Daily Archives: February 27, 2003

Testing NetNewsWire

Just some behind-the-scenes stuff. For one thing, I upgraded the version of Movable Type to 2.62. It adds some features I might play with later. Another change that you all should never see is the update of the web-log stats software to version 5.4 from 5.3.

And finally this… I’m taking a test-drive of the full version of the RSS browsing software that I’ve used a couple of times. So far, I like the interface, but I’m not that fond of the actual editing. It improves text styling for the entry, but removes some of the finer control you get from Movable Type’s web interface. I’d like to be able to have more control of what shows up as the main body, where the extended entry begins, and what goes into the subheading ‘blurb.’

Anyway, those are my problems… So far, the full version is nice but I’m not likely to pay the $30 registration fee for ‘nice.’

In the Zome

One of the great things about my job (apart from having a server where I can test out blogging software) is that we get cool toys at educational prices.

The latest arrival is a set of geometric modeling gear from Zome Tools. It’s a series of plastic struts and connectors that you can use to build all sorts of mathematical models.
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