Technology

Ecto Notes

I’ve been giving the new weblog tool, ecto, a spin and here are some notes and comments regarding this potentially useful blog tool. The tip (scroll down to Q6) about configuring your MT … Read more

Mac RealOne Player Tips

Item 1: The recently received email touting the new RealOne player neglects to mention that there is no update for the Mac client. Item 2: If you lose access to

What is Mac OS X?

The answer to that question may be found in a very detailed article at kernelthread.com. Written by a recent Mac convert who was asked to give an overview of OS X to a … Read more

Macworld Expo 2004

The Macworld Expo is being held this week in San Francisco. Being a relatively new Mac owner, I thought I would check out the event in person (having seen it on the local … Read more

Barlow Blogs

Worth noting: former Dead lyricist, co-founder of the EFF (join today!) and respected author, (he wrote a Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace), John Perry Barlow has started a blog. Having long enjoyed … Read more

Merry Mac Holidays

Happy New Year! Random observations after a week of mac-hacking: Dreamweaver mostly sucks, but I don’t know of anything better for small web site management (for managing my non-Movabletype content). Iview Media Pro … Read more

How’s the Weather?

Using a slick Movabletype plugin, I’ve implemented a current weather conditions report, visible on the side navigation of this site. The weather for any number of sites may be listed and I’ve chosen … Read more

One Thing Leads to Another

I joined the ranks of firebird and thunderbird users today. So far, firebird hasn’t had any problems rendering the sites I’ve visited, and setting up thunderbird to access my imap mail account was … Read more

Minor Site Updates

I spent most of yesterday tweaking the site; twas the first in-depth technical work I’ve done since my recent illness! Among the minor updates was an improvement in the layout of the site … Read more