I know I’ve written about the beta Windows Live Writer program before, but this thing is truly awesome. Once in a while, a program comes along that seems like it just works like “magic” and this is definitely one of them. I’m sure there are various blogging XMLRPC API’s that it uses, but it amazes […]
I’ve decided to move from WordPress to Movable type. Since movable type allows me to manage several blogs at once, I’ve decided to create new URLs for my new blogs. So this will be the last post in this location. Eventually I’ll figure out how to migrate all these posts over to the new blogs. […]
I recently installed Edgy in a VMware Server 1.01 VM at work, and discovered that because it comes with Xorg 7.1.1, the vmmouse driver that gets included with the tools package doesn’t get installed as part of the tools install. But it turns out the Xorg 7.0.0 version that we do package works fine with […]
At work, I use the Services for Unix NFS server to share source hosted on my Windows XP box over to my Ubuntu box. In general the SFU NFS server performs well (way better than sharing over SMB) and doesn’t cause any problems, except one. When an nfs client accesses a file hosted on the […]
Yesterday I worked up the motivation to take the Vista plunge: installing Vista Enterprise on my work machine. Before I started, I did a last minute check. I mean, if I’m going to put it on my main work machine, then it had better support all the software that I need to do my work. […]
Whenever I create a website, I always make a mistake when choosing directory names. For example, I choose the name “wp” for my directory that houses my wordpress install, and I make my blog URL reflect that. When it comes time to try a different blog system (textpattern or MT) Now I’m stuck with the […]
So I just installed Movable Type to try it out, and so far I like what I see. The whole experience feels a lot more ‘professional’ than WordPress, though it’s hard to point out exactly why. Maybe it’s knowing that there’s a commercial company behind it, and it uses the same software to run thousands […]
Here is my new MT blog, and this is my first entry. How do I enter tags for this thing?
Most literature about atopic dermatitis and eczema will talk about how you should use a good moisturizer all the time, to keep your skin in good shape and less susceptible to external irritants. Today, I came across a few products that claim a new product type, the _shielding lotion_, which they explicitly differentiate from a […]
I’ve been using my X60 for a few days, mostly at home while sitting on the couch or in bed. In this very short amoutn of time, this laptop has established itself as the one which I’ll be comparing all others to in terms of battery performance. In the “Thinkpad default” power profile, with normal […]