Neat article on the various visions of where the web is/should/could be heading and whether web 2.0 has really arrived.
Email is not designed for sending big files. Most email services put a 10 MB cap on email sizes, but if you are sending an email over 1 MB, you should consider alternative ways to send your files. I guy like me will upload the file via FTP to an external server and provide you with a link, but there is now an easier way. DropSend is a service which automates this process for you. I tried it out and it really could not be simpler.
As you can see, I’ve done a bit of updating in the last couple days. I upgraded to Wordpress 2.0 and switched to the K2 theme. I’m actually using a K2 style which I found by browsing the binary bonsai group on flickr called Fork. I also like this theme called Snapshot, so I might consider switching to that at some point.
I also installed a number of plugins that have “built-in” support in the K2 theme: Ultimate Tag Warrior, Extended Live Archives, and Brian’s Latest Comments.
So much for Apple making higher quality computers… I have had more hardware issues with my iBook G4 than any other laptop I’ve owned. Six months ago some piece of the internal power supply went bad so that the computer no longer charged its battery, just last month the airport card stopped working unless I could literally reach out and touch the access point from where I was sitting, then today, I’m browsing the internet, I hear a pop, and the backlight of the LCD screen completely turns off!? Luckily, these last two problems were fixable— my airport card is working again after taking it out and reseating it, and the screen came back to life after a hard reboot.
But, the damage has been done. I can no longer hold onto the fantasy that somehow Apple makes products with fewer problems then Dell, Sony, etc.
As part of moving to a new web host, I’m also trying out some new blogging software, Wordpress. I seem to have successfully imported all the old entries. I’m not sure if I will stick with this template, but so far I like it as much or more than MovableType.
UPDATE: Now that I have switched to WordPress, I haven’t found any pre-build templates that I am terribly happy with. So, it is probably time to build my own. In the meantime, please excuse the use of the default template.