Monthly Archives: January 2003

GLUE Droplets

By | January 30, 2003

I went to a web services training class in San Francisco yesterday. It was sponsored by The Mind Electric, Droplets, and MEC. IBM allowed them to set it up at their offices at Market and Fremont. Although I was impressed by TME’s GLUE and by Droplets’ eponymous software, a lot of things went wrong during… Read More »

I Am Not Alone

By | January 23, 2003

Identity Theft Complaints Double in ’02 I’m now well into the process of clearing up my credit record. This experience is supplying me with a lot of information on how to deal with identity theft efficiently once it has happened to you. I’ll try to organize it in a reasonable fashion and add it to… Read More »

Blogger Support

By | January 20, 2003

As is almost always the case, it took longer than I expected, but I now have PhoneBlogger working with both Movable Type and Blogger blogs. Next on the list is Radio. My work here is done. I am going to sleep.

Individual Archive Filenames

By | January 19, 2003

I had to change the Movable Type pattern used to generate the filenames for individual archive files due to a current PhoneBlogger limitation. PhoneBlogger currently uses boilerplate text for the title and entry text. The link to the audio file is the only unique text. Since the previous filename generator pattern I was using put… Read More »

Identity Theft

By | January 14, 2003

Some bum going by the name of Robert L. Stewart (that’s not my middle initial) has stolen my identity. According to the Experian credit report I received today, since June of last year he has used four addresses in Tulsa, three addresses in Kansas City, and two addresses in Topeka to request credit accounts using… Read More »

I Google-Own Incinerator Toilet

By | January 12, 2003

I’m now the proud owner of the top link on Google for the search terms incinerator toilet. I thank each and every one of you who has searched on that phrase (or “incinerating toilet” or “Incinolet” or “toilet that incinerates”) and then clicked through to read my story about the incinerating toilet at our cabin.… Read More »

Your PhoneBlogger

By | January 12, 2003

If you’re interested in trying out PhoneBlogger, there are a couple options. I give you a guest account on my test blog I give you instructions for setting up your own PhoneBlogger installation I help you set up your own PhoneBlogger installation If you just want to try out PhoneBlogger, but aren’t sure you’re ready… Read More »

Welcome to PhoneBlogger

By | January 9, 2003

Well, enough fooling around with development and alpha code. I now have a version of PhoneBlogger that is in good enough shape to demonstrate. Click on the “recorded message” link in my post before this one to hear it in action. PhoneBlogger is an automated voice application. After asking you for info about which pre-configured… Read More »

Movie Review – Fever Pitch

By | January 8, 2003

I purchased Fever Pitch on DVD for my wife for Xmas and we watched it this past weekend. Fever Pitch was originally released in the UK in 1996 or 97, but has been available in the States only for a few years. Many of the people who reviewed the movie on Amazon were offended that… Read More »