M a r k P i t . c o m

"After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless." - The Tao of Programming

Conversion to dasBlog

clock April 2, 2005 01:39 by author Mark
Well, I finally bit the bullet and converted from .Text to dasBlog. Why did I convert? I didn't want to upgrade from .Text to Community Server. It just seems like overkill for my site. I don't need forums or support for multiple blogs. I also wanted to remove the dependency on SQL Server. I used DotText2DasBlog to import my posts. It worked really well!


Cherry OS Closer to Release?

clock March 7, 2005 22:23 by author Mark
The Cherry OS website has been updated. It almost looks like it is going to be available pretty soon. Could it be?


MacGenius Silenced

clock March 7, 2005 22:20 by author Mark
Looks like the MacGenius, a blog written by an Apple "Genius" has been shut down. This was no sugar-coated blog, he was pretty blunt about things going on at the Apple Store. I wonder if he did it on his own or if he was asked to take it down?  Only got 4 posts up before shutting down!


Cherry OS Delayed... again

clock November 26, 2004 19:30 by author Mark
So, CherryOS was supposed to be available for download on Nov. 25th, but it looks like it has been delayed again. I still think this is a hoax. Would be pretty cool if it was real though.


Four More Years

clock November 11, 2004 20:50 by author Mark

This is great...



Alternative Name for Podcasting?

clock October 16, 2004 12:23 by author Mark
In Adam Curry's "Daily SourceCode" on Oct. 13th, there's some talk about the name "Podcasting". Chris Pirillo talks about it too. Some people don't like the name because it seems to tie it to the Apple iPod and leave out other MP3 players. What about calling it "Blogcasting"? It seems to have been born out of blogging, so it kinda makes sense. What do you think?


Alternatives to DSL and Cable Internet Access

clock August 25, 2004 23:49 by author Mark

I live in the Phoenix area (Chandler to be exact) and currently use COX High Speed Internet. I am basically happy with it, but I have been wondering what my alternatives are. There are a lot of limitations with COX, no access to external SMTP servers, very limited upstream speeds, just to name a couple. I see that SpeedChoice (Sprint) isn't taking any new customers. Besides Qwest DSL (yuck!) what are my choices?



More IE Vulnerabilities

clock July 13, 2004 14:56 by author Mark
Wow, it seems like we just patched for some big IE vulnerability and now there are more again. Glad I switched!


Gmail hype

clock July 8, 2004 23:52 by author Mark
Seems like everyone is going nuts over Gmail. Its mail, big deal. OK, they do offer quite a bit of space, but do you really need (or want) to keep 1 GB of mail hanging around? Sure, it has a search feature, but I can search my mail in Outlook now. What's better about Gmail's search? I'm not trying to be smart, I really would like to hear about it. This site has some interesting things to say about it... Seems a little paranoid, but they do have some points.


.Text and Firefox

clock July 8, 2004 23:35 by author Mark

I'd like to get my blog looking better in Firefox. I found a little tip here, but it still isn't perfect. I haven't done any serious cross-browser development in years, so I'm not even really sure why it is messed up in Firefox. Guess I'll have to do some experimentation and see what happens.



About the author

Mark Pitman is a dad, husband and software developer. Not always in that order, but I try!



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