March 30, 2004
Today's Bookmarks
Links for today 3-30-2004
Fellowship Bible Church
http://www.fellowshipnashville.org
Welcome to Fellowship!
Your presence with us is a trust that we cherish greatly. Our hope is that you will find this family of faith a place where you can worship freely, relate authentically, and grow spiritually. You are joining a group of people who believe that the stakes are too high to sit on the sidelines when it come to things in life that really matter. Life is too short to coast through, and people are too important to take for granted.
Microsoft cuts Xbox prices
http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/29/technology/personaltech/xbox/index.htm
But some industry analysts suspect Sony will leave PlayStation 2 prices alone, at least for a while.
Daniel Pearl’s widow denied money from 9/11 fund(Daniel Pearl’s widow denied money from 9/11 fund
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/03/30/pearl.widow.ap/index.html
NEW YORK (AP) — The widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is seeking compensation from the September 11 victims’ fund, saying her husband, like the victims of the attacks, was a U.S. citizen targeted by Islamic extremists.
Mariane Pearl has filed a formal appeal with the fund after initially being denied, The New York Times reported for a story in Tuesday editions.
Badly injured driver waits 36 hours for aid
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/03/30/motorist.ordeal.ap/index.html
FRIENDSWOOD, Texas (AP) — A motorist injured in a crash lay paralyzed in the middle of a freeway with a broken neck for 36 hours before he was rescued.
Ed Theisen’s body was blocked from view by Gulf Freeway traffic barricades in this Houston suburb. The 46-year-old survived a night alone on the concrete, unable to move or summon help.
Janet Jackson: Breast-baring was ‘an accident’
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/30/tv.letterman.jackson.ap/index.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Unlike the last time she appeared on CBS, Janet Jackson was bleeped by censors while talking to TV talk show host David Letterman — for saying “Jesus.”
The exclamation, made in apparent exasperation as Letterman asked the singer about her famed Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction,” was edited out for broadcast, a show spokesman said Monday.
Broadcaster Alistair Cooke dies
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/30/obit.cooke/index.html
LONDON, England — Veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke has died at age 95, less than a month after recording his last “Letter from America.”
A spokesman for the BBC said Tuesday that Cooke, who was credited with improving trans-Atlantic understanding for more than half a century, died at midnight at his home in New York.
The English-born broadcaster retired earlier in March after 58 years following advice from doctors. He was famous throughout the world for his weekly broadcast on BBC World Service and in Britain on Radio 4.
Accenture: Not looking to buy Acxiom
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2004/03/30/News/167448.html
LITTLE ROCK - A top spokesperson for Accenture Ltd. on Monday called speculation that the consulting and outsourcing giant is in talks to acquire Acxiom Corp. “way off the mark.”
“Certainly, I have seen some stories in the media last week on speculation that Acxiom is involved in some kind (acquisition,) but Accenture is not in any way connected,” said Roxanne Taylor, director of communications for the Bermuda-based company.
Taylor said the company usually does not comment on deals in the works or rumors concerning possible acquisitions, but “that we are seeking to acquire Acxiom is way off the mark.”
Acxiom Completes the Acquisition of Consodata S.A.; German operation, formerly known as pan-adress, on track to close
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040330005714&newsLang=en
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 30, 2004—Acxiom® Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) today announced that the transaction to acquire the Consodata companies based in England, France and Spain from Turin-based Seat P.G. has been completed and is effective March 31, 2004. The closing of the German operation, formerly known as pan-adress is pending formal approval by German merger authorities and is expected to close by mid-April.
Colophon.com — THE MAN IN ASBESTOS
http://colophon.com/foolscap/asbes.html
In this futurist story written by the popular Canadian humorist Stephen B. Leacock (1869-1944) there are observations of human nature which are as refreshing today as when they were written in 1911. Leacock describes a world where the inhabitants are clad in long-wearing suits of asbestos; where death has been eliminated, although a person can be broken; and where only a vestigial memory of Work remains, anything requiring effort was accomplished centuries ago - in short, a perfect world. This utopia is illustrated in this edition by photo-engravings of drawings by Jan Vredeman de Vries, the Dutch architect, painter, and engraver of the 16th century. His drawings show us a perfectly ordered world and serve as a flawless backdrop to Leacock’s future world. Additionally, photo-engravings of drawings by Peggy Gotthold have been made to describe the character of the Man in Asbestos.
