Comments for Isolationism http://www.isolationism.com the web site of kevin williams Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:33:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on The Future Sound of London - From the Archives by airborne_rodent http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-25/fsol-from-the-archives/#comment-11831 airborne_rodent Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:51:17 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-25/fsol-from-the-archives/#comment-11831 Gotta hear that... Too bad they ain't gona go back there to stay :/ But then again, if it wasn't for their disapperrance, would people aprecciate the music? Gotta hear that…
Too bad they ain’t gona go back there to stay :/
But then again, if it wasn’t for their disapperrance, would people aprecciate the music?

]]> Comment on Migrating from pMachine to WordPress by Steve http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-11693 Steve Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:21:45 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-11693 Question regarding PMachine categories. I suspect it won't import the category designation for each entry? If so, what if I duplicated the categories in WordPress 1.52 before importing in the PMachine database -- would the posts import into their consecutive categories then? Have you tried this? I've got close to 6,000 posts in my PMachine Pro 2.3 site. This page is very helpful and I shall follow it during my conversion to WordPress. I like Expression Engine, but it seems the most popular is WordPress and there are so many templates available for it I've seen that are cool. Question regarding PMachine categories. I suspect it won’t import the category designation for each entry? If so, what if I duplicated the categories in WordPress 1.52 before importing in the PMachine database — would the posts import into their consecutive categories then? Have you tried this? I’ve got close to 6,000 posts in my PMachine Pro 2.3 site. This page is very helpful and I shall follow it during my conversion to WordPress. I like Expression Engine, but it seems the most popular is WordPress and there are so many templates available for it I’ve seen that are cool.

]]> Comment on Migrating from pMachine to WordPress by Kevin Williams http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9278 Kevin Williams Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:04:51 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9278 Glad to hear it worked for you, Jenny! Thanks for dropping me a note to say so. Glad to hear it worked for you, Jenny! Thanks for dropping me a note to say so.

]]> Comment on Migrating from pMachine to WordPress by jenny http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9276 jenny Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:56:47 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9276 I followed your guide and it worked perfectly. I've been dreading the move for over two years. I wish I'd thought to search for some help a long time ago. Now I've just got to figure out the new tag system! Thanks again. I followed your guide and it worked perfectly. I’ve been dreading the move for over two years. I wish I’d thought to search for some help a long time ago.

Now I’ve just got to figure out the new tag system!

Thanks again.

]]> Comment on Scribus: A Brief Review by Lex http://www.isolationism.com/2006-12-10/scribus-review/#comment-7749 Lex Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:29:07 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2006-12-10/scribus-review/#comment-7749 If you still have those Scribus project files - could you try them in the current version, 13.3.9 ? In fact, your project could stand as a sort of progreess benchmark... Thanks for documenting your efforts. If you still have those Scribus project files - could you try them in the current version, 13.3.9 ? In fact, your project could stand as a sort of progreess benchmark…
Thanks for documenting your efforts.

]]> Comment on Migrating from pMachine to WordPress by Kevin Williams http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6970 Kevin Williams Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:04:25 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6970 Hi Peter! I'm glad you asked; I should have pointed out that images (and other dependencies, such as relative links) can create additional challenges; but nothing you can't handle, I'm sure. In a nutshell, there are essentially three ways you can have included images in your posts: <ol> <li>By a relative path (e.g. <code>src="images/pic.jpg"</code> or <code>src="../images/pic.jpg"</code></li> <li>By an absolute path (e.g. <code>src="/images/pic.jpg"</code>, or</li> <li>By a complete URI (e.g. <code>src="http://www.mysite.com/images/pic.jpg</code></li> </ol> The good news is that in all three cases, you should have little to no problem keeping the images linked correctly if you keep the images folder in the same location as it is now on your existing pMachine blog on your new WordPress blog. In the worst-case scenario, if you need to alter the links, you can actually do so "in bulk"--Just use a text editor on a .sql file to make the change as required before importing it to the new database. There are obviously other ways of doing this too, but they involve writing SQL queries which is a bit more involved and potentially complicated than just using a text editor. Hopefully that answers your question! If you're still curious/cautious about how it will work out, remember the following: <ul> <li>Back up your existing site content and keep a local copy </li><li>Back up your current database and keep a local copy </li></ul> That way, no matter what happens, if something goes horribly wrong you'll be able to recover from the mistake quickly. As for the pMachine and Wordpress blogs, though, both can nearly co-exist completely with the exception of a couple filenames (i.e. index.php)--so recovering from a disaster will actually be quick and painless. Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions or need help! Hi Peter!

I’m glad you asked; I should have pointed out that images (and other dependencies, such as relative links) can create additional challenges; but nothing you can’t handle, I’m sure.

In a nutshell, there are essentially three ways you can have included images in your posts:

  1. By a relative path (e.g. src="images/pic.jpg" or src="../images/pic.jpg"
  2. By an absolute path (e.g. src="/images/pic.jpg", or
  3. By a complete URI (e.g. src="http://www.mysite.com/images/pic.jpg

The good news is that in all three cases, you should have little to no problem keeping the images linked correctly if you keep the images folder in the same location as it is now on your existing pMachine blog on your new WordPress blog.

In the worst-case scenario, if you need to alter the links, you can actually do so “in bulk”—Just use a text editor on a .sql file to make the change as required before importing it to the new database. There are obviously other ways of doing this too, but they involve writing SQL queries which is a bit more involved and potentially complicated than just using a text editor.

