March 2008

  • Bloglines Toolkit 1.7.0

    It's been a monstrous fifteen months since I last updated the Bloglines Toolkit. Frankly, there just isn't that much of a reason to do so. Unfortunately, the Bloglines Notifier API just hasn't changed that much. Ever. And since it hasn't, there just isn't that much to be done…

  • Upgrading Movable Type Comments to v4.1

    When Six Apart released Movable Type 4.1, with it they released an entirely new commenting architecture. And technically, the foundation was laid with…

  • Change Your Social Security Number at PayPal

    As I'm recording information for taxes this year, I realize that once again, I've managed to forget to update the account information at PayPal, and the 1099 form has my personal Social Security Number on it, rather than the company's Employer ID Number, which means that I personally…

  • Microsoft Action Pack Assessment and You

    If you've been a subscriber to the Microsoft Action Pack, then you might know of a couple of changes to the plan this year. First up is the requirement that you pass an assessment course. I figured I could do this when I had a chance, and so…

  • The Dilemma of Paid Reviews

    An interesting comment was raised on my review of Web Hosting Bluebook. Someone by the name of "Internet Marketing Blog" (if you follow their link, you get a blog by the name of "Money Maker Jobs", and someone posting under the name of "admin", so finding out the…

  • The Lost Art of Thinking Critically

    In my job, I am often called upon to solve problems – in fact, most of my job is less about writing code or making things pretty (no comments from the gallery, please) than it is figuring out how to make things work the way that they are…

  • Using Feed Digest to Republish Feed Content on Your Site

    With version 3.31 of Movable Type, the product began shipping with feeds.app lite, which allowed some simple abilities for republishing the content of other feeds on your site, through the use of Movable Type template tags. This plugin was a great step forward, and expanded on earlier plugins…