http://weblog.datguy.net Thoughts and observations by DAT Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:00:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This was entered as a Writely document, to test Writely’s ability to post to my blog. It can! However, the following features don’t work right: it can’t unpublish the entry posting updates adds an entry instead of updating the original one when I finish editing this document, then edit again, it doesn’t seem ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/08/30/writely-test/ I couldn’t get Xen to work on Fedora. I was following a quick start guide, but the computer failed to start with the Xen kernel. I downloaded VMWare server and registered for a free license. During installation, it needed to compile a module; I didn’t have the compiler ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/08/03/virtual-windows-but-no-xen/ I noticed recently that Fedora Core 5 includes Xen (or at least makes it easier to install). I hadn’t used my Debian installation for a while, so I decided to wipe it and install Fedora. After I found the network install (boot.iso) and struggled a little to figure ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/07/28/the-fedora-experiment/ I learned a new trick yesterday. Apparently if you dial *228, you can update the software on your phone (option 1?). I’ve seen people advocate doing this update every month to keep up with the latest changes. I don’t know if this is unique to Verizon, but ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/06/30/verizon-228/ I love del.icio.us, and I’ve used it extensively as a way to quickly bookmark things that I want to be able to find on both my home and work computers. Alas, the network gods at Wachovia have blocked access to the site from the corporate network, so it looks ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/06/28/less-delicious-more-wiki/ In my last post about Flex, I mentioned that there was a non-commercial license available. Well, I took the time to apply, and after several weeks (after I had given up hope, really) I got an email that I had been granted a license. The email contained a ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/03/30/let-the-flexing-begin/ I got an idea for a web site — MoneyTrail.com. The domain is taken but not active. My idea is to write something in the margin of a bill to drive people to the website. The web site would have a way for the person to identify a ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/01/13/moneytrail/ I’m not sure it really qualifies as art, but over the course of a year at work, my coworkers and I had a constantly changing display of action figures on top of our cubicles. Some days were more creative than others, with the scene changing several times. Other ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/01/05/cubicle-art/ I have a much longer post in the works (mentally) on a related topic, but I had to get this thought out… One of the main things I look for in the software that will run my web sites is something that (once installed) I can completely manage through the browser. ... http://weblog.datguy.net/2006/01/03/wacky-wiki/ I’ve been looking for a replacement for the built-in task manager, and I just found a good (free) one called Process Explorer. The Sysinternals Freeware site looks like it has a number of other good utilities as well. http://weblog.datguy.net/2005/12/27/sysinternals-freeware/