by Matt | Jan 7, 2004 | Culture
I’m at work, playing with Dreamweaver at the moment and I’m trying to convert our companies web site from Microsoft “I can’t make web page programs for shit” FrontPage to Macromedia Dreamweaver. This is mostly because of my hatred for FrontPage and my constant insistance that we stop using it. Mostly I just complain about it. That usually gets the job done. Anyway, so I’m using Dreamweaver MX and I’m looking through documentation to find a quick and easy way of converting the whole site, frontpage extensions and all, into a DW site. Low and behold I find this: the Macromedia Extension Manager. You’re probably saying “so, it’s just a plugin control system”. That much is true, but when you pair it with a FP conversion plug in, like this one… here, you’re life becomes oh so simple. Hell, Macromedia realizes people are switching so they even offer a Macromedia FP Migration Kit and easy to follow instructions. Cool huh? This of course has caused me to lose half my morning to the downloading of cool new Dreamweaver plugins. Most of which are completely useless but some I might just have to try out on my own.
Lastly, to follow up yesterday’s post, MT-BlackList is now installed and is working quite nicely. I already received notification of three blocked comments. It doesn’t block based on IP addresses, only on content, which is a far more usefull system anyway. I’ll explain more later. Gotta get back to work.
by Matt | Jan 6, 2004 | Imported Entry
I’ve found the preverbial last straw. It’s in the shape of journal comment SPAM. It’s going to stop. I’ve already put two calls in to the ISP it’s originating from but they said the account is a dial up and it would take some time to trace back the offender since the IP address keeps changing. I call that stalling. Hell, they’re probably in on it. Regardless, as of tonight I’m installing MT-BlackList and banning not only the content, their IP ranges but even yahoo and hotmail email accounts in total. I’m not fucking around anymore. My appologies to anyone with a yahoo or hotmail email account. The ban will be temporary unless there is reason to extend it. I’m also looking for some way to validate email addresses within the system. Locking out things like “fakemail@yahoo.com” since, obviously, it isn’t real. I doubt something like that exists. Maybe I might talk to Chip and see if he’s interested in a little programming. Arg.
by Matt | Jan 2, 2004 | Imported Entry
Actually, I had several. They didn’t make it for one reason or another. Mainly because I just haven’t really had anything I’ve wanted to talk about for a few days now. Christmas was fun. My family came into town for a week. I think we bored them to death. My sound card broke but I fixed it. Project Gotham kicks butt, Medal of Honor Rising Sun will probably get traded in, possibly for the new Crimson Skies. ESPN NHL is the bomb. It really needs to be played by everyone who ever loved video-game hockey. We’re talking old school, Sega, ’94, Brody-playin’ kind of game. It’s what hockey should be. Complete with Barry Melrose’s mullet.
I’m at work now. It’s rainy and nasty outside and our 11:00 appointment has yet to show up. Actually, the boss isn’t here either. I’m the only one here. Which is why I’m posting now instead of tonight after I get home.
Oh, and I almost forgot. The photos from our wedding come down off the website on January 15th. If you’re going to order some, do it now. I can’t extend them only without the lab charging extra for it.
That’s about it. I’ve spent the past week trying to think of fun things to do with my family. I’ll let you imagine how much fun it’s been. Yeah… about that much.
I’ve got a few ideas for a redesign for this page. Like Chip said ages ago, it just doesn’t seem right for docholoday.com. I’ve got something a little more artsy and different in mind. You’ll like it. Of course, that’s only if I ever get a chance to work on it. Since my weekends are completely messed up that translates into “it’ll be a while”.
Actually, I’d like to talk about that for a minute. I work Saturdays. That’s fine, a lot of people do. But if I go to church with Lauren on Sunday I don’t get to sleep in and it pretty much kills most of the morning. Mondays Lauren usually needs me to do something. So, no rest there. Then Tuesday I’m back at work. I really don’t see how this system is supposed to work. I don’t have any actual down time.
This, I think, is the main reason why normal, middle aged people go to bed just after Letterman’s opening monolog each night. Somehow you require more sleep when you work. People really should just take two days a week off and not do anything. Nothing. No trips to the store, no soccer practice for little Billy, no anything. People should sleep, for two days strait before going back to work. I think everyone would be much less irritable on Monday if they had just gotten out of bed after 48 hours. At least I would be.
Oh well, I should go do work now. Later.
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