Returning to the office today after vacation, I was greeted by the complete erasure of my browser bookmarks. I’ve been using SyncIT which was a handy way to synchronize bookmarks between different computers. Early on I also used it with Netscape, but it couldn’t keep track of different profiles and kept merging everything (my wife’s plus my own at home). Then, they implemented a “one-time” registration which was $50 I believe. But still, no improvements, no changes, nothing. To top it off, today I submitted a support request and it replied that the database is not working, please try again…
FogCreek Software just released CityDesk version 2.0. As I've mentioned here previously, I used the beta and first release of CityDesk for a couple of sites, including this one. I eventually moved to MovableType, but still use CityDesk for one site. It's a nice client-side solution that doesn't require any special server software (just an FTP publish location).
As a beta-tester for the new TypePad web publishing service, I'm going to test out their ability to manage photo albums. This might be a good way to post samples from our upcoming vacation. To start with, I posted some pictures from our July 4th trip to the mountains. So far it looks like a pretty easy service. I like the ability to title and describe each picture. Doing so probably means it's best to limit to just the dozen or so best pictures from an event rather than dumping 30-40 up there. Update 2003-08-11: Because these pictures were mostly…
Today I caught a couple of good links for people new to weblogging (or “blogs”): Newbie FAQ 101 – How to make a blog What's a Blog?
NASCAR race coverage is pretty thin on my usual sports stops (Yahoo and ESPN). Even Nascar.com is pretty light on content. Oftentimes all three sites run the same AP story with the results of a race. In search of more news sources, I ran across a few good ones: RacingOne.com That's Racin' The Charlotte Observer — some overlap with That's Racin' because they are both operated by RealCities/Ridder MotorsportsTV.com — great details on the TV coverage itself, including time devoted to commercials and other observations The next challenge would be to work with these sites to get RSS feeds available.