The MacHeist bundle is now available for purchase and download. There are a few random apps I would never find a use for, but for the most part, the bundle is well thought out and is a heck of a deal. Go check it out…
While I like Sweetcron and think it fits the bill quite well, I like the idea of a microblogging platform that includes social connectivity. One such platform is tumblr. I figured I would give it a try and possibly replace Sweetcron with it. I signed up for an account at tumblr. I then created a script to import some of my old blog posts over from Sweetcron. Unfortunately, the script had a slight bug, so I need to remove all of my posts from tumblr and start over. Since tumblr offers no way to select and delete all current posts or posts that meet some criteria, I had to perform some research on how to get the job done. The recommendation is to delete your account and recreate it. But can I use the same username and domain? Sure! Okay. Sounds fair. I deleted my account, and when I tried to recreate it, I got the error that the domain I wanted was already in use? Huh!? But the stuff I read said the domain and account would all get deleted, and I should be able to use them again. So I’m in over my head. I decide tumblr support is required to move forward since I’d like to keep the domain in question. Well, there doesn’t appear to be much of a support system in place at tumblr. There is no support form or site. It is all done via e-mail. So far I sent 3 or 4 e-mails. And while it is nice to get the auto-response that they will get back to me soon, I’ve been waiting about 3 weeks for a response. So I guess I will stick with Sweetcron or take a look at some of the competition. It’s just sad that such a hyped-up system has no sort of interest in their customer support. Ugh!
Update 5/8: Tumblr finally cleared the subdomain, and I was able to sign up. Time to give Tumblr a try.
I got a call from GameStop noting that LittleBigPlanet would be available for pick-up today (Oct 25th), so we picked up our pre-ordered copy this afternoon. We only played it for a little while this evening since the online services are not available yet. Hopefully the servers will be available soon. Nonetheless, the game is fantastic. Our kids get a kick out of it, and we can’t help but chuckle at the antics of the characters and the silly commentary. So far, this has my vote for Game of the Year.
And to all those who keep peeling off your Kratos code - scratch, don’t peel!
If you have not had a chance to get in on the LittleBigPlanet beta for the PS3, you are definitely missing out. This game is loads of fun for all ages. I look forward to the full release.
BTW, I have two extra beta codes if anyone is looking for one. First two to post a comment below will get one. (please note that these codes are for individuals with US PSN accounts)
//EDIT: Congrats NS and rodband. Hope to see you in LBP. Good luck to everyone else finding a code.
With all of the social sites, blog sites, RSS feeds, and image repositories at our disposal, Sweetcron has finally given *bloggers a way to compile all of those warehouses in one place - your own site. I decided to give Sweetcron a shot. And with its simple, yet powerful, codebase, I swapped from WordPress to Sweetcron immediately.
Of course, Sweetcron is still in its infancy, so I had to write some custom code to get everything imported. I didn’t just want to leave my WordPress instance on my server. I wanted to completely get rid of it. So I figured I would share the code I used to import my WordPress posts into Sweetcron… Enjoy!
So here goes - and I know it’s not the most beautiful code snippet in the world, but it worked for me. Feel free to post modified code in the comments.
Get the code here (rename to import.php).
I just wrapped up about a month’s worth of effort tagging and uploading my photo library to SmugMug. I used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Windows Live Photo Gallery to tag and sort my photos. Then I used the Lightroom Export Plugin for SmugMug to upload about 6,000 of the photos to my SmugMug account.
Tagging the photos was pure torture. And many of my photos had missing timestamps for the date taken, so sorting was a joy. But I finally wrapped it all up. And now I have a process for future photos.
If you are going to pitch your wonderful, new, free music download software to the media claiming to have all the major record labels on board, you should be sure you really do have them on board. Qtrax forgot to get its deals in writing. I’ll save the download until they get their act together.