Method Studios
http://methodstudios.com/index.cgi?f=o&f2=r&f3=0&f4=&c=px3n6BWgQl7cE&cok=718536
Method is a visual effects artists’ studio specialized in the production of digital imagery for commercials, feature films and music videos.
Acxiom Seals Consodata Buy, Remains Quiet on Layoffs
http://arkansasbusiness.com/news/headline_article.asp?aid=37043
Acxiom Corp. of Little Rock on Tuesday said it completed a deal to buy Consodata companies in Europe but remained silent about layoffs related to an “organizational realignment.”
Acxiom said it will pay Seat P.G. about 30 million Euro, or $36.4 million, for Consodata, which has operations in England, France and Spain.
The purchase includes 5 million Euro for a German operation formerly known as Pan-adress. That deal awaits approval by German officials and should close by mid-April, Acxiom said.
Gibson’s Passion works miracles at box office
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=485630§ion=news
LONDON (Reuters) - Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ” has stormed to No 1 at the UK box office, taking in just over two million pounds in three days over the weekend, according to Screen International.
The film’s takings marked the highest opening for a subtitled film in Britain, defeating incumbent “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”.
Punctuation vigilante heads stateside
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=485739§ion=news
For, as she explains in “Eats, Shoots and Leaves”, published in Britain by Profile Books, a misplaced comma can indeed be deadly.
The book’s title stems from the joke about a panda who walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots into the air.
“Why?” asks the confused waiter as the panda heads for the exit. The animal produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
“I’m a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.”
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and all is revealed.
“Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”
March 29, 2004
Today's Bookmarks
Star Wars Episode 3 Plot Summary Script Synopsis Story
http://www.supershadow.com/starwars/episode3/plot.html
According to the opening-text crawl that begins Episode 3, the Clone Wars continue to rage between the Old Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems (The Separatists). The opening-text crawl also reveals that the enemy Separatists have taken Supreme Chancellor Palpatine hostage. Next, we see an epic space battle (the largest space battle ever seen in a Star Wars film) taking place over Coruscant between the Republic military forces and the Separatist’s military forces. General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and other Jedi Knights enter the battle with clone troopers in star ships.
Wicked Cool Shell scripts
http://www.intuitive.com/wicked/index.shtml
Become a shell script expert the fun and easy way!
The Unix shell is the main scripting environment of every Linux, Mac OS X and Unix system, whether a rescued laptop or a million-dollar mainframe. This cookbook of useful, customizable, and fun scripts gives you the tools to solve common Linux, Mac OS X and Unix problems and personalize your computing environment.
An Introduction to the Unix Shell
http://steve-parker.org/sh/bourne.html
This is an HTMLized version of Steve Bourne’s original shell tutorial. I found the source at http://cm.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/vol2/shell.bun and generated my own copy with troff, which I then edited into an HTML version.
This 1978 classic (not sure about the exact date, corrections welcome) is not only historically interesting, it’s still a good tutorial as long as you keep in mind that some minor details like the terminal interface has changed quite a bit (DEL is not usually the interrupt character anymore, etc). The same goes, by the way, for a lot of the old Unix documentation from Murray Hill, including the excellent book The Unix Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike.
Bourne Shell Programming
http://steve-parker.org/sh/sh.shtml
A Bourne Shell Programming Tutorial for learning about using the unix shell.
Movable Style
http://www.movablestyle.com/
Ready to use style sheets for default Movable Type templates
GNU utilities for Win32
http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32. In this context, native means the executables do only depend on the Microsoft C-runtime (msvcrt.dll) and not an emulation layer like that provided by Cygwin tools.
SQL Stored Procedure Wrapper & Typed DataSet Generator for .NET
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/dbhelper.asp
This a small tool that will generate static methods in a class that acts as wrapper for SQL stored procedures. It either outputs a source file or a compiled assembly. Also supports automatic DataSet generation.
I BEAT ANOREXIA!
http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.adp?picture_id=13512
I beat anorexia. Beat it to death!
Froogle
http://www.google.com/froogle?hl=en&tab=wf&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q
froo·gle (fru’gal) n. Smart shopping through Google.
