Archive for MovableType


Decision to leave MT

You could say it was a pretty impulsive decision, but I was fed up with MT’s static pages. For the past couple weeks, I’ve been tweaking MT, but it took forever to rebuild the pages each time. And no, I couldn’t get the dynamic build function to work properly. But besides that, I wanted to [...]

MT tips and tricks

So I’ve been tweaking Movable Type a lot to customize it for my website. Actually, I had a lot of stuff done to the site before, but after I migrated to the new host, I couldn’t remember all the little changes I did. So I’m going to start posting to a new category dedicated to [...]

Latest and greatest apps

Windows Media Player 10: Has a blogging plugin that inserts song info into my posts.
Ad-aware SE Personal: Get rid of spyware.
Movabletype 3.1: What I use to make this blog.
[Listening to: Million Pieces (Kissin' Your Cares Goodbye) - Newsboys - Thrive (04:19)]

Fun Day

I’m so full right now. Yeah, it’s almost 12 midnight and usually by now, the worms are calling for a snack. But we went to The House of Prime Rib yet again for dinner. Not too bad, but I think it tastes much better the way we make it at home.
Then [...]

Movabletype templates

Check out movablestyles. Lots of templates for movabletype. I need to change my layout. I’m getting bored with it. Too bad I don’t have time just yet. Maybe during the summer…

My own MT

Finally I have my own version of MovableType. My host had it preinstalled, leaving me with little control. I deleted all the sql tables, did a fresh install, and imported everything back, templates and entries.
Now I can fully customize this baby complete with plugins and hacks. I just can’t figure out why my archives [...]

Migration to MovableType

Stupid Tripod, shut down my site. After all these years, no more blogger, no more forums. So sad. I guess it works out because I’ve been meaning to use MovableType for the longest time. I still can’t get all the fonts and positions right. We’ll see how this turns out.