Nov 4, 2002
I’ve managed to put an archive listing by adding an “archive” flavour and messing with the Apache rules. Here are the lines I added to my Apache ruleset for the blog directory:
RewriteRule ^archives$ archives/ [R] RewriteRule archives/(.*) blosxom.cgi/$1?flav=archive [L]
For some reason that first rule is not automatically filling in a missing trailing slash, … Read more
Nov 3, 2002
After months of procrastination, I have finally brought my weblog back online, although not how I had hoped. My goal to create a weblog which posted to Radio Userland-powered sites bore a resemblance to what I do at work, so I couldn’t muster the motivation. I was probably going about it the wrong … Read more
Aug 14, 2002
My trial version of Radio expires in one day, possibly tomorrow. Since the only platforms Radio supports are Windows and MacOS, it is doubtful that I will buy a copy as I use Linux at home. I have been using Radio from work and, while I have been impressed, I don’t think it is worth … Read more
Aug 14, 2002
Many who know me are aware of how I loathe the popular music of the day. Much of it causes me actual physical pain. It is because of this that my gym has become my own personal hell. Three days a week since February, they have been piping in the same tunes over and over … Read more
Aug 13, 2002
Drinkers in British Columbia will soon have until 4 a.m. to imbibe alcohol at their favourite bar or pub.
I’ve always thought that Toronto should do something like this, although it would never happen. Before the World Cup, businesses lobbied city council to increase the hours where alcohol could be served so that fans … Read more
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Yet another crawler/indexer which opens up data to be consumed. “Re-launching in February 2010”, whatever that means.
Free or near-free paint applications are so ridiculously crappy that Sketchpad is a breath of fresh air by comparison. Most simple paint tools are supported, with PNG export. If it included SVG export as well, I’d be unable to contain my excitement.
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