Bible Pathway #089 - March 29 - Judges 18-19
Reading the Bible in a Year with Bible Pathway. Today’s Reading — Judges 18-19
Highlights: Danites force Micah’s Levite to be their priest, attack Laish, then occupy it — A concubine is victimized
March 27, 2004
Today's Bookmarks
FormSIX
FormSIX (Form Simple Interface in XML) package is a set of tools and suggestions for interchanging simple HTML FORM data between Web Browser and Web Server in XML format.
For a bigger purpose, FormSIX aids replacing/extending regular CGI with XML by providing client-side JS modules for composing valid XML document. For a smaller purpose, FormSIX helps testing out Internet system design by providing a tool for generating front-end prototype even to a not-yet XML enabled back-end. (FormSIX can even be used to generate Web-based interface to SOAP service.) In fact, the author finds FormSIX pretty handy when it comes to designing DTD.
FatScripts.com!
Download free scripts, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, Perl, Javascript, and much more
stock.xchng
The leading free stock photo site
March 17, 2004
How to contact Mel Gibson
I have received thousands of inquiries about contacting Mr. Mel Gibson. Some would like personal email addresses, others are looking for phone numbers.
Finally, after doing some searching, I have put the pieces of the puzzle together so that you can make an attempt to contact Mr. Gibson.
Inquiries concerning Mr. Gibson and “The Passion of the Christ” should be forwarded/mailed Mr. Gibson’s publicist, Mr. Alan Nierob of Rogers & Cowan Ltd Advertising.
Below is all the contact information that an “industry outsider” will be able to get: a mailing address and the main phone number. Also bear these things in mind: Mr. Gibson is one of thousands of individuals represented by Rogers & Cowan, the firm receives countless numbers of phone calls daily, and tons of postal mail regularly.
If you get a real reply, please let me know.
Mr. Mel Gibson
c/o Alan Nierob
Rogers & Cowan Ltd Advertising
(310) 201-8800
1888 Century Park East
5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Thank you for your time.
Better sex may mean less divorce, says Christian therapist
The Jamaica Observer reports Better sex may mean less divorce says Christian therapist
March 10, 2004
Man Accidentally Killed in Masonic Rite
Man Accidentally Killed in Masonic Rite (Reuters)
Reuters - A Masonic initiation ritual ended in
tragedy when a man was shot in the head and killed with a gun
thought to contain blanks, police said on Tuesday.
February 21, 2004
Yankee or Dixie Quiz
I just took the Yankee or Dixie Quiz and the results were not surprising in the least.
73% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!
Arkansas RULES!
Imitated from Walloworld
February 13, 2004
on Screen Scraping to RSS feeds
While googling on the subject matter, I was led to the MSDN Academic Alliance’s treatment of the issue — Creating a Generic Site-To-Rss Tool by Roy Osherove in October 2003. An interesting read for those who are deploying desktop and web applications using Microsoft’s .NET Techonology.
Obviously, I found the code interesting, but the most intriguing nugget in the article, was a Regex tool that that Roy Osherove has developed based on the MS .Net Framework.
Aptly named The Regulator, this is one of the best of breed regular expression utilities that I have seen.
UPDATE: I am not alone in the quest for RSS Scraping. The top link returned from searching Google for RSS Scraper is the weblog of Guy Bjerke. Mr. Bjerke has posted an article that is of interest to Radio UserLand subscribers in that he has tried Stapler and is now using the beta web app, myRSS
February 11, 2004
Comcast launches hostile bid for Disney worth $54.1-billion
The Globe and Mail reports that Comcast, in its quest for World Domination, WANTS Disney…
Comcast Corp. Wednesday launched a hostile all-stock bid to buy Walt Disney Co. for about $54.1-billion (U.S.) in stock, touting the proposal as a chance to create a “unique” world-leading entertainment and communications company with an unparalleled distribution platform.
The proposal — which would see Philadelphia-based Comcast exchange 0.78 of a Comcast class A share for each Disney share — comes just days after Disney’s top executive rebuffed suggestions to that the two enter merger talks.
February 09, 2004
Reading through the Blogdom
Trying to read through the Blogdom of God on a daily basis is tricky.
My BlogLines aggregator has helped quite a bit on most of the sites, however, I do not find the NewsApp Aggregator at Server.com very useful for the task.
I am considering parsing that page an creating a standard RSS 2.0 file from it.
Possibly…
February 08, 2004
Which Star Wars Character Am I?
 If I were a Star Wars character, I would be: Qui-Gon Jinn.
