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Tuesday, July 30, 2002

After a couple of weeks supporting registered activeRenderer users (129 at last count), I've added a few topics to aR's Frequently Asked Questions.

The way we've set up the registration service with eVectors, I receive an email message within minutes of a new user applying for a serial number. If that user has wisely supplied the URL for his weblog (it's only optional of course), I can check on his pages, and can answer questions even before they are asked.

Now does this qualify as user support or harassment ? :-)

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10:19:44 PM.

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Posting To Salon Now Has Pictures

I have at last registered my copy of SnapzPro for MacOS X, the best screenshot capture utility I've ever used. Consequentially, I've added to my Posting to Salon tutorial the images I had intended in the first place, but could not include while SnapzPro was in demo mode.

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4:28:24 PM.

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August Linux Magazine Issue

I found the August issue of Linux Magazine in my mailbox this morning, and read it over lunch. Interesting interview of Scott McNealy (dubbed as the Capitalist in the Penguin Suit) by Bob McMillan. I usually don't care for this kind of article, but this time, I did learn a few things from Scott McNealy's views towards Java, Open Source, Linux, and (of course) Microsoft. Besides, he has a sense of humor.

Martin Streicher contributed a very readable introductory piece on Web services and SOAP (which he calls a clean, refreshing standard), featuring the Google Web Service API, as well as a step by step tutorial on setting up Apache Axis Web services toolkit on a Linux server.

I cannot link directly to any of these articles, since they are not yet available online on Linux Magazine's Web site, the webmaster of which, I found out, is none other than Jon Udell.

Linux Magazine, in both printed and online form, has put some effort clarifying its layout, and it shows: readability has vastly improved.

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2:54:24 PM.

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Weblog Tools Comparison

Radio Free Blogistan, published on the Salon Community Server, has a very useful, well researched comparison of Radio vs Blogger.

It comes after another excellent comparison of Radio vs LiveJournal. I can't wait to read a Radio vs MovableType review.

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10:05:18 AM.

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