Heh, all my posts today are anal in nature.
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Category Archives: Meta
Category Feeds
I just added category feed links to this log. If you are browsing a category, there will be a category feed
link in the sidebar.
This should make it easier to just listen to, say, xpad announcements and not have to listen to my drivel about shuffling decks of cards.
Comments Are Back
I fixed the comment issue mentioned earlier.
WordPress Upgrade
I’ve just upgraded this log to WordPress 1.5. A nice, painless upgrade. The new default theme is slick too, although I’m not using it. I’m not sure I really needed any of the new features, but I do like that the version number is larger.
For the moment, I seem to have broken comments. Hopefully I’ll have them back soon.
The Logs, They Are A-Moving
Over the past month or so, mterry.name has seen some changes: the WebMake system has been replaced by PHP, the look and feel has been updated, and WordPress has taken residence. Personally, I’m very pleased with the change — WebMake was nice, but PHP is sexier and cleaner.
I highly recommend WordPress as an attractive, easy-to-use web logging platform. I have just begun to experiment with it; hopefully this log will flesh out a bit. My old web log at Advogato is officially deprecated, and all the entries there now live here as well. Today marks the launch of my on-site log.
14 Feb 2004
xpad
Well, I’ve scaled down my designs for 2.0 a bit. It’s basically just a port to GTK+ 2.4 at this point. The OO-ifying will come later down the 2.x branch.
mterry.name
I went ahead and got myself my own personal website. It’s fun to have a domain that you control yourself. I ended up using a mom and pop hosting company based in California. Dirt cheap and enough for my simple needs right now.
Crystal Chronicles
I’ve also been playing a bit of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. A great game if you have friends; not a very good single player game, though. I highly recommend it. The gaming industry has been short on cooperative multiplayer games for a while.
17 Jan 2004
OK. First attempt at any sort of blog.
On a lark, I signed up for a Jabber account (mterry@jabber.org) the other day. I must say that the idea of an open standard, decentralized, extensible IM protocol gets me excited. If it ever gains mainstream acceptance, I will be simultaneously shocked and pleased.
I’ve been looking into getting a personal domain name for all my self-promoting needs. It seems the .name tld is the place for this; I just wish I had a steady income to pay for hosting (note — will code for food).
Here’s an unethical, but money-saving idea: go to your local library, borrow several music CDs, and rip them. Genius! For your ripping pleasure, might I suggest Sound Juicer? I have been using it for a couple weeks and I must say I am impressed. The only problems I’ve had are MusicBrainz‘s database errors. Combined with Rhythmbox, I am in music-heaven.