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Imitated from Reverend Mike’s House of Homiletic Hash
February 04, 2004
I Googled "Blogdom of God"
And here are my results…. (This is for my reference, feel free to move along to something interesting)
—— Blogdom of God newly updated
—— Blogdom of God Alliance Blog: Welcome to the Blogdom of God
Patriot Paradox - Blogdom of God Archives
—— Ideas for the Blogdom of God
January 30, 2004
Steve's place- Perl Tutorial
Steve’s place has a nice Perl Tutorial.
Just in case you need a refresher.
January 27, 2004
MT Extensions: Removing Duplicates Using MySQL 1.0
An essential for your Movable Type toolbox: MT Extensions: Removing Duplicates Using MySQL 1.0
update:
I updated the SQL query so that it better suits my needs:
SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT as ‘SQL’
FROM mt_comment AS t1 JOIN mt_comment AS t2 ON
t1.comment_entry_id = t2.comment_entry_id &&
t1.comment_author = t2.comment_author &&
t1.comment_email = t2.comment_email &&
t1.comment_text = t2.comment_text &&
t1.comment_url = t2.comment_url
WHERE t1.comment_id < t2.comment_id;
January 24, 2004
TTLB - A bear, the world, and the strong urge to hibernate
The Truth Laid Bear, TTLB
A bear, the world, and the strong urge to hibernate
More about the bear
The Blogosphere Ecosystem at TTLB
January 23, 2004
Convert a URL to an image with -- url2bmp
Now this is a sweet little application to capture websites into images :: url2bmp
January 12, 2004
Goodbye Levi Strauss...
Levi’s Strauss has left the country. Prefers China for “less expensive labor”
Levi Strauss, the privately held 150-year-old maker of jeans and more, is closing down its last two sewing plants in America. (We pause now for a 21-button salute.)
Call it an inevitable result of free markets or call it a crying shame. Either way, due to difficulties competing with clothing stitched overseas at a fraction of the cost, the denim icon has struggled in recent years. A recent article by Dave Marino-Nachison pointed out some other problems, including sub-optimal distribution methods that ignored discount chains such as Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) for too long.
Levi’s has also been criticized for neglecting its brand, allowing it to fall from that top shelf of American icon brands that boasts the likes of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Ford (NYSE: F), and McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD).
Levi Strauss’s revenues peaked in 1996, at $7.1 billion, but that plunged to $4.1 billion by 2002 and is projected to come in even lower in 2003. Twenty years ago, Levi’s 63 plants across the U.S. cranked out millions of pairs of jeans annually. Soon, the company will abandon the continent altogether, once three remaining Canadian plants are closed. Who’s getting the business? China, and other nations with less expensive labor.
[ Full Story @ The Motley Fool ]
Source: The Motley Fool © 2004 The Motley Fool. All rights reserved
January 07, 2004
Want a foolproof way to turn $1 a day into $67,815?
It’s not just pocket change anymore. MSN Money points the way to a nice 30-year nest egg. Not necessarily a new or ground breaking approach, but it is quite solid.
Want a foolproof way to turn $1 a day into $67,815? It doesn’t take a lot of money or time or personal sacrifice. There’s no magic, no multilevel marketing and no salesman will call at your door.
In fact, it’s the simplest and most-proven way to get richer, and if you extend this concept to other parts of your life, you could end up with an enviable retirement nest egg.
To start, all you have to do is take your pocket change at the end of the day and drop it in a jar. If you can do that, and you put away about $1 a day, that’s just $7 a week. At the end of the month, you’ll have about $30.
Since this is money in your pocket, you’ve already paid taxes on it in the form of withholding from your paycheck. (If you’re self-employed, that’s not true, but we’ll ignore that to keep things simple.) Every month, deposit your savings in a Roth IRA account, where it can grow tax-free and — more important — be withdrawn tax-free in the future.
What’s a paltry $30 a month going to do for you? Growing tax-free for 30 years, with a 10% annual return, your investment account will be worth $67,815. (Stocks overall have returned an average of more than 10% a year since 1926, so buying a broad-based stock index fund the Vanguard Total Market Index Fund (VTSMX) is the easiest way to capture that kind of growth.)
Not bad for pocket change, but that’s just the beginning.
Well, let’s all get Roth IRA accounts!
January 05, 2004
Have you seen the Property Room @ Stealitback.com?
Auctions with a twist are on at the Property Room.
