I’ve been bootstrapping the code for my Personal Publishing System (nicknamed “Spokane”) that I wrote about here and here, and since I had intended this to be an open process that I’d blog about, I’m writing up some of what I’m doing and my thoughts on how to do it.
Author: Jon
Quick linking
Here’s something interesting: my blog entry on Bend WinterFest is now the number 4 result on Google when searching for “Bend winterfest“—less than two weeks after I posted it. Damn, that’s fast.
Formatting changes
I love templates. I was able to make some changes to the site formatting in mere minutes thanks to templates. Change two files, and it all propagates throughout the site. Lovely. I use a modified version of the Template class from the PHP Base Library for just about any PHP programming project I work on… Continue reading Formatting changes
Movable Type Rant
Great rant on Kuro5hin titled “Why your Movable Type blog must die“. Made me laugh. Worthy of Dennis Miller during his ranting heyday. You are all pretentious twats Every last one of you. You’re all latte-sipping, iMac-using, suburban-living tertiary-industry-working WASPs who offer absolutely no new insights on anything whatsoever apart from maybe one specialist field… Continue reading Movable Type Rant
Subtle Themes
I notice some subtle yet interesting themes cropping up in a couple of the blogs I read in the last couple of days. Joi Ito posted about having lunch with Seth Lloyd and discusses, among other things, entropy and information theory. Over on ongoing, Tim Bray publishes a photo essay on the beauty of decay… Continue reading Subtle Themes
Social software again
All the hooplah over Orkut last week got me thinking more about this “social software” phenomenom from sites like Orkut and Friendster. You may remember I’ve ranted about Friendster before. My conclusions at the time were that I could see some value to it, but didn’t know what I could actually do with it. Several… Continue reading Social software again
Office Agoraphobia
This week the office is being rearranged—furniture, computers, phones, etc. The net effect for me is that I get a significantly larger office space all to myself—and all that extra space is kinda freaking me out. 🙂
Bookish
Some neat book-related links tonight. First, Locus Online has published a 2003 recommended reading list of science fiction and fantasy novels, novellas, short stories, anthologies, etc. It looks like a good list, I noticed several items coinciding with my reading wishlist. Next, the big news: Cory Doctorow‘s new book, Eastern Standard Tribe, is out! And,… Continue reading Bookish
Pink eye
My daughter came home today with pink eye. Apparently it’s been going around the preschool and sure enough, she’s got it. Should make for an interesting few days as we all try to avoid catching the virus.
Comic Trademarks
Here’s an interesting fact: Marvel and DC—the two biggest publishers of comic books—jointly own a trademark on the term “Super Hero” (and its variations). Huh? I picked this up from Newsarama, via Boing Boing. That seems to me to be just a little bit ludicrous, but it suddenly seems clear why Alan Moore’s comic books… Continue reading Comic Trademarks