Archive for December, 2004

12-23-2004

creative social experimentation in Bogota, Columbia

The Harvard Gazette has a great article about a former mayor of Bogota, Columbia named Antanas Mockus and his creative social experimentation. I’ve long been a fan of the Global Ideas Bank and I think that there are a lot of creative ideas out there that are worth a try. The article gives evidence that some of those creative ideas do work.

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12-22-2004

lazyweb request for tabbed Firefox sidebar switching

I would love to be able to switch more easily between the various Firefox sidebars I’ve started using regularly (Scrapbook, Wikalong, and Sage). I wish there were an extension for Firefox to allow for easier switching between the various sidebars (ie, tabs). It might not be that much work for someone who knows more about developing Firefox extensions, so I thought I’d make my first Lazyweb request.

Update: I’ve managed to do almost what I was asking for, by adding a row of Toolbar buttons for each of the Sidebars I use. The only one that doesn’t yet offer a toolbar button is Wikalong and I’ve posted a feature request for that one.

Update 2 (01/12/2007): I’ve now been using the All-in-One Sidebar for quite a while. It does everything I requested above and then some.

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12-21-2004

WordPress first impressions

I’ve now tested the blosxom, sphpblog, and pivot blog engines. Respectively, I found them to be too difficult to set up, lacking in features, and cumbersome to administer.

I’m now giving WordPress a spin. So far, I’ve found it to be none of the above. For lack of a better term, it seems “clean,” similar to what I like about pmwiki.

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12-21-2004

first post

If you can read this, WordPress is working. Woohoo!

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12-21-2004

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is the first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

Posted by Matt in general | 1 Comment »