I successfully installed StatusNet (nee: Laconica) this morning to my Web server, but in doing so I came across an issue that appears undocumented.
The StatusNet install is simple and straightforward. You UL the relevant files to your server and then visit the install path in your browser. StatusNet asks you to fill in several basic [...]
I have made slow progress on evolving my site, but the results are now becoming visible so a post is appropriate. The jasonkoepke.com part of the site has been PHP-ified, allowing me more flexibility and fun. This was a setup to display RSS feeds on the home page, which will give that page some content [...]
Tagged Internet, Jason Koepke, php, projects, StatusNet, Tech, Web siteI know several parents who swear that video games are bad news and they won’t let their kids play them. The absurdity of this argument is off the scale for a couple reasons that I won’t go into here. But BoingBoing recently posted a critique of Candy Land that changes the line of argument I [...]
Tagged BoingBoing, parenting, Tech, video gamesI saw this location-reference sticker the other day and loved it:
Tagged bumper stickers, cars, computing, encryption, pgp, security, TechThe Tor Project recently released it’s roadmap for the next three years, and the roadmap is a worthwhile scan for anyone involved in networking and/or online anonymity.
I follow Tor development and have been lucky enough to meet and chat extensively with two of the lead developers in the project.
I noticed that American Express now lets customers tag charges. For example, I can tag an expense as “business”, “tech”, and “none of your business”. Kinda cool, although I won’t use it.
Tagged 2.0, American Express, tags, TechThe Register has a great piece on Cuil’s launch, its impact on Google, and what the Web really is these days. While I don’t completely agree with the article’s point, thinking of the Web not as the culmination of linked documents but as The Index (i.e., search engine handling of the Web) is interesting and [...]
Tagged Cuil, Google, Internet, search, search engines, Tech, The RegisterI meant to post a note about the backlash against MySpace.com, which I have written about before, in early February but I forgot. Wired, however, has not, and they include an article about the backlash and a guide for parents.
While in Orlando, I heard on CNBC that MySpace.com subscriber growth was 165,000+ per month, and [...]
A friend of ZS’s who I recently met just bought a car and was issued the license plate “404 WTF”. I love it!
Tagged Internet, license plate, Tech, ZSI am currently fiddling with an install of zenphoto, mainly to replace the incredibly slow, bloated, and annoying Gallery2 install I have for my photos (yes, my friends may stop clapping now). During the aforementioned fiddling, I received an error when trying to save Edits to a specific album. The error is this:
Error: The albums [...]
Tagged Administration, Gallery2, help, Internet, Tech, zenphoto