Tuesday, May 18, 2004

.Mac adds new features, users get new free software. Apple's .Mac service is offering users new features to HomePage and iCards. .Mac users also can download a free version of Symantec's Norton Parent Control software, which helps restrict kids' access to the Internet -- for free. HomePage is the service that lets .Mac users create their own Web pages, while iCards are free digital greeting cards you can send to family, friends and colleagues. [MacCentral] 2:46:48 PM

18 May 2004: "Beginners to Unix-like operating systems such as FreeBSD are often stymied by their network settings. Sure, the install process may have set up your NIC for you, but where do you go to view these settings, and how do you proceed if your NIC stops working? Since networking is such an integral part of computing, this article will demonstrate how to verify, configure, and optimize your network settings." http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/05/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html[RootPrompt.org -- Nothing but Unix] 11:31:52 AM

Those of you who are hardcore Movable Type users and can't get enough news, tips, and tricks for your blog might want to check out the Resources and Newsfeeds page from the invaluable Movable Type Plugin Directory. Listing dozens of sites that track the latest developments in the community, along with many individuals who are creating new plugins and discovering new ideas, there's plenty of inspiration for your own experimentation with Movable Type. [Movable Type News] 11:20:23 AM

I have a challenge for those who have taken the time to send a TrackBack to our previous posts about the new licensing scheme for Movable Type 3.0. If free isn't an issue for you and you're willing to pay for a version of Movable Type (say the $69 version) and the blog/author limits won't work for your current use, write a non-emotional post explaining how you're using Movable Type and TrackBack this entry. I left the TrackBacks on for all the other posts because we genuinely wanted to get all feedback, positive and negative. Now, I'm looking for rational, just the facts sort of posts with simple information. Please, no commentary, no cussing, no judgments. Bad Example: I don't want to pay for my weblogs and I don't want limits and I don't like Six Apart. Good example: I'm running one group weblog that's non-commercial for 13 of my friends on our softball team and my three children, husband and I also all have personal weblogs. That's 6 weblogs and 19 authors total. The cost for this setup is a bit prohibitive for my personal hobby. To keep focus on scenarios that can help shape changes in the licensing, I'm going to delete TrackBacks that are detracting or commentaries on Six Apart. [Six Log] 11:18:31 AM

SubEthaEdit 2.0 editor supports regular expressions. TheCodingMonkeys has released SubEthaEdit 2.0, an update to the collaborative text editor that offer... [MacNN | The Macintosh News Network] 12:34:45 AM

Device for Taking Travel Notes? [Slashdot] 12:23:30 AM