• Movable Tweak

    August 15, 2005

    As most of you know, I’m a die-hard Movable Type fan. MT is the most powerful content management software available today (IMHO), doing wonders for blogs and website alike. Believe it or not, it’s the framework upon which I built northerndutchesschristian.com, advmr.net, pjmcglynns.com, plasticmind.com, plasticmind.com/pix, plasticmind.com/pcc, www.chaplainfisher.com and a whole slew of new sites I’m... Read More

  • Using MultiBlog to Share More

    August 15, 2005

    Module Aggregation David Raynes’ MultiBlog is a must have plugin for anyone interested in content aggregation, but it’s uses are far greater than just sharing text. Take for instance storing a master stylesheet in your main blog and sharing it with other blogs (i.e. a FAQ blog) on your system to keep your look consistent.... Read More

  • MT3.2 beta 4 Template Refresh Bug

    August 15, 2005

    This is more of a typo than a bug. When refreshing your default Main Index template, it pulls in the code from the default template directory of your MT installation, and the Main Index default template adds an additional `>”` to the link to atom.xml feed. Removing the extra characters in the main_index.tmpl of your... Read More

  • Get On With It

    August 15, 2005

    Well, in the immortal words of Shang Tsung, “It has begun.” The purpose of this site is not to be a definitive source on all things Movable Type. If you want that you should probably visit Movalog or Learning Movable Type. My goal here is to chronicle my wrangling with Movable Type, and provide a... Read More

  • My Zephyr

    August 14, 2005

    She deserves it:

  • Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

    August 14, 2005

    Booths, booths everywhere and not a drop to drink! We got adventurous today and puttered up to Bethlehem, PA for the afternoon. After a stroll through a Salvation Army and more than a few bank signs with three digit temperatures, we arrived in Bethlehem in the middle of MusikFest, a wild, ten day festival spread... Read More

  • Virtual Notoriety

    August 13, 2005

    I do my best thinking in the shower, and today was no exception. I got thinking about the strange duality brought on by a global network of computers and the ability to create a “virtual reputation” through websites, blogs and pod casts. Here I sit, messed hair, unshaven face typing my heart out and there... Read More

  • A Site To See

    August 12, 2005

    So… anyone feel like taking my new photoblog for a test drive? Act now and I’ll throw in some new, hi(gher)-res photos from the honeymoon. If you get over there soon you might even be able to catch a whiff of that “New Site” scent. Keep it tuned here for more to come. (I’m sick…... Read More

  • MAJOR CHANGES AHEAD

    August 8, 2005

    PlasticMind.com is going through a major overhaul in the next few days as the boat is getting rocked. This message will self destruct in 30 seconds… Consider yourself warned. *** WHOA – IT WORKS ***

  • The Great Balancing Act

    August 5, 2005

    Yes, yes. The dramatic pause. I’m back though. And I thought marriage was going to be the great adjustment! Not so. Last time I posted I mentioned something of a hard time we were facing. Seems as though just five days after I started work, I was out a job. Mr. Manager wouldn’t answer the... Read More

  • Email Notification Issue

    July 29, 2005

    The move to Plasticmind hosting was fairly smooth, but it seems as though the email notification list didn’t fare as well. I tried to reimport all the addresses correctly, but you may be either getting email you don’t want or not getting notified and you want to. If you’re getting an email notification and don’t... Read More

  • Ok, all better.

    July 28, 2005

    Alright. PlasticMind in all it’s glory is running on PlasticMindHosting.net… all of this is of course semantics, because it’s technically the same server as before, only this time under the PlasticMindHosting Banner. Laymen’s Terms: Go about your business

  • Walking By Faith

    July 28, 2005

    “Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ‘Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me... Read More

  • The Boy & The Girl: The Leap

    July 26, 2005

    Chapter 3: The Leap Before long, the boy and the girl made it to the cliffs. The girl did not ask about the motor boat sitting on shore. They pulled their kayak out of the water and stepped onto the mossy bank. The boy whispered something to the girl and then squeezed her hand. She... Read More

  • The Boy & The Girl: The Secret

    July 26, 2005

    Chapter 2: The Secret The boy wanted to marry the girl, but he kept it a secret. He did tell his parents, but only to ask them what they thought about the whole idea. They smiled and said yes! So the boy scratched his head and thought and thought and thought of how and when... Read More