NY Times reports “Police-Seized Loot Is Online, and Yes, It’s a Steal”
In late August the New York Police Department signed a contract with the Property Room, a California company that runs the Web site propertyroom.com. The site, which auctions just about every imaginable item that has been seized by the police besides cars, receives some 12 million hits a month, said Tom Lane, a former New York City officer and one of the company’s founders.
The Web site lists nearly 200,000 registered bidders, far more than the handful of early risers who used to show up for the Police Department’s live auctions at the otherwise deserted — and remarkably hard to find — 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan.
A new twist on internet auctions, apparently it’s working for the NYPD. Maybe other Police Departments will join the band?
The Glider: Proposal for an Appropriate Hacker Emblem
Do you hack? No, not that illegal stuff, but are you an able, useful contributor to the good of all?
Maybe you too should consider the Glider, a seemingly relatively new badge of honor for those who are proficient in the art of hacking.
Huh? You say. Read this from the source, please:
What will I be saying if I display it?
When you put the glider emblem on your web page, or wear it on clothing, or display it in some other way, you are visibly associating yourself with the hacker culture. This is not quite the same thing as claiming to be a hacker yourself — that is a title of honor that generally has to be conferred by others rather than self-assumed. But by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers’ goals, hackers’ values, and the hacker way of living. See the FAQs page for further discussion.Yes, as of a mere four days after this proposal was floated, there are mugs and T-shirts.. Please note that I had nothing to do with this and I’m not getting a cut; in fact, proceeds are going to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Now there’s a second source with different designs.
Who should not use this emblem?
If you break into other peoples’ computers, those of us the emblem was invented for do not want you displaying it. Go invent your own emblem. We’ll find some way to shame and reject you publicly if you mess with ours.I used to have a prohibition against commercial use here. A number of people have argued convincingly that this is impractical and perhaps unfair. Keep it tasteful, or you will be flamed.
How can I use it?
The glider is not copyrighted or trademarked. The recommended way to use it is on a web page, with an image and a link back to either this page or direct to How To Become A Hacker. Here is a snippet of XHTML you can paste into a page.<a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/'> <img src='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/glider.png' alt='hacker emblem' /></a>Here is how it looks:
Don’t forget to read the FAQs.
January 03, 2004
Independent Artist vs. Record Major Labels
Downhill Battle is plotting the destruction of the major label monopoly and they say that CD’s make bad gifts for kids.
Music Activism, whew… These folks are serious.
A Simple Backup Plan for your MT Blog
Allegheny College has a tutorial wrapped around their implementation of Movable Type at the campus, an interesting thing to note is that the tutorial stresses having a backup plan for your blog.
While this template is a good start for protecting your data, it will not ensure that your filenames are the same if you have to do a rebuild.
Mileage may vary, please season to taste:
<MTEntries lastn="1000" sort_order="ascend"> AUTHOR: <$MTEntryAuthor$> TITLE: <$MTEntryTitle$> STATUS: <$MTEntryStatus$> ALLOW COMMENTS: <$MTEntryFlag flag="allow_comments"$> CONVERT BREAKS: <$MTEntryFlag flag="convert_breaks"$> ALLOW PINGS: <$MTEntryFlag flag="allow_pings"$> PRIMARY CATEGORY: <$MTEntryCategory$> <MTEntryCategories> CATEGORY: <$MTCategoryLabel$> </MTEntryCategories> DATE: <$MTEntryDate format="%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p"$> ----- BODY: <$MTEntryBody convert_breaks="0"$> ----- EXTENDED BODY: <$MTEntryMore convert_breaks="0"$> ----- EXCERPT: <$MTEntryExcerpt no_generate="1" convert_breaks="0"$> ----- KEYWORDS: <$MTEntryKeywords$> ----- <MTComments> COMMENT: AUTHOR: <$MTCommentAuthor$> EMAIL: <$MTCommentEmail$> IP: <$MTCommentIP$> URL: <$MTCommentURL$> DATE: <$MTCommentDate format="%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p"$> <$MTCommentBody convert_breaks="0"$> ----- </MTComments> <MTPings> PING: TITLE: <$MTPingTitle$> URL: <$MTPingURL$> IP: <$MTPingIP$> BLOG NAME: <$MTPingBlogName$> DATE: <$MTPingDate format="%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p"$> <$MTPingExcerpt$> ----- </MTPings> -------- </MTEntries>
Techonorati :: I barely exist
Well… In this vast world, I barely exist.
