day!!
Installing apt4rpm on SuSE 9.0
I thought I would let people know my experiences in installing apt4rpm (an apt tool like on Debian for rpm based systems) on SuSE 9..0
Here are the install steps I went through:
1. go to http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/
2. read down and follow the links for your version and download the following rpms: apt, apt-libs
3. Install apt-libs
4. Install lua (find one for your version at http://www.rpmseek.com)
5. Install apt
6. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list
7. Open up a terminal window, su, then type "apt-get update" to update your sources
Depending on how many entries you have in your /etc/apt/sources.list file your update could take anywhere from a couple of minutes to 10+ minutes or more. apt will give you progress indicators.
If you want to test it you could type "apt-get install links" to install a small, text-based web browser.
As I come up with more information and tips I will put them here. Have good day/night.
Here I go again ...
Linux full time :)
I got a $40 gift certificate from my Dad for Christmas so I went to Borders and bought SuSE 9.0 Personal. That had to be the easiest install I have ever done with Linux. Last night I wanted to connect to my work email and go through it before I got to work after being on vacation for 8 days. So, we connect to our email through a Citrix server so I remembered that Citrix had a linux client. I downloaded the tar.gz file, installed and went to our site. Upon clicking the Metaframe Outlook link I was presented with the Mozilla box of "Open with ICAClient, Open With... , Save" I chose the first option and low and behold....
Microsoft Outlook was running in a Citrix session on my SuSE Linux. That was kinda cool. Two hours later I was finished with my email. Well maybe not two hours, but it felt that way :)
So now my next project is getting my usb CF Card Reader working. I have the USBAT-2 kind and have found that I am going to have to download the kernel sources and do a quick build of my own kernel module. No biggie, but kernel source I think can be 100+ megs and on dial-up that would take quite a while.
Well it's late... almost 2:00 am on Sat. 03 Jan 2004 and I have to be at a friend's house to work on their Windows ME system in approximately 12 hours. My daughter fell asleep with my wife because I was working on this situation so I might be sleeping on the couch :) Naw... I'll put my daughter back into her bed :) hehe
hey ... take care and God bless :)
--Will
