Integrated Quicklinks Tutorial: This is a handy thing. I’ve always been tormented (high drama here) with the disparity between post styles. Some are long manifestos, and some are just a quick link.
…here’s a brief tutorial for MoveableType on combining regular weblog entries with quicklinks (basically, entries from two blogs each using a different template) into one column.
I’ve thought about doing what he proposes here and not even having permalink pages for small posts. This all goes back to my theory about the value of URL real estate.
FOLDOC - Computing Dictionary: FOLDOC stands for "Free Online Dictionary of Computing." It seems pretty comprehensive. Worth a look.
I've complained off and on about the lack of user-defined fields in Movable Type. Today was finally the day I got off my high-horse and messed with some code. Here is a method to add a new field to the MT database. The field can store whatever you like,…
What's the difference between a blog post and an "article" or a "story"? By those terms, I mean content that isn't as ephemeral as posts that hit the site every 15 minutes. Blogs are, by definition, transient — they're time-based, and items get essentially dropped into a stampede that tramples…