In The Faith @ Techorati
Anthony K. Valley @ Techorati
December 30, 2003
I'm Aragorn! Is that GOOD news?
Congratulations! You're Aragorn!
Which Lord of the Rings character and personality problem are you?
brought to you by Quizilla
December 03, 2003
Making Advert Buttons even easier
Button Maker by the Kalsey Consulting Group makes the advert buttons even easier....
Advert Buttons using pure CSS v2.0
Hey… I came to the party late, but at least I did show up.
You’ll see this implemented on this site and In The Faith soon!
December 01, 2003
Farewell Blogshares.. Fare thee well
Personally, I would like to thank Seyed Razavi for the fun ride a Blogshares, which is now closed down.
A fun ride for its duration, while shedding a new perspective on weblog popularity and community.
November 27, 2003
MT-Notifier Subscribe to Comments
Jennifer at Scriptygoddess points the way to a cgi version of the Movable Type subscribe to comments feature that was originally developed in PHP ( Download MT-Notifier at Chad Everett’s weblog, Don’t Back Down).
Read Scriptygoddess, Subscribe to Comments for the scoop.
November 25, 2003
The Shepherds Watch : Portable Sundials and Jewelry
Recently, I saw pocket sundial with a built in compass, after searching the web, I found something a little more to my liking, wearable sundials. The Shepherds Watch has these ranging from about $30 to $2000 on their website
If you visit, make sure to read the Sundial History and Lore
November 20, 2003
Star Wars: Clone Wars on Cartoon Network
Star Wars: Clone Wars on Cartoon Network
Just go there…
Yeah!
November 09, 2003
Brandon Fuller's MTPhotoGallery: A Movable Type Plugin
Brandon Fuller's Movable Type Plugin, MTPhotoGallery, looks exactly like what I need for my new photoblog. I'll spend some time tonight configuring new templates by meticulously following the "How To Use The Tags" bullet point of the article. Thanks for sharing Brandon.
November 08, 2003
the matrix revolutions: the abridged script
Diego Duval has penned "the matrix revolutions: the abridged script" ---
a satiric look into the plot and plot holes of the Matrix Revolutions.
{{None the less, I loved this movie}}
A worthly read at d2r, his personal weblog. Thanks for sharing Diego.
November 03, 2003
The Matrix Revolutions - spoiled rotten
I was visiting the Zion Switchboard Forums and saw a post from a guy, "Benjamin" who won a radio contest to see the LA Premier of The Matrix Revolutions.
Benjamin posts this entry on the forum -- I was at the premier in LA as well. do you have questions?
Boy, howdee did some fans have questions -- over fourteen pages now.
October 24, 2003
On This Day in History
While looking for some "on this day" stuff to add to Madison's non-existent baby book, I stumbled across a couple of pretty good sites, one is the dMarie Time Capsule, the second is the History Channel's This Day in History. The combined information from these resources results in a treasure trove of "on this day" trivia.
September 14, 2003
Online Dictionary - HyperDictionary.com
I don't even remember how I found this little jewel, but I think that I am dumping the other dictionaries [Merriam-Webster's and Dictionary.com] for this Online Dictionary, called "HyperDictionary."
The format is clean and straight-forward, ripe for automation, scripting or creating an MT-plugin.
Online Dictionary - HyperDictionary.com
I ran into this site today, merely by accident, now I am adding it to my bookmarks. Ahh the power of the internet.
Check out this Online Dictionary over at HyperDictionary.com
September 12, 2003
Yet another reason to blog...
Free at last! Since Google has the cash, the Blogger Pro features are going to be rolled into the unleaded version of Blogger. Those who have already paid for the Pro features can get prorated monetary refund or a $24 Blogger sweatshirt.
I would probably take the sweatshirt.
Google-owned Web log-creation site Blogger is eliminating its paid version and folding premium functions into its free service, bucking a trend toward making people pay for Web site extras.The creation of Blogger Pro, which cost subscribers a yearly fee of $35, came about as a result of financial necessity, Blogger co-founder Evan Williams wrote in an e-mail to subscribers. Now that Google owns the service, that need has passed.
