Geek Toys
Diary of Samual Pepys
I recently stumbled across Pepys’ Diary which has a nice clean layout.
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A SQL Backed Indexer For Lucene
The SqlDirectory class is supposed to provide a database backed indexer for lucene, a necessity for clustered web applications. I haven’t tested this out, but seems reasonable enough. It appears to work by pretending to be a file system, where each virtual file is stored in a table.
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Archiving strategy and other tips
At Anders Jacobsen’s Blog: My Movable Type installation Anders does a good job of explaining how his site is laid out. It has a good tip on how to configure archiving and searching options.
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Setting up RSS
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Turning CVS commits into an RSS feed
cvs2rss – an RSS feed of CVS checkins
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Direct linking to Amazon
Better Amazon links :: Kalsey Consulting Group
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MTExtended Attributes plugin
The MTExtendedAttribute plugin for Movable Type
allows you to create new fields for your entries, categories and more. Would be good for adding a related URL, download link for software, icon, etc.
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A good example of a book site
Here is good example of setting up a book site: John’s Jottings: Book Reviews Archives. And here is how he did it.
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Making dynamic Amazon links
In his article Brad Choate: Way too many games Brad describes how he combined MTAmazon with KeyValues to create dynamic links to Amazon products.
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Starting a Blog (with MovableType)
NSLog(); – Starting a Blog (with MovableType)
Starting a Blog (with MovableType)
This is the guide that I wish I had when I first started out. It would have helped me to avoid certain situations. I’ve started a few friends in on blogging lately as well, and so this article could have served them too. Perhaps it’ll help others.
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