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With LINA, a single executable written and compiled for Linux can be run with native look and feel on Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX operating systems.
Mike Cohen
links for 2007-05-26
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The Zoho Application Programming Interface (API) lets anyone write their own program to pull Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet and Zoho Show data and work with the data in many possible ways.
links for 2007-05-25
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Even cats love the Wii!
links for 2007-05-24
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Tidy up Monk’s home in this game. Notice the Wii remote on his desk.(tags: game)
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Great TextMate plugin for creating a wiki as plain text files.
Security Update 2007-005 is bad news
After I installed the new security update, my MacBook Pro hung at startup twice. I rebooted in single user mode (cmd-S) and did an fsck, which found no damage, and I was able to finish booting. However, it now thinks Bluetooth isn’t available.
Vancouver
I found out yesterday that I have to go to Vancouver for work next week. I didn’t find out the details until today. I love Vancouver, but this is very short notice. Luckily my friend will be able to watch my cats, although this will be the longest they were away from me. I’m staying there until WWDC and flying direct to San Francisco. I won’t be home until after WWDC. I’m both looking forward to seeing Vancouver again and at the same time wishing I didn’t have to go on such short notice.
Another WorldBeatPlanet change
I got rid of the e-commerce module, which was a big pain. Instead I’m now using Amazon product nodes and I created a custom content type for CD Baby products. The store is now a new view which simply shows all Amazon and CD Baby product nodes. I can easily add other affiliates with the new arrangements. If I do eventually start selling music myself, I’ll create a separate store.worldbeatplanet.com domain, which will make it easier to maintain.
Parallels Revisited
For the last few days I’ve been fighting with Microsoft VSTS to get my source code checked in. Whenever I try to get latest changes to my VMware shared folder, it always fails with error 1359. Just for fun, I tried using the virtual C drive instead of my Mac OS X home directory and it had no problem, so I figured it had a problem with VMware’s shared folders.
At that point I decided to try a Windows VM in Parallels instead of VMware, mapping my home directory as a shared folder. The result was only slightly different: I got error 50 instead of 1359. It looks like VSTS has a problem with any virtual shared folders. However, Parallels caused lots of problems for me. It locked up my machine completely after about 10 minutes forcing me to reboot. It also kills QuickSilver’s hot key. I ended up going back to VMware which doesn’t slow my machine down and doesn’t affect anything else. I’m still frustrated with VSTS and still unable to check in my code.
links for 2007-05-22
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(tags: lifehacks)
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How go install Ubuntu Linux + Drupal on a bootable USB thumb drive.
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Ron is my second favorite candidate, after Obama. He’s the only Republican I would even consider voting for. Maybe he’ll run as a Libertarian, as he did before since there’s no way the Republicans will nominate him.
New and Improved
I’ve completed most of my enhancements to WorldBeatPlanet. The emphasis is on community and user’s content. I’m now allowing all registered users to have a blog and a member page and upload audio or video. The video module allows YouTube videos to be embedded as well as uploaded video files. Instead of stories, the primary content type is now blog entries, which are promoted to the front page and included in the feed. I’ve converted the old lyrics, discography, and reviews, which were based on taxonomy terms, to unique content types. I also changed the podcast to use audio nodes rather than file attachments and I added a new FeedBurner feed for the podcast.