April 2005

  • Dynamic Encoding of Ampersands

    As you know, I recently converted a number of my archives so that they would use dynamic publishing. Today, I continued the push by converting daily archives and also category feeds to dynamic publishing. Thus far, they seem to be working pretty well, and I've been able to…

  • Talk About Opressive Taxation

    Does it seem odd to anyone that the Internal Revenue Service has a budget of something more than $10 billion? What's worse is that this budget apparently isn't enough to keep the whole thing running, as the organization now plans to reduce the help that they offer to…

  • The Price of a Tree

    Before I even get started, let me say that I like trees. I've planted trees. Just after I moved into this house (nearly 6 years ago!), I put a nice Green Ash in the front yard. I joined the National Arbor Day Foundation a year or two ago….

  • A Bit of Compassion

    I can't count how many times I have seen someone move like lightning because the next checkout lane over suddenly opened, and that person wanted to be the first person there – no matter if they were the last person to arrive in the current line. Does anyone…

  • Time for a Sanity Check

    "Let's be clear: Children under the age of 21 cannot procure alcohol; children under the age of 18 cannot vote; children under the age of 15 cannot drive; but a child aged 14 can enter into a legally binding union with another child in North Carolina — if…

  • Another Toolkit Release

    I could claim that the last entry on the subject was simply an April Fool's joke, but in reality there are two reasons why that is not the case. One is that there are so many such jokes on the internet that the world doesn't need one from…

  • Checks and Balances

    Our country was formed on a series of checks and balances. For good reason, it was decided that each branch of the government would operate independently of the others. In this way, it was assumed, no single branch – or single person – could wield too much power….

  • Toolkit in Chinese and French

    Thanks to Peter Chu and Xavier Robin, the Bloglines Toolkit is now available in Chinese (Taiwan, R.O.C, zh-TW) and French (fr-FR), respectively. Automatic updates should process this change automatically, or you can use the link to download the update….

  • True Smarty Pagination

    While my earlier example illustrated the concept of automating pagination with Smarty in your Movable Type archives, I had a couple of problems with it….