Archive For March 10th, 2003
Yes, yes, you’ve all probably seen this already as it’s linked from slashdot! This operating system was originally written on the C64, occupies 42k of RAM, and has an impressive array of features, including a web browser! I’m going to watch out for that User-Agent in my access logs.. hehe
Not ugly URLs, like this one, are now working here. It took quite a bit of hacking and use of mod_rewrite but it appears to be ok now. The number of mod_rewrite rules in the .htaccess file has gone up, mostly to avoid the problem of css styling disappearing. This line takes care of it: [...]
Of course there’s no problem! I did a lot of driving at the weekend, up to Dungarvan, to Clonmel and then back to Cork. I was passed several times by cars doing 70-80mph. Twice those cars were BMWs, the other time it was something similar to a Punto, driven by a boy racer who passed [...]
This is next on my TODO list. I’ll have to seperate some code from redirect.php to share with the “archives” file so it may not be very easy.
Mark Twomey already mentioned this to me, but here’s a solution I have now implemented so Safari users can login here. Adding “/” to the setcookie() commands is a security risk however as other blogs will have access to your login credentials. Unless you can modify the code on the server it’s impossible to take [...]
I added Calendar Plus by Alex King to the site. Simply add {$calendar} to your blog template, and see the b2 readme for info on styling it.
Want to blog from your Java powered phone? Here’s a midlet that’ll blog to your b2 weblog. I tried to install it on my phone, but it failed unfortunately. Or not, considering Vodafone charge 20c/kb for GPRS..
XnView is a cross-platform image viewer (and more, you can also apply effects to photos, convert them..) The Windows version looks nice, but the Linux/FreeBSD versions look a bit dodgy and dated. Yeah, it uses Motif. *ugh* Oh, and if it matters to you, I can’t see any source available, it’s dubbed as “freeware”.
