Robert Accettura's
Fun With Wordage

Got my iSkin for my iPod today. Boy is this a cool product. Some quick observations:
Things that rock

Very nice tight fit. Not loose at all. Fits like a perfect glove.
Belt clip is extremely strange (in the way it’s attached to the case). Very clever, but unusual.
Screen cover is really clear. [...]

I’ve started building static pages with WordPress, to see if I can speed things up (even more). I started experimenting with it a week or so ago, and have been toying around. At this point I think it’s pretty good, minus a few small glitches (all I can live with for the moment).
One [...]

I wrote a brand new news headline for MacVillage.net. It’s also RSS based, like the current incarnation, but much more efficient. It will also support more feeds. Thanks to using PHP’s XML capabilities, it processes a feed in half the time of the last version. And because it now cashe’s, and [...]

I’m not done yet, I still need to make some tweaks to the layout, and lots of backend work for the page:
http://home.macvillage.net/
Is HTML 4.01 Transitional Valid. That’s right. HTML 4. Decided XHTML is to much of a jump for now. Perhaps when I redo the templates in a few months [...]

Here’s valid XHTML Transitional of a MacVillage.net webpage.
Several individuals a while back commented on my last design as being “old”, “stale”, etc. So if anyone wants to design a stylesheet, or just wants to see where I am right now, that’s it. Yes I know the logo is a dead image, but the [...]

I’m starting to get hardcore into MacVillage.net Development, starting what will be the final development push.
Today I implemented MD5 encryption across all logins the system performs. It’s deployed and in production at the time. Also did a few other weeks to the authentication system while I’m in there.
I’m strongly considering going with XHTML [...]

In my ongoing efforts:
Few more templating tweaks. Before the bulk can be done, a few technical issues need to be worked out. Hope to have those resolved in the next 24-48 hours.
After that, I’ve got several smaller scripts to write/debug/test.
Some Authentication system upgrades. Then some new toys
And, I’ll have [...]

Today I hit a milestone for MacVillage.net. During the transition to the new systems, I will be keeping the old layout. But since it’s going into a new Content Management System, it will need to be updated a bit. As a result, I made it valid HTML 4.01 Transitional.
So far most of [...]

I anticipate this to truly be the last MacWorld for the old MacVillage.net. The new system is nearly complete, and most likely reliable enough for this, but I didn’t feel comfortable enough with it to speed up the process and roll out last night. I made the decision about Dec 26. So I [...]

Sunday and Monday were great programming days. Got tons of bugs fixed on the MacVillage.net CMS. Started Indexing, that’s now done (partly). Also got some limited search functionality. And tons and tons of stupid bugs, and odd functionality fixed. More than I noted in my change log. A lot [...]