"Pro subscribers helped keep us going as a struggling start-up, when servers and bandwidth were at an extreme premium," Williams wrote. "We wanted to keep basic Blogger free, but we needed to start charging in order to keep the lights on…Today, as you may know, Blogger's situation is much different. For one thing, we're part of Google. Google has lots of computers and bandwidth. And Google believes blogs are important and good for the Web."
September 09, 2003
File-swap suits strike a nerve
CNET News has a list of links that are all dealing with the RIAA's suit of 261 file swappers.
The major record labels have filed a series of landmark lawsuits against 261 alleged music pirates. Now comes the hard part--proving the case amid a tangle of Net accounts and privacy complaints.
Will file traders face the music?
As emerging details cast defendants as parents of Kazaa-loving children or as unwitting targets, some RIAA suits may turn out to be more complicated than they appear.
September 9, 2003
RIAA sues 261 file swappers
The Recording Industry Association of America files suit against alleged file swappers, charging them with "egregious" copyright infringement potentially worth millions of dollars.
September 8, 2003
File-swapping lawsuits: Are you next?
A step-by-step look at how the major U.S. record labels find, investigate and sue file-swappers through RIAA activities.
September 8, 2003
Related coverage
Piracy investigator lauds Australia case
An Australian case in which three men pleaded guilty to online music piracy has "exploded many of the myths" that relate to copyright infringement, an investigator asserts.
September 8, 2003
RIAA turns down some heat on file sharers
The music industry trade group is offering an amnesty program to some individuals who are involved in the illegal sharing of copyrighted music files online, according to reports.
September 5, 2003
September 08, 2003
Relative vs. Absolute URLs - Brainstorms and Raves
One day, I will be able to blog with significant content like "Relative vs. Absolute URLs" at Brainstorms and Raves.
As a user of Movable Type, I'll admit, I haven't even thought about file size issues with using absolute URLs as compared to relative URLs.
What's the difference?
Something like this...
Absolute URL : http://www.inthefaith.com/blog/archives/000476.php
Relative URL:
000476.php
The difference is 39 bytes. Just altering only one link. With the number of links that MT generates, at the cost of 39 bytes per link, this technique can bandwidth. Saving bandwidth saves download times and $$$.
August 31, 2003
Finally, I took the time to do Zeitgeist
After a little while of looking at this little jewel, and then of course the obligatory forgetting that it exists, and THEN coming back to realize what I had lost, I found myself adding the "Search Referral Zeitgeist" plugin into my Movable Type install.
Since I am hosting on Dreamhost, it was a very simple install to do. Almost too easy. I mean, I just followed the directions and it was done. No hacks, no cracks, no yaks (?) well, I ran out of rhymes.
Trust me, it was just easy...
Here is the final:
http://www.inthefaith.com/Zeitgeist.php
Most webloggers pay an inordinate amount of attention to their referer logs, the logs made by the web server that show the page from which a visitor linked to their site. A significant fraction of these inbound links come from Internet search engines such as google,yahoo, or excite, and the search terms people used to find your site can be as entertaining as they are informative. The German word zeitgeist means, literally, "time ghost," figuratively meaning the "spirit of the time," and search engine traffic can provide a peek at this.
August 24, 2003
Brainstorms and Raves
Brainstorms and Raves needs to be added to my reading list... Good stuff here.
BBC News Styleguide
All writers need to use this one, especially me...
BBC Training & Development > BBC News Styleguide - Online course details
Avoid clichés and improve your journalism with this PDF version of the BBC News Styleguide. The Guide gives practical suggestions on many aspects of journalism style, including abbreviations, clichés, reported speech - and how to avoid irritating your editor.
August 23, 2003
VDaemon Freeware
[VDaemon - PHP Form Validation Library]
An important aspect of creating Web Forms pages for user input is to be able to check that the information users enter is valid. VDaemon is a PHP library that grants an easy-to-use but powerful way to check for errors and, if necessary, display messages to the user. VDaemon provides several custom HTML tags (VDaemon tags) to allow developer define form validation rules and some PHP functions to define validation behavior. VDaemon is intended for web developers who have at least basic PHP experience.
August 20, 2003
The Matrix Revolutions -- Trailer online!
[The Matrix Revolutions - Coming Soon! Film Database]
If you can view it, it is available...
I take it that web traffic must be horrible because of the strong cult following of this movie!
Trailer:
QuickTime, Hi-Res
QuickTime, Med-Res
QuickTime, Lo-Res
Source: MATRIX website, Coming Soon