Friday, January 06, 2006
Summer of Code - Gaim
Jonathan's summer of code blog gives me a nice image outlining the file send code paths for the OSCAR protocol. I wonder if this is in any way related to the way jabber handles files too (probably not)...
If you haven't noticed, I have not posted here in, well... over a year. I've still got a livejournal account for daily randomness, and I'm strongly considering hosting my own blog with WordPress.
Anyway, there is still a remote chance I'll use this blog more, but I think my focus for the near future will be upgrading my web site away from Mambo instead.
Anyway, there is still a remote chance I'll use this blog more, but I think my focus for the near future will be upgrading my web site away from Mambo instead.
Saturday, February 21, 2004
xMambo 4.5
Looks like they're getting closer. If xMambo is able to create fully XHTML/CSS compliant pages, it's a lot closer to becoming a very flexible publishing tool. Couple that with static file publishing as an alternative option and you've got a system that more closely matches high-end CMS packages.
I still don't see Mambo performing as strongly with workflow, notification, metadata or fulltext search... but I still have a lot to learn about the system and so far I've been really pleased.
It also appears that MOS fared quite well in a review from Linux Magazine. The review states good marks in scalability as well -- I would like to see some real benchmarks coming out of this area, but so far my PII 233 is rendering the site quite reliably. Yay for PHP thus far. :-)
Looks like they're getting closer. If xMambo is able to create fully XHTML/CSS compliant pages, it's a lot closer to becoming a very flexible publishing tool. Couple that with static file publishing as an alternative option and you've got a system that more closely matches high-end CMS packages.
I still don't see Mambo performing as strongly with workflow, notification, metadata or fulltext search... but I still have a lot to learn about the system and so far I've been really pleased.
It also appears that MOS fared quite well in a review from Linux Magazine. The review states good marks in scalability as well -- I would like to see some real benchmarks coming out of this area, but so far my PII 233 is rendering the site quite reliably. Yay for PHP thus far. :-)
Sunday, January 11, 2004
The power of a decent server: a new Linux machine at home?
I'm finally thinking it's time to do it. I need to upgrade my linux machine to something better than a PII 233. Crazy-sounding, isn't it? But yeah, I think I'm ready to go for it.
I'm finally thinking it's time to do it. I need to upgrade my linux machine to something better than a PII 233. Crazy-sounding, isn't it? But yeah, I think I'm ready to go for it.
Friday, November 28, 2003
Taking care of Linux
I think this is an important task, and one that's not yet as well known to me as taking care of the old Windows stuff. Here is an article with links that help:
Rescue, Linux style
http://www.infoworld.com/article/02/08/16/020819opsource_1.html
Meanwhile I'm trying to decide where to spend my time. I'd like to have a site that's visitor-ready by the Christmas holiday, and I also have to keep in touch with them beforehand. Plus, there are a thousand other potential projects. I wish I could learn faster!
I think this is an important task, and one that's not yet as well known to me as taking care of the old Windows stuff. Here is an article with links that help:
Rescue, Linux style
http://www.infoworld.com/article/02/08/16/020819opsource_1.html
Meanwhile I'm trying to decide where to spend my time. I'd like to have a site that's visitor-ready by the Christmas holiday, and I also have to keep in touch with them beforehand. Plus, there are a thousand other potential projects. I wish I could learn faster!
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Rich's Mambo site
Mambo server installed. Once again I'm up stupidly late messing with it, this time entering content however. I'm kind of excited that this could be a very usable system, and I really hope I can garner some good concepts from this app.
Here's what I'd like to have on my web site:
- site news
- photo gallery
- discussion board
- blogger
- interests / projects sections
- documentation / learning resources
There are probably other things that I can't think of right now... like subsites. Right. Anyways, I hope I can do some of this stuff but I wanted to write down the basics here before I forget.
Oh... happy Thanksgiving! :-)
Mambo server installed. Once again I'm up stupidly late messing with it, this time entering content however. I'm kind of excited that this could be a very usable system, and I really hope I can garner some good concepts from this app.
Here's what I'd like to have on my web site:
- site news
- photo gallery
- discussion board
- blogger
- interests / projects sections
- documentation / learning resources
There are probably other things that I can't think of right now... like subsites. Right. Anyways, I hope I can do some of this stuff but I wanted to write down the basics here before I forget.
Oh... happy Thanksgiving! :-)
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Installing Mambo Server
You know, I'm running in circles trying to install Mambo server. Things I've got to do:
- configure Apache
- configure PHP support for Apache (and zlib, apparently)
- configure mysql
Here's hoping each of these tasks isn't too tough!
You know, I'm running in circles trying to install Mambo server. Things I've got to do:
- configure Apache
- configure PHP support for Apache (and zlib, apparently)
- configure mysql
Here's hoping each of these tasks isn't too tough!
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Slashdot | How to Set Up a Gift Website?
This one piqued my interest. Content Management Systems for the masses are becoming a hot topic for the consumer world. Now that everyone's making this cool media, how do you assemble it into something that looks good on your personal my-name-dot-com website? :-)
This one piqued my interest. Content Management Systems for the masses are becoming a hot topic for the consumer world. Now that everyone's making this cool media, how do you assemble it into something that looks good on your personal my-name-dot-com website? :-)
