Upgraded Blazeblogger
Upgraded my version of Blazeblogger to 1.1.2. I was using the 1.0 version available through ubuntu's package repositories. This newer version adds things like an RSS feed and previous and next links at the bottom of the page that lead to older and newer posts, as well as some bug fixes.
Had to uninstall the 1.0 version and install the newest one from the command line but these are perl scripts and the process is pretty much painless. The best part is that all of the custom perl scripts that I've written still work with the newest version.
Posted Thursday 07:25 PM
Book Reviews
I've been thinking about adding a dedicated book review section to the blog. Not anything technical mostly just my opinions. After all isn't that what book reviews are all about?
With my recent fascination with the podiobooks site and the availability of a wide variety of titles to choose from this seemed like a good time to add this category. Not to mention that the fact that these are audio books it allows me to listen to them at work. At least when what I am doing allows me to cruise on auto pilot.
I've already mentioned The Secret World Chronicles in three posts so I think that I will leave that series alone for awhile. It is pretty obvious that I enjoyed the three books that are out so far and will be listening to the fourth as Ms. Giguere releases the readings of episodes.
I will be starting out with a two book series by Scott Sigler, Infected and Contagious. The review will be in the next post.
Posted Saturday 06:24 AM
Why Do I Have a Blog
I don't really have a good answer to that question. After sitting and wondering about it for a while the best answer that I've come up with is unsatisfying. The truth is that there is no good reason why I have this blog. I don't really post anything that any family members might be interested in. The general public would also have to be hard pressed for entertainment to do more than glance here. I don't post anything that has any real technical content either. So I'm left, still sitting here wondering why do I bother.
I've never been much interested in keeping a personal journal either but I suppose that is what this comes closest to. There just isn't much personal information here and I don't update it often enough for it to really keep up with my life, such as it is, either. I have always thought that it would be nice to be a writer but I've never had the drive to sit down and write. Like most people I've got stories running around in my head but none of them are demanding to get out.
In the end this really is a case of YAPB (Yet Another Pointless Blog). No real point but just how much of what is out there on Internet really has a point. Maybe someday this will have a point but not now and honestly not anywhere in the foreseeable future.
So there you have it another pointless post on another pointless blog.
Posted Sunday 04:58 AM
Books Section
Added a new section to the site titled Books. These are public domain books that I have converted from text to one of the formats that I use for e-reading. There isn't much there right now but I will be adding more as time goes by. All of the books listed are no longer under copyright in the United States.
The two formats that I use the most are the imp format used by the ebookwise 1150, and the Fiction Book2 format which my Astak EZReader can use. The ebookwise is an older LCD screen reader that was the first dedicated reading device that I purchased. Up till then I had been reading on palm handheld devices. The Astak is an E-ink screen device that supports a lot of different formats. Alas imp isn't one of them so I end up doing conversions on everything to create two formats because I still use my ebookwise almost as much as I do the EZReader.
Posted Tuesday 01:22 PM
Dont Need No Stinkin Safety Lines
After watching the video below I was sweating and feeling just a little light headed. I've heard that these guys make serious money. God I hope so, but I can tell you that there is no amount of cash that could get me up on the top of one of these towers.
Update
Video removed from Youtube due to copyright complaint.
Posted Saturday 03:22 PM