I know there are some efforts out there to get web sites to stop using the www, but I still believe that a web site should resolve to the same place no matter if the user is entering planetmike.com or www.planetmike.com. Just now, I ran across two sites that don’t come up at all if […]
Archive of posts filed under the Technology category.
I found a Tiger Security Bug!
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Apple Front Row
The new iMacs with the embedded iSight camera also have a nifty piece of software called Front Row. It allows easy access to audio, video, movies, and photos. To make it work on other Macs, check out How To Install Apple’s Front Row.
CSS Typography
An interesting article, detailing lots of information about using CSS to format typefaces used on web sites: CSS Typography.
Network Solutions and Firefox
I just tried to renew some domains at Network Solutions (for work, not for me) using Firefox 1.5 under OS X. All I get after logging in and making a selection is a blank screen. Great.
My first Flash movie
Wow, my first Flash movie. Let’s see how this turns out. I’m working my way through the “Getting Started with Flash” ebook that came with Macromedia Studio 8.
Verizon Speeches
Verizon seems to making some overtones about charging companies to be able to reach Verizon’s DSL customers. Full article: Verizon Says Google, Microsoft Should Pay For Internet Apps. The article gives conflicting information from Verizon. I’ve signed up for Verizon’s mailing list to get copies of their executive’s speeches.
WordPress 2 Released
A new version of the WordPress Blog System has been released. I’m updating my other WordPress based web sites, and am seriously considering switching to it for PlanetMike, away from the Blosxom system.
Apple iTunes Music Store 1,500 podcasts limit
The podcast categories in iTunes only show the first 1500 podcasts. So my wife’s podcast no longer shows up in the Arts and Entertainment category. Do you think Apple underestimated the popularity of podcasting?
Merging apache web server logs
The super-duper really handy mergelog program compiles just fine under OS X 10.4.2, if you remember to add a “sudo” before the “make install” command.