Meta: October 2004 Archives

This site is hosted by Bloghosts, and I am very happy with their service. They are very cheap, and Jace ---who runs the company--- always gives great service. But lately they are having some problems. Not that it affects me, since my site has already been set up and runs fine. Fortunately, Jace has build up a lot of credit, and most existing customers understand the situation, and are willing to wait until the problems are solved. I also hope that bloghosts gets their things together before I need them.

I just installed the latest version (1.32) of the MTSimpleComments plugin, but receive the following error when scheduled posts are being built:

Undefined subroutine MTPlugins::simplecomments::SimpleCommentCount at lib/MT/Builder.pm line 139

The strange thing is that all files ---both from index templates as archive templates--- are created correctly, except for the main index.

Movable Type version 3.12 was released today, and as usual I immediately installed it. The feature I wanted was the promised fasted build times, but I also encountered some undocumented new buttons in the edit screen:

I uploaded the image above using the Upload File button, but was a little bit disappointed that this feature did not copy the corresponding <img> element into my entry. Shall I wait for version 3.13?

In the pas years I have written 375 entries ---linkdump excluded--- for this site, of which only 21 ---6%--- are related to my professional life. Does that mean that nothing interesting is happening during the hours I spend in the office? Does that mean I am not enthusiastic about my job?

Of course not. I don't write about my job because I don't know how my colleagues are going to react. The things happening here simply don't pass to my personal filter; the same filter that blocks all subjects that are too personal.

Lately I have been thinking about writing more about my job, since we are doing very interesting things, and I don't know anybody else writing about POS software, warehouse software and financial software. I thought about mentioning the idea to my colleagues before I start writing more, but is that really necessary???

I am clearly not the only person having these thoughts, and today Robert Scoble tried to convince all of us to not be afraid to blog. He is absolutely right, corporate blogging can give another face to your company. I'll have to think it over a little bit more, and maybe soon you will find more news about ICG software on this site. If that would happen, Robert Scoble can be satisfied about his work.

I just looked into the log files, and found out that people got blocked for trying to open old MP3 files from the jukebox.

The jukebox is supposed to handle all requests for MP3 files on Brain Tags. If the requested file exists and the time-out period has not passed yet, the file is served; in all other occasions a list of currently available files is presented.

However, after forwarding MP3 requests to the jukebox, all requests for old MP3 files got redirected to my spamtrap, effectively blocking visitors looking for MP3 files. Of course, I immediately fixed the problem.