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 [...]
Also tagged Jason Koepke, php, projects, StatusNet, Tech, Web siteThe 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.
The 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 [...]
Also tagged Cuil, Google, search, search engines, Tech, The RegisterU92 has been deemed dangerous by the Internets:
Also tagged online radio, Tech, U92, WVUA friend of ZS’s who I recently met just bought a car and was issued the license plate “404 WTF”. I love it!
Also tagged 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 [...]
Also tagged Administration, Gallery2, help, Tech, zenphotoI am catching up on last week’s Economist and came across a small article on Blue Nile, an online middle-man for jewelry sales (mostly engagement rings). I remember when Blue Nile launched in the late 1990s for a couple reasons, including the fact that it was crazy you could buy high-end jewelry online. Yes, I [...]
Also tagged Blue Nile, economics, Economist, fashion, TechFrom the always excellent This Month In Grime by Martin Clark/Blackdown:
Flow Dan’s also been in the wars this month, in an exchange with former Roll Deep MC, Trim. The source of the beef isn’t clear, but how it’s being played out is more notable. Obviously there’s been some amiable clashing on pirate radio (, naturally) [...]
Also tagged grime, Music, MySpace, Pitchfork Media, Velvet LoungeHere is a super good and super quick explanation of what the law is for music sharing and the consequences of RIAA victories and tactics. Ignore at your own peril.
Also tagged Huffington Post, intellectual property, law, Music, RIAA, Tech