Friday, March 28

PmWiki | PmWiki / InitialSetupTasks

PmWiki | PmWiki / InitialSetupTasks: "Don't modify or rename pmwiki.php

PmWiki has been designed so that all customizations can be made without changing the distribution files -- one of its design goals is to provide seamless upgrades. PmWiki never writes to files in the local/ or cookbook/ directories, so placing your customizations here makes it easier to track the changes and upgrade PmWiki without losing the changes.

When changing the configuration of your site, always change the local/config.php file or add files to the cookbook/ or pub directories. Do not change pmwiki.php or the files in the scripts/ directory because the files are supposed to be overwritten upon upgrading.

You shouldn't rename pmwiki.php either. If you rename the file it will not be overwritten during an upgrade of the software and there will be a version mismatch. Many administrators add an index.php 'wrapper script' in the pmwiki directory that contains the following single line:
<?php include('pmwiki.php');"

Failure to heed this advice cost me a month or two of broken wiki when I upgraded and got too busy to troubleshoot.

Open Source Alternative - Microsoft Visio

Open Source Alternative - Microsoft Visio

This blog appears to have a number of cool alternatives.

Dual Monitors on OS X Leopard

Dual Monitors on OS X Leopard

Use when giving presentations to keep your annotations on the laptop and the slides on the public screen. I think.

VirtualDub history - virtualdub.org

VirtualDub history - virtualdub.org

List of open source software packages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of open source software packages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Blackjack Counting Cards

Blackjack Counting Cards

How To Count Cards | eHow.com

How To Count Cards | eHow.com

Card counting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Card counting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star - New York Times

At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star - New York Times

Wacky physics podcasts and 4310 content.

Are You Taking Advantage of Web 2.0? - New York Times

Are You Taking Advantage of Web 2.0? - New York Times: "But you'll gain trust, goodwill and positive attention. You'll put a human face on your company. And you'll learn stuff about your customers that you wouldn't have discovered any other way."

Are You Taking Advantage of Web 2.0? - New York Times

Are You Taking Advantage of Web 2.0? - New York Times: "The audience loved that one; within seconds, there were 132 responses on the screen in a huge, scrolling list. 'Not enough money.' 'Don't understand it.' 'No technical resources.' 'Not enough manpower.' 'No visible return on investment.' 'Fear of ridicule.' 'Fear of slander.' 'Fear of permanence.' 'Fear of the public running amok.'

The fears are rational enough: over and over again, we've all seen blog comments devolve into juvenile, offensive bickering, backstabbing and grandstanding.

Even during my early blogging days, The Times's blogs didn't have comments. And yet, as several of my own readers wrote: Without comments, a blog is not a blog at all. It's just a Web page—Web 1.0.

The solution, of course, was moderation."

Web 2.0 and New Media Definitions - New Comm Biz - New media strategies for business

Web 2.0 and New Media Definitions - New Comm Biz - New media strategies for business: "Web 2.0 seems to be kind of an amorphous, nebulous entity. Everyone seems to have a different definition and no two are the same. Some even go as far to say that it doesn’t exist. VCs seem to be convinced of web 2.0’s existence however, and have proven so with their wallets."