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I'm in the process (it may take a few weeks) of setting up WordPress for this blog at barzeski.com. I've installed it and will soon attempt to import my content.

The first stumbling block I've encountered appears to be the PermaLinks. I'd like the underscore method to be used, but WordPress seems to prefer to use dashes instead. For example:

http://nslog.com/2006/10/21/sample-post/ versus
http://nslog.com/2006/10/21/sample_post.php

At this point, I have no idea how to change that.

Can WordPress be forced to write out actual files, or is some random caching plugin (there seem to be a few of them) the only real option?

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I've come to the conclusion that the most disappointing feature (or non-feature) of the Wii is its use of standard Dolby ProLogic II for the audio. What's wrong with optical digital audio - something the PS2 had six years ago?!?!? I don't have a ProLogic II-capable receiver, and stereo is so early 80s. Dolby Digital has been around for quite some time.

Given that I'm getting rid of the PS2 and the GameCube at the same time, I have a free optical port in my receiver… yet the Wii won't be using it. 🙁

I don't care too much about HD on the Wii. I think 480p and 16:9 will be fine. But the lack of optical audio is just plain silly.

Question: Do you consider yourself megagaltastic?

My Answer: I do. 😉

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

Like many, I've not cared about the "beats per minute" thing in iTunes largely because I didn't want to go back and enter all the crap in myself.

A new app, Tangerine, will do this for you. It will also allow you to create mixes of tracks with similar beats.

I've downloaded it and am giving it a try now. I suggest you do the same.

Since SixAapart is dog slow at fixing problems and adding features to MovableType, I've spent a little while today trying to implement my own mt-tb.cgi whitelist. It goes a little something like this:

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^127.0.0.1$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^64.226.43.134$
RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi - [F]

Unfortunately, that doesn't work. Even the last line, alone, fails to work. I've put these lines inside the <VirtualHost> (but outside of any <Directory>s) block in my vhosts.conf file (thesandtrap.com is the only vhost on this server).

Does anyone have any ideas how I might get this to work? My thinking is that, by blocking access immediately to the script to anyone but a small, pre-approved list of IPs, I might ease the server load and let mt-tb.cgi work as it should for me. Currently, I rename the script every time I want to send a TrackBack from another article on the site, then rename it back when it's done.

TUAW displays some new Leopard screenshots, a few of which detail Safari 3.0's new anti-phishing features. These reportedly tie into Google's blacklist of known fraudulent sites. As commenter #27 puts it:

The only downside of the anti-phishing / anti-fraude is that every URL you browse gets relayed to Google, to check if it is blocked.

Talk about Google get an idea of every page people visit. Not just what they search for via Google.

Interesting indeed. Naturally, a lot of people access back-end administrative interfaces which are otherwise not linked to. Given Google's recent "Code" (i.e. password-finding) feature, even the most trusting are probably going to worry about Google knowing the location of every page I visit every day.

Of course, I'm typically smart enough to not visit a phishing site, though I may occasionally. As such, the penalty for maintaining your privacy seems too steep: you have a choice between showing Google all the sites you visit on the Web or having no anti-phishing protection whatsoever?

MovableType has become a pile of crud lately. Like Khoi, I've seen an increased number of 500 type errors. I've seen server loads of 25 or higher multiple times the past few days, oftentimes simply because mt-speak.cgi and mt-tb.cgi are pounded on by spammers (the whitelist functionality I mentioned awhile ago may help solve that!).

I can deal with it here at NSLog();, but it pains me to use it at The Sand Trap.

I'd gladly move to another (better) blog package if:

1. I can convert my entries - their comments, their formatting, their permalinks, etc. - easily.
2. It allows for similar functionality in some key areas (primary and secondary categories, author archives, email notification of comments, and some others.)
3. It publishes rather static pages. I'd rather not have PHP and MySQL hits for every page view - we do quite a few.
4. Can handle TrackBacks (we use them for "related articles"), even if I have to update the entire pinged_urls table with new TrackBack URLs, hopefully via an automated process.

I'm not sure any blog package (ExpressionEngine, perhaps??) does this. #1 is the tough one. I'd be willing to pay a good amount ($500?) for someone and/or something to do or help with this.

MovableType is on its last legs with a lot of people. A lot of people. I haven't read anything good about MovableType in a year.

Every fall, I like to visit Fuhrman's Cider Mill to get some fresh apple cider. The deliciously sweet drink makes your worries go "poof" if only for a little while.

I'm nearly caught up. Nearly.

So I've been gone for nearly a week. What'd I miss?

The Newport Cup ended today at Greensboro National. Had Dave and I won our matches, the Blue team would have pulled off an unlikely upset, winning 6½ out of the final 8 points. Suffice to say, we did not play to our best and lost, giving the Red team a 13½-10½ win. Congratulations to the Red team!

Now I just have about nine hours of driving ahead of me to get back to Erie…

Today at the Newport Cup, we played Tanglewood's Championship and Reynolds courses. The former is great, the latter tricky. What's worse, the Red team extended their lead to 10-6!

The Newport Cup kicked off today at Salem Glen in Clemmons, NC. The course was in disappointingly poor shape, and the Red team took an early 4½-3½ lead.

Today I played the Love course at Barefoot Resort in North Myrtle Beach. This course was my favorite of the three (though I don't remember much of the Fazio). It features lots of chipping areas and swales, lots of interesting contours, and better sight lines for tee shots and approaches.

Today I played the Norman (not bad) course and the Fazio (ugh, major problems, the nature of which I won't get into here) at Barefoot Resort in North Myrtle Beach.