njr 3.0

Linux is a lot easier to configure these days. I got my old, broken Wall Street PowerBook G3 going with PC cards for USB and 802.11b. No kernel patching involved, unlike my last effort. USB audio (modulo a weird crash) and mouse work fine. Now as long as I don't destroy any more hardware, as I did this week by shorting out the audio circuitry and most of the backlighting, I'll have a semi-usable Linux desktop at home.

Right now, the only problems are that the PC card eject buttons don't work, and the arrow keys don't work in X. I'll be playing with xmodmap when I get home, I guess.

Of course, when Linux does things like the seamless transition I saw between USB and built-in audio on the Mac under OS X—as I unplugged the USB audio while iTunes was playing, it switched instantly to built-in audio—I'll be truly happy.

6:43 PM | Radio
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I wonder if there's anything like “Manila Express” for Radio? It shouldn't be much different.

2:43 PM | Radio
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Jim points to lots of old Frontier users who have set up Radio weblogs. It's so easy! (Forgot to mention that in the commotion last night—my weblog came up without a single glitch). Congrats to everyone at UserLand, it really is easy to use so far. Radio's interface shows a lot of attention to detail.

Question: Why can't I see everything on the News page? I only see about 3 news sources, not the one I happened to be looking for (“Scripting News”).

Answer: In Preferences > News Aggregator, there's a “How many items?” preference. “Scripting News” scrolled off the bottom.

2:31 PM | Radio
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I'm trying to figure out if this is a better fit for my working model than using Manila (as I am, right now, on a private website). It sure seems simpler and lighter-weight out of the box, and all that stuff with discussion groups and custody I don't really need.

9:32 PM | Radio
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First Post!

(yay for lack of imagination.)

9:22 PM | Radio
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