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• links for Thursday, November 22

  There are no bugs, only unintended causationTags: software development, bugs, geekyA peak inside my mindFor Arin, my family and my non-nerd friends: read this. You might understand me better. "Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook" - a simply great article....

• links for Wednesday, November 21

  Benchmarking Scripts for Movable TypeFor today's hackathon I put together some benchmarking scripts for Movable Type. I used these during the release of MT4 to help establish what performance gains were made in that release...Tags: movabletype, performance, reporting, analysisInstallation of...

• links for Tuesday, November 20

  Comment Trolling Has A Psychological ExplanationComments trolls are the bane of most sites; where as the vast majority of people may never comment on a post (as is ...Tags: trolls, community, commentingView all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia...

• links for Monday, November 19

  On iMT and a Lightweight MT Interface for the DesktopTim Appnel on a light weight admin interface for MT.Tags: movabletype, tim appnel, imt, admin, design, user interfaceView all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia...

• links for Sunday, November 18

  Well Done: a food company annual report that has to be cooked firstI love annual reports from companies that contain special treats - Pixar was always good about that... and so was Coca-Cola back in the day. But this one...

• links for Saturday, November 17

  FoameeI owe Doug Bowman a beer for this one.View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia...

• links for Friday, November 16

  Memcached Stats for MTMark Carey does it again. I would chalk this plugin as an essentially plugin for the IT admin in your MT-powered organization.Tags: awesome, movabletypeUsing exit in mod_perlAaron was briefing me just a moment ago on one of...

• links for Saturday, November 10

  NIIHAU a shoal of timeArin and I have been fascinated by the island of Niihau - or the "Forbidden Island." The island is privately owned, hence the reason for it being forbidden. Well, that and the fact the owners are...

• links for Wednesday, November 07

  Defensio: New Anti-Spam ServiceTags: blogging, spamModeration Plugin for MTMT-Moderate provides additional functionality for your Movable Type-powered site, which enhances the feedback by enabling additional control over how the feedback is processed. Notably options are provided where both comments and trackbacks...

• links for Tuesday, November 06

  Twin Musical Tesla Coils playing Mario BrosTwin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC CoxTags: funny, gaming, awesome, geekyFive Things You Need To Know About Movable...

• links for Monday, November 05

  Regarding EnclosuresExcellent and detailed analysis of Movable Type's support for podcasting and enclosures. Movable Type can definitely improve - there is no doubt - but it is good to see some root cause analysis of Geek News Central's issues posted...

• links for Sunday, November 04

  the PIXEL IMPLOSION!The pixel artist behind the new Tumblr, last.fm and more.Tags: designer, artist, illustrator, designView all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia...

• links for Sunday, November 04

  Beetle the BardI must admit that while on one hand I am glad the Potter story has come to a conclusion, I know that the Potter universe still interests me. It will be nice when this book is released to...

• links for Saturday, November 03

  TubbypawsHalo 3 was soooo three weeks ago. Now its all about Portal!Tags: funny, gamingView all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia...

• links for Friday, November 02

  MT4 Podcasting Templates (MT Hacks)Mark Carey has been kind enough to package up these podcasting feed templates for use with his Template Installer plugin. Thanks Mark!Tags: movabletypeSun JarOooh - good gift ideaTags: gift ideasOpenSocial, Killer Apps and Regular PeopleThere is...

• links for Thursday, November 01

  bradchoate.com: Probably not what Vonage was expecting Mint.com to recommend...Tags: mint, funny"Fighting AIDS with Software"My sister works at Frog Design - and is working on a cool conference called Pop!Tech -- "Pop!Tech organizers then brought in Frog Design to do...

• links for Wednesday, October 31

  Harper's Halloween CostimeArin amazes me with her crispiness. She made Harper's Halloween costume from scratch (again). I must admit, I was skeptical going in, but as always, she pulled it off. Many people actually asked her if she would design...

• links for Monday, October 29

  A new version of EctoWord has it that support for Movable Type has been greatly improved and enhanced in the latest version of ecto. Awesome.Tags: ecto, movabletype, posing clients, atom, xmlrpcWeekend SherpaGet outdoors with Weekend Sherpa. Find weekend activities from...

• links for Friday, October 26

  The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation MarksThis site is for my wife Arin, who as a copy editor will probably get lost exploring the many ways in which "people" abuse quotation "marks." (sorry, I couldn't help it)Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★...

• links for 2007-10-24

  Massive List of Plug-ins for Apple Mail Thanks walt for the tip, but there is still no frickn plugin that will leave a message as unread for n seconds. Why!?!?! (tags: apple application tips tools plugin software mail.app mail...

• links for 2007-10-19

  Ira Glass' Tips on Storytelling This American Life is the single best show on the radio. It reminds us all the power and importance of storytelling in our culture, and unimportant special effects and bells and whistles really are....

• links for 2007-10-18

  Tips For Customizing Templates With Comment Forms In MT4 Tim provides a nice article on how users can customize their comment form templates in MT4. He clearly outlines the things users should pay close attention to, like how to...

• links for 2007-10-16

  Underground Wonders of the World: Lost Caverns and Buried Cities (tags: photography architecture underground photos cool) Deserted Wonders of the Modern World - Cities, Towns and Other Urban Centers (tags: architecture abandoned urban photography photos travel cool) Deserted Wonders...

• links for 2007-10-11

  WordPress and Amazon S3 Major props to Wordpress for taking this leap. I really respect Matt's financial transparency and am surprised that it won't be saving him money. I will need to comment on his blog to ask more...

• links for 2007-10-10

  Retrofit Your MT3.x Templates With New MT4 Comments I love it when community members help us with this kind of documentation. Very useful. +1 (tags: movabletype templates design) New OpenID Website New design for OpenID.net (tags: OpenID design)...

• links for 2007-10-06

  Parenting 2.0 - Manage Your Child's Identity Online Hat Tip: My Sister who works for Frog Design which published this article. (tags: parenting, identity, frog design)...

• links for 2007-10-02

  ScienceBlogs receives its 500,000th Comment Congrats to the Science Blogs team for reaching this remarkable milestone (ScienceBlogs is powered by Movable Type). (tags: movabletype)...

• links for 2007-09-27

  Amazon.com MP3 Downloads It is nice to have a more MP3 player agnostic marketplace. Right? Or does the 87% iPod market share kind of make this less meaningful? (tags: amazon mp3 Music store audio)...

• links for 2007-09-23

  The New Colors of U.S. Money A great collection of images of the newly redesigned line up of US bills. (tags: color design money)...

• links for 2007-09-22

  The Social Graph in Plain Language Jesse provides a pretty decent analysis of the Open Social Graph, and he even pitches a name: SNAP (Social Network Asset Portability). (tags: open socialnetworking graph sixapart social) Six Apart - We Are...

• links for 2007-09-20

  Code Style: CSS font-family property glossary (tags: design typography webdesign)...