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I've enabled the stories functions in Radio. My first post is a simple list of some of the equipment and configurations I use to run Radio on a home server. I hope to add more content soon, including a weekly article and a short story from authors I know.

For now, I've added a link to Stories on the right side of the page with a short list 9one story now) for easy reference.

I wouldn't be posting this, except I'm reading Jeffery Zeldman's book.

Joe Clark's Building Accessible Websites is now available online in its entirety. [TopStyle Blog]

Dann Sheridan writes:

Garth Kidd dropped by last Friday and said, "I'd blog on storage, but I don't think my employer (a vendor) would much appreciate it."[X-log]

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Garth has the same problem that many of us face: what to do about expressing our opinions about technology without placing our jobs in jeopardy.

In response to this post on Paolo's website, here's my list of wishes for Radio (in order of importance):

#1-- Like TypePad, add an easy way for me to list what I'm reading and what I'm listening to--all linked to my Amazon Associate ID--to allow visitors to buy something and I get a commission. If nothing else, the groovy book/album covers are great. See my TypePad test site.

#2--Easy remote hosting/domain hosting. FTP is fine, but I'd like the referrer rankings to work outside of Userland's servers. Include in this feature the ability to run Radio on a computer at home and post easily, just by checking a box. I'm doing it now, but I had to do this.

#3--Alternate servers for comments, chosen from a drop down list on the pref page. Apple provides three time servers for all of it's customers world wide. It would help during times when servers are overloaded.

#4--Auto-generation of aggregator "home page": What is this? Well, you set Radio to subscribe to sources. It generates a *publicly* accessible page on your site so you can view the content.

#5--Aggregator can import OMPL files (like from NNW) to allow easy additions of subscriptions

#6--Theme packs for sale

#7--Theme building functions

Update: Here's another short list. Cristian, I'm with you on HTML. I can do it, but I bought Radio to skip it.

Here's a short post about Hydra's use in the real world of meetings and multiple Macs...

My 18-year-old son was channel surfing Lifetime Televsion (known here as PVN, the Professional Victims Network -- All Victims, All the Time) today and came across a make-over show.

"Hey Dad, come here!" he says. "This is a great show. They take these ugly people and, in only 30 minutes, turn them into fully-accessorized ugly people."

Wow. What a concept.

LifetimeTV. Television for Women. And this is better than "The Man Show" how? [b.cognosco]

Sean Gallagher's trip to church is worth reading:

The experience was everything I don't like about the Catholic church all rolled up into one miserable service.

This is one of the reasons why I fear "organized" religion. Yes, I am Christian and believe in God and Jesus Christ. Sometimes, I don't want to attend church--Sean's experience isn't new, different or unusual. If you want a different perspective on your faith, pick a random church in your town/city/suburb of the same faith and attend a service. Leave your comments here.

Update: Sean's permalink isn't cooperating with Radio's trackback. Here's the trackback URL for Radio to catch.

I woke up this morning to find that my RSS reader had pulled a list of verbs changed in Radio.root--trackback is here! I posted a couple items, worked out adding the macro to the item template and everything is set. It's fast, and most of all it works. The pref page's help text is detailed enought and makes sense to all readers.

Thanks, Userland! Another $40 well spent.

Update: I found that trackback URL autodiscovery works fine.

Update 2: Jake posted the same info on his weblog. Hey Jake, can Radio handle more than one trackback URL?

Mark's wit and humor come through in this remarkable (yet sadly predictable) story about his recent experience with a Windows XP reinstall. While no operating system is without it's pitfalls, driver management is the worst on Windows products--usually a chicken and egg syndrome.

By the way Mark, I carry a 3Com 3C905BTX PCI NIC around, "just for these sort of emergencies".

Looks like someone's solved one of my major issues with using Manila as a content management system for commerical websites:

Radio/Frontier/Manila working with E-xact WebService

John revised (thanks!) the E-xact WebService to get around the problems (here and here) that we were experiencing when trying to make the E-xact e-commerce Web Service work with Radio/Frontier/Manila.

John simply removed the need for a nested transaction. And presto, now the E-xact WebService works with Radio/Manila/Frontier!

To make this a product all you need (I think) is the E-xact Web Services SDK and a SOAP client that works over https (I think Macrobyte's client TLS implementation for Radio/Frontier/Manila should work but I haven't tested it. It is FREE however).

Email support@e-xact.com if you are interested in using the E-xact Web Services SDK.

(--Code deleted to save space--srk) [E-xact Developer News]

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