A Few Site Updates
These posts are mainly for me to help keep track of changes to the site and in some cases to share techniques I’ve used to create and manage the site. Similar entries may … Read more
Technology
MT-Blacklist: Don’t Blog Without It!*
Looking back I find that I first installed the MT-Blacklist plugin about a year ago. Since then the amount of comment and trackback spam has done nothing but increase, seemingly with no end! … Read more
G5 Optimized Firefox
First, if you aren’t using Firefox as your primary browser, why not? It works better than Internet Explorer, it’s free, and it’s an easy download. It works on just about any computer, including … Read more
Mac Migration
The G5 Powermac was introduced a couple of months before I bought my first ever Apple computer, a G4 Powerbook. I knew at the time that the G5 offered much greater performance, but … Read more
Site Updated to Latest Movable Type
I updated the site to the latest version of MovableType, largely to better fight comment spam by using the MT-Blacklist plugin. The upgrade went well as did the installation of MT-Blacklist. I’ve missed … Read more
Is It or Isn’t It?
Setting up a new installation of Windows 2003 Server I saw a very strange message the first time I ran Internet Explorer. As the image below shows, there is a popup telling that … Read more
htmlArea Update
The update to the final release candidate of htmlArea went smoothly. Installation consisted of copying the new files into the existing htmlarea folder; testing consisted of hitting reload on the edit entry screen. … Read more
htmlArea Works with Movable Type 3.0
htmlArea, a free program from interactivetools.com, provides a cross-platform WYSIWYG editing tool that works on both IE and mozilla/firewhatever and on windows, the Mac and linux! This forum thread has more info about … Read more
Successful Upgrade to Movable Type 3.0
Just a housekeeping note to indicate that I’ve successfully updated the site to Movable Type 3.0. I had debated between upgrading to MT3 or switching to WordPress, and in the end decided to … Read more
Mike’s Moblog
Though busy packing and getting ready for our upcoming trip to Kansas I did find time to figure out how to use the moblog capabilities of my (neglected) TypePad site. I can take … Read more