You Would Thing There's Be More

Most of the blogging software that I have been installing of late does not come with a spellchecker, the way this, Thingamablog and w::bloggar do. In fact, I have been making entries, cutting them and pasting them into either bloggar or Thingamablog for spell checking.

I could have done it in Word, but I ususally have either of the two blog editors up and running and MS programs take almost as long to load as Adobe. Now, even though I am writing this in Thingamablog, the spellchecker I currently am running, Spell Catcher Plus seems to be adopting itself to my typing style.

This is a good thing.

I may keep it, I may not. That is the way with trial software. I also may have already paid for this. I will have to go and check my records but I think I may have evaluated it in a DOS version a long time ago. The interface looks familiar.
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Leo LaPortes 2003 Technology Almanac, still up to date.

I was cleaning up the pile of books that have gathered in layers by the side of the bed. I found my 2003 copy of Leo Laporte's 2003 Technology Manual. Out of curiosity, I went the the chapter on blogging. In he mentions several interesting items; the one about the developer of Grey matter, Noah Grey and the condition that caused him to find Blogging a suitable way with which to communicate with the world.

ON the Monday, November 17, 2003 almanac Leo mentions several links. I wondered, all of a little less than two years later how many of the sites are still active. The first mentioned was glassdog.com. That's still there.

Then he mentions NoahGrey.com. It is a site worth visiting. Read the biography and don't miss this picture of a cat.

There are a few more paragraphs about NoahGrey. This is followed by a TIP OF THE DAY, which involves going to blogdex.media.mit.edu to see the a blog index mapping the entire blog related universe.

That's still there. There's an article on the opening page regarding the "Piano Man" from the BBC. I heard about him on the radio coming home. I hope he is for real, and if so, he is either from another planet or a loving caring family comes forth to support him.

Didn't find the index Leo mentions, but it looks like a fairly full site, I am sure it's in there somewhere.

The last blog related link mentioned on the page has to do with something called: "Cyberian. He is recommending you go to cyberian.tripop.com/blog.htm to download whatever it is found to where this link leads. NOPE, that's not there anymore.

Because that one no longer existed, Ill give you the first one from the next page, still about blogs: evhead.

The point I am trying to make here, is that even though the is the ancient 2004 Technology Almanac, most of the information is still up to date. imagine how way ahead of things are in his current volume
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Drupal

Okay, I read the installation instructions in detail, created a new
MYSql database at brdk.net called drupal, loaded the drupal database
instructions on it and finally got what looks like a version of a blog
up at http://www.brdk.net/drupal. Still not sure what I am doing, but
with few more weeks and translation of the user manual, I might get
something up that resembles this Thingamablog set up.

It is only the stubborn part of me that is working on this. The
personal note from Drupal's main developer which said in effect that he
would try to make it so that even an idiot like me could get it up, has
caused me to put more effort into it than I am yet to be convinced it is
worth.

We shall see.
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Dragon's Grazing

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Used the b2evolution blog creation software.
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A new Famouts Grazing Blog

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Dragon's Grazing
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