Shuttle
Well, my faxed transaction to Shuttle is in the process of clearing, which should result in a shiny new motherboard in my sweaty mitts by the end of this week or the beginning of the next. My poor computer is off, because I don’t want to do any damage to my beautiful CPU.
Needless to say, I’m seriously missing the PVR.
In my recent trend of iconoclasm, I’m starting to research blog software that might motivate me to drop Textpattern. Geeklog is a contender. Drupal appeals based on technology, but I know I wouldn’t be happy with ease of use. Geeklog powers Groklaw, which is frequented often by open source nutties. On the other hand, Drupal powers KernelTrap, which is one of my preferred haunts.
The problem with these is that they are more like CMS solutions than blog software. They build community websites, not post boards. I don’t need all of that, so it seems like a lot of weight to put on the server for nothing. I think I’m just vain and would rather see some enhanced theming capability on both the user and administrative side. Textpattern is a relative infant in the field, so maybe all that’s coming.
Since you all don’t get to step into the bedroom and see what I’m seeing as I type this, the admin theme is just-brighter-than UT orange, and it drives me batty. The external theming is largely done by cutting and pasting, which is really not sexy.
By the way, the Apache filter that was crimping my style yesterday is called mod_security, and it can suck it.
I don’t know why Speakeasy doesn’t serve H-Town yet, and I don’t have a landline number to check for Norman (that’s not University VoIP).
Anyway… back to football.