Web

Microsoft Still Doesn’t Get Standards

As part of my job I use the Microsoft JavaScript language reference all day long (the product I work on embeds the Microsoft Script engine). Up until today, I’ve been able to access this site via FireFox, and although it didn’t work as good as the MSIE version, it worked OK.

Tagging is Tough

With all the talk about tagging and folksonomies (I hate that word), I encountered a discussion on Philipp Keller’s site about the database schemas behind tagging systems.

Porting to WordPress

Now that I’ve decided to switch to WordPress (yes, Josh, I know you’re so happy), I need to figure out how I’m going to organise the site.

Currently, newburyportion is set up as three separate weblogs using Movable Type: the journal, nerd, and our photography site. This was made necessary by limitations of Movable Type, but now that things are set up that way, I’m inclined to leave it.

Installing WordPress

Well that was easy. Really. And now it uses MarkDown too. It seems that not all the information on either of the Internets is entirely up to date.

Turning on MarkDown was simplicity itself.

Now I need to figure out how to handle the three sections that comprise newburyportion.com: journal, nerd, and photography.

Ditching Movable Type

I need a better content management system than Movable Type. I’ve written about this before (Movable Type Feels Stagnant and What’s Wrong With Movable Type).