MovableBlog: Asides http://www.movableblog.com/asides/ en-us Richard Eriksson 2005-04-30T23:24:58-08:00 Apps that Apple's OS X 10.4 Tiger killed http://holycola.net/archives/000772.html Richard 2005-04-30T23:24:58-08:00 http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002015 Apple sued over "Tiger" name http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/04/28/2214245.shtml I'm surprised Dan Nakamura hasn't sued Apple yet. Richard 2005-04-29T13:28:29-08:00 I'm surprised Dan Nakamura hasn't sued Apple yet.

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002014 De-uglify Mail in Tiger http://otierney.net/cagefighter/ If you can believe it, the "new" Mail buttons was, until seeing Cage Fighter, a dealbreaker from buying Tiger for me. Richard 2005-04-29T13:23:35-08:00 If you can believe it, the "new" Mail buttons was, until seeing Cage Fighter, a dealbreaker from buying Tiger for me.

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002013 Jason Kottke on the 'new' Internet http://www.kottke.org/05/04/a-whole-new-internet Six Apart, he says, "is like a black hole for creative people". (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/26/2012#comments">Comment</a>) Richard 2005-04-26T23:45:18-08:00 Six Apart, he says, "is like a black hole for creative people".

]]> (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/26/2012#comments">Comment</a>) http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002012 Wiki-based notes of The Social Impact of Computers by Richard Rosenberg http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?Cs430 Michelle has some questions about using wikis to summarize books and takes notes collaboratively. Richard 2005-04-26T02:14:04-08:00 Michelle has some questions about using wikis to summarize books and takes notes collaboratively.

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002011 Google Adsense in RSS feeds? http://www.threadwatch.org/node/2366 If it's an HTML version, that means you can 'syndicate' the ads on your site, meaning that will create keywords which Google could index. If that's the case, those syndicating would be ranked for whatever keywords appear in the ads. (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/26/2010#comments">Comment</a>) Richard 2005-04-26T00:47:41-08:00 If it's an HTML version, that means you can 'syndicate' the ads on your site, meaning that will create keywords which Google could index. If that's the case, those syndicating would be ranked for whatever keywords appear in the ads.

]]> (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/26/2010#comments">Comment</a>) http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002010 Matt Read claims that Wordpress template tags aren't PHP http://mattread.com/archives/2005/04/wordpress-is-not-php/ Except for the minor detail that Wordpress template tags are, wait for it, PHP functions. (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/24/2009#comments">Comment</a>) Richard 2005-04-24T15:26:36-08:00 Except for the minor detail that Wordpress template tags are, wait for it, PHP functions.

]]> (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/24/2009#comments">Comment</a>) http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002009 Fix for PHPTemplate-based Drupal themes that leave a huge space in beween elements on the page http://www.goodbasic.com/blogging-tools/drupal-theme-fix Richard 2005-04-20T19:11:23-08:00 http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002008 Pimp My CMS http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pimpmycms All MT at the moment. Richard 2005-04-20T19:05:05-08:00 All MT at the moment.

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002007 Skype introduces IM by stealth http://www.bmannconsulting.com/node/1463 Everybody understands a 'telephone call', even if it's 'just' over the Internet. Skype gives instant messaging to people who didn't think they needed it. Richard 2005-04-20T19:01:35-08:00 Everybody understands a 'telephone call', even if it's 'just' over the Internet. Skype gives instant messaging to people who didn't think they needed it.

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002006 Trained wolves http://www.bryght.com/blog/boris-mann/trained-wolves "Once an example of something exists [...] expect your software to be cloned in the open source world." So right, in other words, SuperÜberTurboPAS. Richard 2005-04-20T12:43:57-08:00 "Once an example of something exists [...] expect your software to be cloned in the open source world." So right, in other words, SuperÜberTurboPAS.

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002005 Matt thinks there should be an open source alternative to Meetup.com http://photomatt.net/2005/04/19/meetup-replacement/ +1. Quick, deploy SuperÜberTurboPAS! Richard 2005-04-19T20:24:30-08:00 +1. Quick, deploy SuperÜberTurboPAS!

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002004 TypeMover "adds backup, restore and migration features [to Movable Type] that let you get your data in and out of your servers." http://www.zonageek.com/software/mt/typemover/ Richard 2005-04-18T18:43:10-08:00 http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002003 MT releases 3.16 bug fix http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/news/2005/04/movable_type_316_release.html Lots more fixes than the 0.01 increment would indicate. Richard 2005-04-18T14:00:42-08:00 Lots more fixes than the 0.01 increment would indicate.

]]> http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002002 Yahoo! News, currently in beta, redesigns with web standards and clean layout http://beta.news.yahoo.com/ Tables only used for headers and footers, the rest are unordered lists and CSS. Special features have prominent links to RSS feeds. Could still use cleaner URLs, though. (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/17/2001#comments">Comment</a>) Richard 2005-04-17T01:37:53-08:00 Tables only used for headers and footers, the rest are unordered lists and CSS. Special features have prominent links to RSS feeds. Could still use cleaner URLs, though.

]]> (<a href="http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/17/2001#comments">Comment</a>) http://www.movableblog.com/asides/2005/04/#asides002001