March 18, 2007
you might have noticed a few changes here at the funcave, particularly over there on the sidebar. i decided it was time to rip out some of the existing systems, particularly those which were more flash than anything else.
that’s right kiddos, say goodbye to our old pal…
r.i.p. funcave console
but i also decided it was finally time to quit hacking around with the sidebar.php file manually. so the robot horde bolted on a nifty new implant system called sidebar modules aka sbm.
the upgrade couldn’t have gone any smoother & now makes sidebar changes as easy as a few mouseclicks. the power & flexibility of wordpress continues to amaze me.
big huge thanks & a shoutout to lee kelleher, super-nice guy & the creator of the nifty category cloud widget for wordpress. lee was kind enough to help me get his widget working with sbm. kudos lee!
but the very best of the changes slated for the funcave is still yet to come!
stay tuned, kiddos…
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March 3, 2007
if you run wordpress & happened to load the recent 2.1.1 update, go now & get a copy of 2.1.2.
seems one of the wordpress.org servers got cracked & exploit code was inserted into the 2.1.1 build by the intruder.
so the wordpress folks did the responsible thing & pushed through an emergency update.
be sure & give the remediation docs a thorough read.
if you’re updating from 2.1.1, the procedure is much more complex than the normal update process.
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February 18, 2007
even tho i’ve been using onenote since it was initially released, i wouldn’t say i’m a onenote evangelist…
especially not to the degree of queenie, that’s for sure.
but i am getting to be particularly fond of onenote mobile 2007, which is included with every copy of onenote 2007.
since you still have to pony for onenote, i can’t really term this one a freebie. even so, it’s still a nice piece of functionality thrown in.
that’s because onenote mobile turns out to be a surprisingly handy mobile note-taking tool. even with a feature set that’s necessarily cut-down compared to its desktop big brother, onenote mobile still beats the payants off regular old notes.
if i could add one thing to the wish list for onenote mobile, it would be the addition of free-form editing. unlike desktop onenote, where you can move objects around at will, onenote mobile is waaaay more structured, to the point of requiring you to cut & paste items to rearrange them.
that’s not so bad in & of itself. but onenote mobile’s lack of tap & hold menuing functions inside a note means you have to choose everything from a corner menu while composing, the effect of which gives onenote mobile a decidedly throwback feel, especially on a pocketpc.
still, with its ability to embed both pictures & audio notes right into a note, onenote mobile can really be a pretty kickath mobile blogging tool.
here at the funcave, we’re looking to couple it with a onenote to wordpress powertoy-equipped copy of desktop onenote & see if the combo can help capture blog material from out in the big big world quickly & efficiently. we’ll let you know how it goes.
in the meantime, check out onenote mobile for yourself. you normally should be prompted to install onenote mobile automagically if you have onenote 2007 loaded & you connect a windows mobile device.
but if you weren’t prompted, or if you deferred the install, here’s how to invoke the install manually.
- open onenote 2007
- go to tools->options
- click onenote mobile
- click install onenote mobile
moreso than usual, i recommend installing onenote mobile to an external storage card.
the program itself is a decent hit on memory, but the real killer will end up being the onenote mobile notes themselves, especially if you are embedding pictures & audio in them. for those who are interested, here’s the path for onenote mobile notes on a storage card:
as a last step, be sure to make sure onenote mobile is synchronizing via activesync or windows mobile device center so you don’t lose your oh so masterfully composed onenote mobile masterpieces.
sure, you could prolly just drag the notes manually off the storage card using file explorer or an external card reader.
but where’s the fun in that?
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February 17, 2007
the upgrade to wordpress 2.1 aka ella went pretty smoothly.
the only thing that got ka-whacked a bit was the funcave blogroll aka hall of champions.
even tho i’ve can get the blogroll to show, it’s still not formatting correctly with the rest of the darkpad theme.
so it’ll be off for an indefinite period of time.
honestly tho…
i don’t think any of those folks really need me pimping them here.
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