I am in the process of setting up a photo gallery on this site. I plan on using Brandon Fuller’s “MTPhotoGallery plugin”:http://brandon.fuller.name/archives/hacks/mtphotogallery/#install to do the bulk of the work. The tutorial by “John Day Reiner”:http://www.photojunkie.org/archives/2004/04/12/fun_with_mt_photogallery.php will be my guide for setting up the templates. Now I need to crank up the scanner and get to work.
Naming and branding links
Here are a couple of links for my son “Sean”:http://sean.fioritto.us as he works on naming and branding for his business idea: * “Snark Hunting”:http://www.snarkhunting.com/index.html – Naming and Branding in Popular Culture * “Building the Perfect Beast: The Igor Naming Guide”:http://www.igorinternational.com/naming-guide.html
Shortwave radio links
I have always been fascinated with shortwave radio. I have a 1940’s era Zenith radio that I received from my grandparents. It serves as a decorative piece in our living room now since I’m a bit leery of plugging it in. One of these days I want to restore it. Here’s a list of links for later reference: “Dxing.com”:http://www.dxing.com is…
The power of storytelling and images
Visual Improvisation Cliff Atkinson describes an interesting visual improvisation exercise where conference attendees were given one minute to tell a story about their company and they had to refer in some way to the image on the screen. If you are looking for new ways to use powerpoint and other media to communicate your ideas, Cliff’s “beyond bullets”:http://sociablemedia.typepad.com/beyond_bullets/ is a…
Develop your strategic thinking abilities
From the “Innovation Weblog”:http://www.innovationtools.com/weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?ArticleID=472 bq. Paul Schumann of The Innovation Road Map Travelogue Weblog, outlines four abilities that you can develop to enhance your capability to think strategically.
Amazing service from Hosting Matters
I can’t say enought about how great my experience has been with “Hosting Matters”:http://www.hostmatters.com. At 12:08 EST I sent a request asking them to install a Perl module so I could use a script to post to my weblog via email. By 12:32 I was notified that the module had been installed. Why can’t other companies respond like this?
Test post using the pop3-to-MT.pl script
This is a test post using the pop3-to-MT.pl script. I am sending this via Outlook and in plain text. The script was authored by “Scott Fallin”:http://www.scottfallin.com/hacks/pop3toMT-doc.text and more information on how to use it and set it up can be found “here”:http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2003/06/25/post-to-your-mt-blog-by-email/#004001.
WordPress weblog software
I just set my son up with his very own “weblog”:http://sean.fioritto.us/blog/weblog using “WordPress”:http://www.wordpress.org. I am hosting at “Hosting Matters”:http://www.hostmatters.com and setting this up could not have been easier. I logged into their control panel and selected to install WordPress into his subdomain. It took less than 5 minutes and he’s up and running. I like what I see so far…
Movielink Trial
After two failed attempts I was finally able to download a movie from Movielink and sucessfully play it at home on my TV. Some observations: 1. The site can be very slow. I tried to add a film to my shopping cart twice, but the browser hung and I bailed. If you are behind a firewall this most likely won’t…
Panasonic SV-AS10S D-Snap 2MP Digital Camera
I have been looking for an inexpensive camera/note taking device and this looks promising. MP3 playback is a bonus. Amazon.com: Camera & Photo: Panasonic SV-AS10S D-Snap 2MP Digital Camera (Silver)