Tag: numlock.ch

hm.. what about starting an experimental video/film project? i’d love to shoot films for sure :)

i’d particularly like to experiment with shooting in 3d, unfortunately i lack the gear for it (difficult to get, mostly custom-built cameras, not feasible). however, for a start, two dimensions might be more appropriate anyway.. tiny, loosely related video snippets, arranged to form experimental episodes.. that would be interesting :) eventually in videolog-style? mix-in others’ snippets? fascinating possibilities..

i think i’ll keep this “changelog” till this experimental idea takes shape.. first of all, i need to find some time (-> new year’s pledge? ;)

happy new year!

updated mt from v2.64 to v2.65

this server will be temporarily down as i’m migrating its docroot to another location. thanks for your understanding.

[update: fortunately, the server was down for a few seconds only -> apache restart ;)]

i’ve just re-activated my msn messenger account. contact me as h2o_ch AT msn.com. or use icq: uin 196122009 (h2o). i now use both msn messenger (6.1) (need to check out the video chat/conference feature) and the latest development version of sim (which offers im interoperability with icq, aim, msn, jabber etc.).

first i had login problems which was caused by /me still having msn messenger v4.7 on my notebook. somewhat astonishing, as i regularly use windowsupdate. i’ve thus just sent a customer request to include messenger updates in windowsupdate. i suggest you do the same..

I’m pleased to announce that the management of the Borland Together ControlCenter UNIZH site license has been handed over to the IFI. Many thanks to Beat and Daniel for their kind and unbureaucratic willingness to care for the continuation of the license management. Future license management is thus up to the IFI which may imply some changes in handling, service and availability.

During the transition period, you will still be able to request your copy of the site license key file from this site. After the transition period, you will automatically be forwarded to the new site (please update your bookmarks).

Happy coding and modelling! :)

a) blogrolling.com was way too unreliable and sluggish. i thus replaced it by the previous simple but reliable and fast link list. my suggestion to the blogrolling-gang: use active tracking of changes instead of just relying on pings.

b) added a new plugin called simplecomments. it treats trackbacks (“pings”) as comments which makes it handy for creating “last comments/pings” listings. the relevant code on this site is:

<div class="sidetitle">
Latest comments/pings
</div>

<div class="side">
<MTSimpleComments lastn="5" sort_order="descend">
&lt:MTSimpleCommentIfTrackback>
<a name="trackback-<MTPingID>"></a>
 » <b><a href="<MTPingURL>"><MTPingBlogName></a></b> 
 (<a href="<$MTPingURL$>"><$MTPingTitle$>..</a>)<br />
</MTSimpleCommentIfTrackback>
<MTSimpleCommentIfComment>
<a name="comment-<MTCommentID>"></a>
 » <b><$MTCommentAuthorLink$></b> 
<MTCommentEntry>
 (<a href="<$MTEntryLink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$>..</a>)
</MTCommentEntry><br />
</MTSimpleCommentIfComment>
</MTSimpleComments>
</div>

c) added a category archive and a listing of category mappings for each entry. further added some numbers for counting entries per category and per month.

i’ve finally migrated my tiny “blogroll” to blogrolling.com. no changes content-wise (so far). i’m still waiting for the most cynical blog (“the dullest blog in the world”) to rise from the dead. else i will have to remove it *sniff*.

blogrolling.com does not really offer the thing i am looking for (a pull to push converter for better scalability). looks like i’d need to implement such a service myself. like this, i could also implement notification upon new comments on others’ blogs. i don’t get why comments aren’t included in any bloggersoft’s rdf feed i know of. the rdf grammar is pretty general actually.

mettlerd@o2 mettlerd $ uname -a
Linux o2.numlock.ch 2.6.0-test6 #1 Thu Oct 2 17:02:21 UTC 2003 i686 VIA Samuel 2 CentaurHauls GNU/Linux

currently, the kernel config is far from being optimized (features, size, performance) and i haven’t applied the latest exec-shield patch yet.

later i will eventually do some rudimentary performance comparisons between 2.4.22-ac1 and 2.6.0-test6.

[update: i’ve just applied the latest exec-shield patch]

gee.. now even my change/b/log is getting spammed (as seen with online guestbooks before)! i’ve just noticed a – now deleted – comment entry looking like a spam message. it obviously wasn’t posted by a person but a bot running on a box at 66.111.50.170. among others, it reads: “If you find this entry inappropriate please remove it from your database!”. as if spam could ever be appropriate.. darn dingo.

it’s time for spamassassin for blogs. eventhough – unlike andreas’ experiences – i’ve noticed more false negatives recently. this might have to do with several rbl shutting down service after suffering dos attacks – allegedly by spammers. furthermore, spammers become more sophisticated, now often sending image-only spam messages, preventing many text-based filtering approaches (as only the headers are left for analyzing).

another (most effective) solution would be to disable anonymous comments (which scuks). if the spamming problem persists, there’s no other choice left atm.

need to get some useful moveabletype plugins. for blogrolling and such. any recommendations by chance?

further i should review my mt setup. some valuable features apparently still don’t work (e.g. e-mail notification upon posting, pinging sites(?)).

i need at least:
– blogrolling (or similar functionality)
– plugin to integrate some feeds such as those by /. or the lkml