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Right tool for the right job: XML formats redux

In the last post, I said I was a pusher of code, not a designer. As a pusher of code, then, I do feel comfortable commenting on the user of Atom or RSS for an import/export format. Danny Ayers recently pointed out that there’s a new Atom format spec. Good, clean writeup with an interesting twist […]

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Right tool for the right job: designs

I spent time yesterday working with the three sites ported from Movable Type. While I port each individual’s current look, I set up a PHP-based switcher they could use to try out some of the available WordPress Themes. There has been criticism that WP doesn’t look that great out of the box. I think the issue […]

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RDF

Going…going…soon to be gone

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Well all good things come to an end or some such thing. I had hoped to revive this weblog, but with having to drastically cut costs, car payments take precedence over web sites. This means time for me to start disengaging from this lovely online world. For any updates to […]

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Weblogging

And this concludes this evening’s show

Unless I get specific questions, the last post concludes my WordPress to MT coverage. Ultimately we find that the two environments are more compatible than not, as long as you approach conversions methodically. However, I’ve done so many conversions between tools now that I may have forgotten something; so please add questions into the comments. […]

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Political

Unlikely Gmail connection

I was reading an email from a friend in Gmail when I looked over at the ads and noticed one for a hosted blogging solution, Blogharbor. I hadn’t heard of it before so out of curiousity I clicked on the link and went to the site. It, like so many other hosted solutions, had a list […]