Category Archives: Software

Playing with WordPress-µ

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Glen Campbell

I’ve recently converted all of my blogs to run on the WordPress-µ platform, hosted on my own server. WordPress-µ (pronounced “moo” or “mew”) is the multi-user version of WordPress. It is used to run WordPress.com as well as a bunch … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day, Internet Style

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Glen Campbell

I think I’m falling in love with Skype. It’s taken a while; I’ve had a Skype account since 2000. Quite honestly, I haven’t used it much at all. I usually didn’t even keep the client running. As an instant messenger … Continue reading →

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The “one number” goal and the problem of identity

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Glen Campbell

Like most people (certainly most people who read blogs), I have several telephones. I have my iPhone with me at all times; I have a work-provided telephone; I have a phone at home (VOIP by Vonage); and I use Skpe … Continue reading →

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ZumoDrive updates storage plans

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Glen Campbell

ZumoDrive, one of the newer entries in the fiercely competitive “cloud storage” area, has updated their payment plans. Like most other companies providing networked storage, they offer 1G free as a teaser. Initially, each additional 10G was an extra $3.00; … Continue reading →

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The geekiest thing I’ve done all week

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Glen Campbell

Watching the clock tick up to the UNIX timestamp 1234567890: [catullus:~] while true; do date “+%s”; sleep 1; done 1234567882 1234567883 1234567885 1234567886 1234567887 1234567888 1234567889 1234567890 1234567891 1234567892 ^C It’s true. I was there.

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Here’s where open-source software FAILs

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Glen Campbell

For writing this blog, I use MarsEdi, a wonderful offline editor that communicates with my WordPress and Typepad blogs via XML-RPC. XML-RPC (RPC stands for "remote procedure call") is a protocol for client-server communications using XML as the data. A … Continue reading →

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Remember everything? the problem with Evernote

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Glen Campbell

I'm really torn about Evernote. It's a beautiful concept: keep your notes, files, etc., always available, on any platform, and through the web. I run it on my Mac as well as my iPhone, and it does exactly what it … Continue reading →

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