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Thursday, January 1, 2004 |
I've been working on configuring my various sites so that I can edit one weblog with multiple categories and have it update my site at http://radio.weblogs.com/0133364/ which will be reflected to http://johndilbeck.editthispage.com/ and this site will update the blog entries on the home page and publish an XML file for RSS syndication.
The result of all of this can be seen on my test page at: http://dilbeckconsulting.com/news/jd-ramblings.html which uses a relatively simple syndication script at http://JohnDilbeck.com/ to read the XML file and create a javascript output file that can be included on any page on the Internet using a couple of lines of javascript. Still working on testing this at this time.
Most of it is working as I hoped it would, but the categories I select on my local Radio Userland Weblog page are not propagating to the other site or to the RSS file. I'll continue to work on this.
Eventually, I anticipate being able to edit one single weblog and have it publish to a variety of sites in different ways.
Today was a successful test of the concept. Now it needs refining. I'll be talking more about this as it develops.
5:50:05 PM 
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There are less than 5 days left in the 2-for-1 sale! Purchase a new Site Build It! account before midnight on January 5, 2004, and get two years for the price of one.
If you're planning to purchase SBI, don't let this opportunity pass you by.
1:34:18 PM
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W3C head Berners-Lee to be knighted. Tim Berners-Lee, credited with inventing the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), will be named a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth of the U.K., the W3C announced Wednesday. The rank of Knight Commander is the second highest rank of the Order of the British Empire. [MacCentral]
12:08:45 PM
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IBook, IPod Users Plot Lawsuits. As Apple fans anxiously await news and announcements from next week's Macworld expo, two online petitions are collecting hundreds of signatures from potential plaintiffs complaining of problems with the iBook and iPod. [Wired News]
12:04:16 PM
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Happy New Years!
I hope each of us has a healthy, prosperous, and happy 2004.
I'm not one for making lots of resolutions that will be broken within the first two weeks of January. What's the point?
However, I do like to re-examine my goals, evaluate my progress over the previous year, fine-tune my expectations, and create a new set of goals that I can work towards completing over the next 12 months.
Setting goals is as much an art as a science. It's easy to quantify a goal and set a date for its completion, but working through all the problems reaching that goal involves an unbreakable belief that the goal is worth accomplishing.
One of the ways I approach accomplishing a goal is to set aside a bit of time each week to daydream about having completed the goal and thinking about what I had to do to make it happen. This type of visualization is helpful when I come back to the present and use what I've imagined to move towards the future I've already envisioned.
Another criteria I consider when goal setting is whether or not I can create any passion for achieving the goal. If not, why bother?
I read a book nearly three decades ago that has set the standard for how I approach setting and achieving goals and I haven't found a better book since. I've read Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill, several times over the years and each time I notice something I didn't catch before. I heartily recommend this book. Don't just buy it, read it and put what it teaches into practice.
Growing rich can mean a lot of things besides just acquiring money. Life experiences, friendship, getting better at some skill, doing something you've always wanted to do, or finding free time for relaxing are all parts of being richer.
Don't limit your thinking or your potential. It's a new year and the possibilities are limitless.
10:59:15 AM
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Yesterday morning, I was totally frustrated with trying to get the new version of Radio Userland to work for me as I expected.
That's not the best time to work or write about what you're doing.
After taking about 24 hours off, I was able to redo the five pre-set categories so that they were as they were before I started changing things. Now, I can go in and add a couple of dozen new categories for the things I'll be writing about, here.
I've been working with what is now Radio Userland since the days of Clay Basket, and I have to admit that if I were just encountering it for the first time and had no preconceived notions, the new version of RU is the best yet. I get into trouble when I try to force an old mindset onto a new tool.
Let's see how this works after another hour or two of prep work.
Even on this old 120 MHz 8500 Macintosh (nearly 10 years old), the performance is more than acceptable.
9:55:53 AM
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© Copyright 2004 John L. Dilbeck.
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