[Looks like I'm putting the final touches on the transition to support for multiple sites and mutiple protocols. I'm now writing on four different Manila weblogs and a Radio weblog (when I say writing, I mean copying and pasting at this point :~). After this version is in the hands of the testers, I need to make some decisions about preparations for releasing "Archipelago". There's a bunch of people whose advice I intend to seek.] *
The Financial Express : Indian Software Majors Set To Get A Big Byte Of Apple. "Apple recently entered into contracts with leading Indian software companies for joint development of business software applications on its latest operating system, Mac OS X. The company is also working with other Indian independent software vendors (ISVs) to port their applications on Apple platform." (via Zimran.) [Think different? Hmmm.] *
[The great em size experiment is over for now. I got more complaints after I changed it.
Fonts were set in the CSS in pixels. Someone wrote saying that on really large screens, this causes the font to be really tiny. They suggested using em sizes instead. So I tried an em size that looked about the same on my machine. Nope. Larger? OK. It's beginning to be too large on my machine. I continued to hear from folks telling me that on Windows it was still way too small. So for now I'm done. Back to px. I know, if I have twelve style sheet choices, and cookie based selector everyone could be happy (except people who don't use cookies). Or they can read the feeds. Or, or, or... whatever. I've got other fish to fry.
I really want everyone to read my site comfortably so this will irk me until I have time to work on the design. In the meantime, I heard far less about it when I wasn't using the em sizing, so I'm holding off until I can make this work for everyone. Suggestions welcome.] *
[I should add that amongst other reasons I just upgraded my virtualPC so that I could do more testing on my own. I'm still building vMachines. But I'll get there.] *
Jim Roepcke on RCS. "Radio's web-based interface (the "web application") for doing weblogging and newsreading are all running locally on your computer (desktop or laptop). But Radio publishes your work to a different server! The web site itself isn't on your local machine. Now, it CAN be, if you want it to be, and you need to know when that makes sense. " [This discussion has been reframed correctly by Dave and Jim. If you pick apart of the pieces, Frontier, Manila, Conversant, Radio, RCS, and all the various tools supported by these platforms (RSS tools, posting tools like Archipelago, the RSS based calendar) it misses the point. All these things work side by side. They all talk to each other. There are situations where each of them are the best solution. Let the situation dictate which tool to apply, not the reverse.]
A Busy Writers Guide to Radio Renderers. "This document provides a quick introduction to writing stories using HTML renderers in Radio 8.0" [Nice. A BDG pushed up a level.]
Deep Hurting. "Sorry, pain pills plus aching jaw do not a productive blogger make. Nor a particularly sentient one, for that matter." [Feel better, Al.]
[Al must be feeling better...] he asks "So, what is everybody doing for backups on OS X?" [I'm using the beta of Retrospect. I've been using their stuff for years and feel very comfortable with it. Thing is... you might not want to trust critical things to beta software. I don't. I do disk copies. After they release that could change.]
Revenge of all y'all. " Sam just sympathizes with my Southern adolescence. " [Sam must be correct. No dyed in the wool Southerner would even consider discussing an important issue like this with Northern Yankee Aggressors. Of course, if Mark can arrange three bales of hay and consider that an ergonomic workstation... well then, he might qualify (with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy).] *
The NewOS Operating System. "NewOS is a free, full-featured operating system with full source code available, along with periodic binary snapshots."
OpenBeOS Project - Overview. "OpenBeOS is a project dedicated to the re-creation, followed by the extension, of the BeOS. Individual servers and APIs (known as kits) are being re-written from scratch by an enthusiastic team of volunteers who want to continue the revolution started by Be Inc. The kernel is being based on NewOS, a microkernel written by a former Be engineer, and adapted by a dedicated team of hard core programmers. " [I love that people want to do this. I don't understand why. Unless these folks just want to take on the challenge wouldn't they be better off discussing possibilities with Palm? There's a lot of code they could open up if they wished... (One of the reason's that the BeOS in its last released state couldn't be open sourced was because of the use of libraries and such that were licensed.)]
[Over on the FAQ page...] "The project was started just a few days after the announcement that Palm was purchasing the BeOS (along with all other intellectual property) from Be Inc. The motivating force to create OpenBeOS was to keep the BeOS from being absorbed and forgotten by Palm. By implementing our own version of the BeOS, we can completely remove any possibility that corporate concerns will decide the fate of our OS. We will put the power and control into the hands of the community instead. "[So there you have it...] *
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