April 24, 2005
Humour
Some Light Reading
Here are some hilarious IRC quotes. My favourite has to be this one...
#88575
<Stormrider> I should bomb something
<Stormrider> ...and it's off the cuff remarks like that that are the reason I don't log chats
<Stormrider> Just in case the FBI ever needs anything on me
<Elzie_Ann> I'm sure they can just get it from someone who DOES log chats.
*** FBI has joined #gamecubecafe
<FBI> We saw it anyway.
*** FBI has quit IRC (Quit: )Posted by Adam Boddington at 12:23 AM | Comments (0)
April 22, 2005
Blogging | Movable Type
Free License and Multiple Installations
Well it was probably a stupid question, but I like plain English explanations of licenses. I really can't be bothered trolling through legal code trying to figure out what is possible and what isn't. So I just plain asked upfront what I can do with my free Movable Type license with regards to multiple installations.
There's a bit of discussion, but in the end an individual holding a free license can only install their copy of Movable Type somewhere once. Multiple installations can occur on a single hosting account as long as each installation is attributable to a separate individual with a free license. So I can have an installation for myself and an installation for each of my relatives, as long as we all download our own separate copies and agree to the free license terms and conditions as part of that process.
Posted by Adam Boddington at 12:03 PM | Comments (0)
April 14, 2005
Blogging | Movable Type | Search Engine Optimisation
Optimising Movable Type for Google
For those that like to tinker, I found this enlightening post on optimising Movable Type for Google while looking for something else. A quick search found quite a bit on the topic (see links below). I decided to implement some of the suggested changes while my blog still has that new blog smell and also before it gets <cough /> referenced. For those interested in doing the same, here are some of the suggestions that I thought worthwhile.
Posted by Adam Boddington at 12:06 AM | Comments (0)
Keywords: Optimising Optimizing Movable Type for Google
April 13, 2005
Everything Else
New Email Address?
I've been trying to think of a new email address for myself to go with www.adamboddington.com. Tradition usually dictates some part of my name, but here that would mean something like adam@adamboddington.com. No thanks...
I briefly reasoned that my domain name represents me, and there is only one of me (so far, insert evil laugh here), so why not implement the singleton design pattern? Something like instance@adamboddington.com. Yeah, cool! Then reality kicked in -- who wants to be called the instance guy? No, it's not cool.
I'll be using my other new email address for now, adam@sevencamels.com.
Posted by Adam Boddington at 08:29 PM | Comments (1)
Blogging | Movable Type
First Entry
Well I've finally started my blog. I've wanted to do this for a while but haven't gotten around to it until now.
Being a .NET guy, I initially went for Community Server 1.0 as my blogging tool. Unfortunately I had a lot of trouble with it out of the box, mainly the posting textbox and the single blog configuration (while possible, it was difficult to setup elegantly). There wasn't a whole lot of documentation either. I realised Community Server might be a little too immature for me to use just yet without spending a lot of time on it.
So the search was on for an alternative...
I soon found Movable Type 3.15. While not .NET or open source, it's still free for one author with a few blogs. Better yet it runs on my windows hosting account alongside my .NET applications (you just need CGI enabled and have the right version of Perl).
Installation was straight forward, even for a .NET guy like me. The usability and default look and feel is also impressive and it's easy to customise through a nice set of templates and custom tags. Too many pros to walk away from really so I think Movable Type is a keeper.
Posted by Adam Boddington at 07:26 PM | Comments (0)
Keywords: Community Server vs Movable Type