One slight irritation with Movable Type is that when you’ve been running a blog for some time, the list of monthly archives that (by default) appears on the index page can get a bit long and take up too much space. So I’ve written a bit of Javascript that addresses that problem. I’ll package it… Continue reading Taming Archive Lists
Month: January 2005
Unsynchronicity
It is, of course, gratifying that whenever a senior Perl development contract comes on the market in London I get calls from what seems to be most of the recruitment agencies in the UK. It would just be nice if for once it happened when I was actually looking for work.
New BBC Streams
Simon points out this press release from the BBC. It seems they are going to make a lot more of their radio output available through an improved version of their Radio Player application. I’ll be taking a look as soon as I can to see if and how this effects my BBC streams page. Expect… Continue reading New BBC Streams
Movable Type Upgrade (again)
(Apologies for all the MT-related posts. We’ll get back to our usual bollocks soon I promise.) There’s a problem with the Movable Type email code which allows unscrupulous people to potentially send emails to anyone they like and leave the blame firmly at your doorstep. Everyone running a Movable Type installation should upgrade to version… Continue reading Movable Type Upgrade (again)
Movable Type Upgrade
As I mentioned in passing last week, I’ve upgraded this site to the latest version of Movable Type. But it looks like the upgrade wasn’t as successful as it could have been. I first noticed problems with the comment features. MT3 gives you the ability to moderate comments from not-registered users. This is all very… Continue reading Movable Type Upgrade
The Slow and Lingering Death of the Tories
According to the front page story in today’s Times there are people inside the Tory party who are secretly admitting that they have no chance of winning the forthcoming General Election. I’m surprised that they ever thought they had any chance of winning. In my opinion they should be more worried about whether they come… Continue reading The Slow and Lingering Death of the Tories
The Time-Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Amazon link This is book five in my attempt to read fifty books in 2005. In many ways this is a lot like Slaughterhouse Five. Henry DeTamble is adrift in time in much the same way as Billy Pilgrim but although she starts with a similar premise to Vonnegut, Niffenegger’s novel turns out very differently.… Continue reading The Time-Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Gates at the BBC on DRM
The BBC web site has the first part of an interview with Bill Gates. He talks in vague terms about the future of home computing and the importance of the Media Centre in that. One answer is very telling. He’s asked “It is a tricky area though. Digital rights management. Are you sure that you… Continue reading Gates at the BBC on DRM
Bloggerheads
I’ve just realised that the feed from Bloggerheads had fallen of my Bloglines reading list so I’ve just put it back and have enjoyed catching up on a lot of what Tim has been writing recently. A couple of good examples: The latest news from Jesusistan (includes American conservatives attacking a cartoon sponge) A roundup… Continue reading Bloggerheads
Google’s “nofollow” Tag
I was trying to work out why I was vaguely uncomfortable about Google’s “nofollow” tag approach to preventing comment spam, but now I don’t need to as Ben has worked it all out for me. I love it when I don’t have to think :) Mind you, I’ve just installed the MT plugin anyway. You… Continue reading Google’s “nofollow” Tag