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Out, damn’d open source! out, I say!

I have had an usual number of requests for files this last week. These are files that I’ve either accidentally removed during moves between tools; or deliberately removed because I need the space for new development. Among files accidentally lost were ones for my post Stepping Stones to a Safer Blog, about how to make Movable […]

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Media Technology

Mars attacks

Version 1.0 of MarsEdit released last week , and Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise celebrated by issuing the first trailer for the upcoming remake of the ultimate sci-fi classic, “War of the Worlds”. I am not surprised that War of the Worlds is being re-made, and not terribly surprised that Spielberg is trying it. I am surprised at Tom […]

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Technology

Wordform kickoff

The Wordform project has officially kicked off, though I’ve been doing some work in this, off and on, this past month. I had planned on waiting for the formal release of WordPress 1.3, as a baseline for Wordform, but I’ve decided to go ahead with development. It could be some time before 1.3 releases, and […]

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Technology Weblogging

Start at the beginning

Wordform is a project to create a new weblogging tool that incorporates some ideas I’ve had for a tool for a couple of years now. It’s based on WordPress, an open source, GPL PHP/MySQL application; inheriting some functionality, while extending the product in new directions. This site serves as the test site for Wordform development, as […]

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Technology Weblogging

First change

The first changes being made to the initial snapshot of the WordPress 1.3a code is to incorporate the ‘floating cloud’ design currently being used at Burningbird into a 1.3 theme. While I’m at it, I’m also moving the default pages down into the themes directory, to minimize the number of files at the root directory […]