Hopefully that answers your question! If you’re still curious/cautious about how it will work out, remember the following:

  • Back up your existing site content and keep a local copy
  • Back up your current database and keep a local copy

That way, no matter what happens, if something goes horribly wrong you’ll be able to recover from the mistake quickly. As for the pMachine and Wordpress blogs, though, both can nearly co-exist completely with the exception of a couple filenames (i.e. index.php)—so recovering from a disaster will actually be quick and painless.

Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions or need help!

]]> Comment on Migrating from pMachine to WordPress by Peter Høvring http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6965 Peter Høvring Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:57:39 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6965 Kevin, this looks very interesting to me - my blog is however a very images-based blog. What happens to all the posts with images? I guess they should still be located in the same folder on the server, but will they be included? Best regards, Peter Kevin,
this looks very interesting to me - my blog is however a very images-based blog. What happens to all the posts with images? I guess they should still be located in the same folder on the server, but will they be included?
Best regards,
Peter

]]> Comment on July Sails On by Kevin Williams http://www.isolationism.com/2007-07-27/july-sails-on/#comment-6951 Kevin Williams Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:39:16 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-07-27/july-sails-on/#comment-6951 I'm cool with the idea, but a pair of rails with cross-beams will easily cost >$250; the hard-shell roof racks seem to start around $300, but we'd be looking at something more like $400-450 for carrying anything significantly larger than a single suitcase. I’m cool with the idea, but a pair of rails with cross-beams will easily cost >$250; the hard-shell roof racks seem to start around $300, but we’d be looking at something more like $400-450 for carrying anything significantly larger than a single suitcase.

]]> Comment on July Sails On by Becka http://www.isolationism.com/2007-07-27/july-sails-on/#comment-6950 Becka Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:09:26 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-07-27/july-sails-on/#comment-6950 I still say we need a roof rack thingie :) At least we know we won't need a stroller, the Ergo rolls up neatly. If we're willing to let the Mutt go crateless we can stack better! And really, I think we've found that Loosh settles pretty quickly when given the option of snuggling with Mommma and Daddy. I'd really love to see something new and get away for a while. I still say we need a roof rack thingie :) At least we know we won’t need a stroller, the Ergo rolls up neatly. If we’re willing to let the Mutt go crateless we can stack better! And really, I think we’ve found that Loosh settles pretty quickly when given the option of snuggling with Mommma and Daddy. I’d really love to see something new and get away for a while.

]]> Comment on Linux Font Rendering Revisited by Kevin Williams http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-03/linux-font-rendering-revisited/#comment-6920 Kevin Williams Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:23:53 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-03/linux-font-rendering-revisited/#comment-6920 I'm not sure there's really a distinction in this context; FIR filtering is an alternative method of deriving LCD sub-pixel rendering, the effects of which are certainly <em>reduced</em> colour bleeding, but not eliminated: Again, quoting David from one of his <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/freetype-devel@nongnu.org/msg01846.html" rel="nofollow">more recent posts</a> covering his advances with Freetype: <blockquote>Notice that in certain cases, no filter can completely get rid of color fringes, but that, except for high-quality bytecode hints, the legacy filter creates more unpleasant artefacts.</blockquote> ... So we're never going to get rid of the color fringes unless we adopt something closer to Microsoft/BCI, which I find less desirable than the product of either slight or full autohinting (although your tastes may differ). It is trivial to demonstrate the effects of all of the various filter combinations thanks to the very nice (painful interface aside) <dfn>ftdiff</dfn> program David created. What I'd like to know is how all of the multitudinous options are supported simultaneously in one application without having to restart anything; it sure would be nice to be able to run a completely mixed font-rendering technology environment natively in X... As for the article, It looks to be brand-spaking new so I've certainly never seen it before--and it definitely looks to be comprehensive. I'm going to have to give that a read; thanks for bringing it to my (and my readers') attention! Here's hoping David finds himself with a bit more free time in the near future for reading this new paper and perhaps thinking of ways to apply it to the Freetype, XFT and Cairo libraries. I’m not sure there’s really a distinction in this context; FIR filtering is an alternative method of deriving LCD sub-pixel rendering, the effects of which are certainly reduced colour bleeding, but not eliminated: Again, quoting David from one of his more recent posts covering his advances with Freetype:

Notice that in certain cases, no filter can completely get rid of color fringes, but that, except for high-quality bytecode hints, the legacy filter creates more unpleasant artefacts.

… So we’re never going to get rid of the color fringes unless we adopt something closer to Microsoft/BCI, which I find less desirable than the product of either slight or full autohinting (although your tastes may differ). It is trivial to demonstrate the effects of all of the various filter combinations thanks to the very nice (painful interface aside) ftdiff program David created. What I’d like to know is how all of the multitudinous options are supported simultaneously in one application without having to restart anything; it sure would be nice to be able to run a completely mixed font-rendering technology environment natively in X…

As for the article, It looks to be brand-spaking new so I’ve certainly never seen it before—and it definitely looks to be comprehensive. I’m going to have to give that a read; thanks for bringing it to my (and my readers’) attention!

Here’s hoping David finds himself with a bit more free time in the near future for reading this new paper and perhaps thinking of ways to apply it to the Freetype, XFT and Cairo libraries.

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