Friday June 04, 2004

Re: Public Exposure

Rather than displaying my "ignore words" on this page I created a Veloci-Page to list them in XML. This is one short step in sharing this list.

Because I'm actually pulling this data from a field not meant for sharing, I cannot add the things that would make it useful, such as a LastModified timestamp (which would inform you if you need to update your information). But this does get us on the way towards something like MT-Blacklist ( Comment Spam clearinghouse) and Blam!.

Post your suggestions as comments, please.
( Jun 04 2004, 09:59:47 AM ) Technology Permalink
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Tuesday June 01, 2004

Re: "J" Is A Four-Letter Word

Memo to all developers of would-be successful applications that happen to be implemented in Java: stop calling your app JWhatever. [Mr. Feinberg]

Can they end with a J?
( Jun 01 2004, 01:59:51 PM ) Technology Permalink
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Friday May 28, 2004

Public Exposure

I'm playing with the idea of publicizing my list of ignored referers. This is a list of words to check against referers, if the word/phrase is found in the referering url then the referer is just "Direct". Am I helping these Spammers by publicizing my list? Even though it doesn't include their URL? Or am I simply boosting my Google rank for these words (lord help me)? ( May 28 2004, 02:32:47 PM ) Technology Permalink Comments [2]
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Wednesday May 26, 2004

Remarks by Al Gore A bit long-winded, but a must-read. ( May 26 2004, 03:16:20 PM ) News Permalink
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Monday May 24, 2004

re: blogging software features table

Thanks to Frank Carver for pointing out the Blog Software Breakdown, and noting that it doesn't like anything non-LAMP. So here is the entry for Roller, and I'll notify the author at midnightcircus:

• Current Version: 0.9.9 (cvs)
• Home Url
• Trial Url
• License: Apache-like
• Cost: Free
• Min. Server Reqs: Tomcat 4 (servlet 2.3 & JSP 1.2)
• Localization: English & Dutch [nl] (?)
• Multilingual: Yes
• Data Storage: Database - MySql & Postgresql
• Max Weblogs: Unlimited
• Multiple Sites: No
• Post Ordering: descending, category
• Categories: Single
• Subcategories: Yes
• Keywords: No
• Default Post Fields: 2 (if I understand correctly)
• Max Post Fields: 2
• Post Editor: Plugin based
• Draft Mode: Yes
• Post API Support: Blogger, MetaWeblog, Atom
• Post Moderation: No
• Post Pings: Yes
• RSS Output: 0.91, 0.92, 2.0
• Atom Output: 0.3
• Comment Spam: blacklist
• Comment RSS: no
• Template Storage: Database
• Template Tagging: Velocity
• Edit Templates Online: Yes
• Template Expert: No
• Template Conditionals: Yes
• Open Registration: Toggle
• User Security: single user
• Trackback: Yes
• Pingback: No?
• RSS Aggregator: aggregator ?
• Forum: No
• File Editor: No
• CSS Editor: Simple, as a template
• Plugins: Config
• Plugin Directory: none
• Visitor Logs: No
• Referrer logs: Yes
• Imports From: Atom, RSS, Moveable Type
• User Profiles: Simple
• SEF URLS: path_info
• Thumbnails: No
• Category Images: Yes
• Skin Switch: Yes
• Cross-post: No
• Linkroll: Yes
• Password Posts: No
• Blog by Email: No
• User Community: mailing list
• Documentation: http://www.rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp
• Sample Sites: see http://www.rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=RollerUsers

Wow, that's a long list. I'm sure there is fodder here for the Wishlist.
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Friday May 21, 2004

The Ministry of Privacy

US May Get a Privacy Czar. Twenty years too late?
( May 21 2004, 08:18:13 AM ) News Permalink
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Thursday May 20, 2004

Return of A Better Brain

I've written about this before, and it seems like the concept is continuing and growing. Now it crops up at the WWW Conference.
( May 20 2004, 03:27:58 PM ) Technology Permalink
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Tuesday May 18, 2004

Re: More Roller-ing

Outside of the fun name, Henri has more issues with Roller. I think his troubles point out a fundamental problem we're having trying to provide as much power to "knowledgeable" users but still keep it simple for those with little-to-no HTML experience (such as my wife Jen).

I think it also illustrates that Roller needs more "community" to get where it is going. For most of Roller's life it has been Dave Johnson, Matt Raible, and myself. A couple other people have contributed here and there, but the relationship didn't hold up. Maybe this is our fault, maybe it is a fault of Roller, or maybe it is just a symptom of the myriad competing weblog tools.

Just a note, any links that don't point to a specific entry were generated by the nifty "Bookmark Linker" plugin. It uses your Bookmarks to automatically generate links for you.
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