{"id":9394,"date":"2006-07-17T06:53:24","date_gmt":"2006-07-17T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/07\/17\/home-technology-in-the-news.html"},"modified":"2006-07-17T06:53:24","modified_gmt":"2006-07-17T13:53:24","slug":"home_technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/17\/home_technology.html","title":{"rendered":"Home Technology in the News!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things I got done over the weekend: <\/p>\n

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  1. \nInstalled our new wireless router.  Our old NetGear one had been hanging up on a regular basis — like, multiple times per evening.  A power cycle and waiting for the wireless to reconnect and all was good as new, but annoying.  The LinkSys I replaced it with appears to be much more stable.<\/li>\n
  2. \nInstalled Margie’s new Logitech wireless mouse.  She’s still having problems with it, unfortunately.  On the other hand, it was a great opportunity to clear out some unused cabling and stuff around her computer.<\/li>\n
  3. \nGot the 100Gb backup drive for my machine pretty cleared off, so I can keep doing backups to it.  It had multiple images of my notebook from back a year or so ago when the damned thing was crashing regularly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things I did not get done: <\/p>\n

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    1. \nDidn’t get the wireless on the old printer to work with the new router.  Annoying.<\/li>\n
    2. \nDidn’t finish migrating Margie’s document files from her old machine to her new one.  Yes, this is waaaaaay overdue.<\/li>\n
    3. \nDidn’t finish figuring out what I’m going to use the second backup drive for.  Margie’s backups?  Offline storage of photos and other high-space-taking items from my machine, possibly including a lot of my MP3s?<\/li>\n
    4. \nDidn’t get installed the Brother Multi-Function Printer \/ Copier \/ Scanner \/ Fax of the Gods that Margie picked up for us.  Which will be really keen, once installed.  And, being up-to-date wireless, hopefully it will work with the new hub.<\/li>\n
    5. \nDidn’t install MT 3.3<\/a> yet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Les<\/a> has various notes on the Movable Type thang.  I find it fascinating that 6Apart is moving away from the blogger\/blog count restrictions on the free MT license — it’s either a sign of a problem with their client base, or a sign that they’re making more money in other directions (like enterprise\/corporate blogging efforts) and find the word of mouth more valuable. <\/p>\n

      The corporate features of “Movable Type 3.3 Enterprise Edition” sound pretty spiffy, if you were doing a corporate blog thing. <\/p>\n

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      Features exclusive to Movable Type Enterprise include: <\/p>\n

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        LDAP authentication <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Oracle 10g database support <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Cross-blog publishing and aggregation tools <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Increased Administrator controls over customization of user interface <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Activity feeds allowing administrators and authors to be automatically notified about blog activity <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Integrated password reset capability <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Administrator-level search features <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Powerful anti-spam protection with solid feedback management tools <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Compatibility with the existing range of Movable Type plugins, templates, and APIs <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Customizable email integration <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

        Couple of those I wouldn’t mind having on my own blog.  And if I were a corporate blog guy, I’d definitely be jazzed about some of this.  MT33EE also gets you support escalation, especially for high-severity problems.  It gets 6A an annual maintenance fee.  Cool. <\/p>\n

        For us normal mortals, MT 3.3 has a variety of new feature thangs: <\/p>\n

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          Tag Support: Easily discover posts by topic <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Tag Feeds: Easily discover and subscribe to feeds of entries by topic <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Widget Manager: Rearrange page content by drag-and-drop, and integrate with third-party services <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Transformer Plugins: Remix the entire Movable Type interface by using simple, free plugins <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Activity Feeds: Manage your entire blog, its comments and TrackBacks, and get information on your blog\u2019s status with customizable feeds for administrators <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Style Catcher: Choose from hundreds of flexible designs without editing any HTML <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Feed Widget: Include content from any standard feed right on your blog <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Feeds for search results: Site visitors can subscribe to a particular keyword <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Enhanced Task Scheduling: System or plugin actions can be automated and performed at scheduled times, without complicated setup or configuration. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Enhanced Activity Log: Every action in the system is recorded for administrators, and results can easily be filtered or exported for reporting <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Flexible URL Archiving: Ultimate control over your blog publishing, letting you choose the web address for all of your content to optimize for search engines. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Templated search results and email notifications: Customize search result pages or email messages to match your design or to include advertising. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Simpler Settings: Blog configuration now displays fifty fewer settings and controls without sacrificing any advanced options for power users. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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          Smarter Defaults: New simple entry screens make it easier to start creating content, and improvements like resizeable posting areas make authoring more productive. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

          Which looks pretty nice (though I still think Tags are overrated).  I suspect I’ll need to dedicate a couple of days to the upgrade, though, to make all the new bits and pieces work properly. I’ll be sure and give you all fair warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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