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- September 16, 2004
Desktop Manufacturing
September 16, 2004Read moreWired has an article on Fab Labs. The Fab Labs, a project from MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, has “about $20,000 dollars worth of equipment — a 3-D milling machine, a table-top laser cutter, a computerized system for cutting and shaping plastic and other materials, along with associated computers, software, small electronics tools and component parts.”
The idea of being able to design and output working 3d objects at your desk is pretty damn cool. I wonder if MIT gives tours? They’re just an hour from here.
- September 16, 2004
The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
September 16, 2004Read moreI’ve always been curious about how the mind works, and in theories of how things work in general, so when I found a whole book filled organized by cognitive concepts I was tempted to order it right then and there. I became aware of its existence in this article on Automaticity. Why was I looking up Automaticity? Because someone used the word in an online forum, and I didn’t have a clue what it meant…
- September 15, 2004
Web Hosting
September 15, 2004Read moreAh, web hosting. I used to maintain my own servers when I was learning how to set up and administrate Linux, but the novelty wore off some time ago. With all the security advisories, backup chores, and network management to keep track of, it was no longer fun. It’s a pain in the ass.
This is a review of what I’m using now, and what I may use in the future.
- September 14, 2004
Adventures in Templating
September 14, 2004Read moreI spent a good few hours figuring out how to make WordPress look more like MovableType. I ended up duplicating some of the structure (the content and right divs, in particular) and converted a lot of font-size CSS to use the named sizes. This seems to allow things to scale a bit nicer. I’m pretty sure there’s horrible, horrible things left in the CSS from my mucking, but for now seems to work.
- September 13, 2004
WordPress Impressions
September 13, 2004Read moreVery quickly, my impressions so far…
- I like WordPress’s admin interface slightly better, though there are some odd gaps (deleting a draft, for example, requires posting it then deleting it unless I’m missing something)
- The default CSS looks terrible on my computer…it looks like ass
- The template system doesn’t require rebuilds like MT does. Instead, you’re coding in PHP, and there is no “rebuild” every time you update a template in MT.
- The WordPress admin interface doesn’t compartmentalize all the editable files as cleanly as MT, but then again you’re really editing css and .php files directly…the flip side of being direct is that you have to be more careful.
- If you’re not careful about being XHTML compliant in your posts, you might lose some of your work :/
- The “Save” button in Write automatically opens a blank post window. I would prefer it to go back to the posts window.
- I like the “edit this” link that pops up if you’re logged in
- If you hate editing the templates via the admin interface, DreamWeaver works just fine!
