Chaos Magnet

We made it to Movable Type -- almost

Well, I finally got this thing moved over to Movable Type, but as you
can tell if you look, I can't figure out how to get the individual pages to follow the
Individual Entries archive template. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong. Any comments are appreciated, as I go back to some paying work before tackling it again...

(Update: I had an extra style sheet working on the layout. All is now well, and we are completely moved over!)

What writers charge

Looks like I should have held out for more money on my last couple of books. Writer's Digest has a listing of "typical" rates writers get for various projects.

Still plugging along

No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, in case anyone noticed. In the midst of moving this questionable tome to Movable Type I got caught in NYC for the blackout and it took me four days, five airports, and no less than seven schedule changes to get home. Two pieces of advice: first, if you're ever in a situation like that and you have the means, just rent a car and start driving. It'll be faster. Really. Second, if you don't have the means (or if you live more than three days drive away) try and get to your airline's hub. You'll have a much better chance of getting there than to your final destination, and once you're there, you'll have lots of choices.

Anyway, I haven't abandoned Chaos Magnet, it's just been a bit more chaotic than usual.

Thanks for your patience!

A network of PDAs?

You can't see it yet, but next Friday, InformIT will be running an interesting article on the history of distributed computing. It starts with the hypothesis of "thinking machines" in the 1940's and comes up to today's grid systems. An interesting hypothesis: that PDAs will, someday soon, form themselves into a giant network.

Getting my tush in gear

Today is the day I get myself organized (he said hopefully). I've only got two things to really accomplish this weekend: finish up the new XForms section and the rest of this week's update for the XML Reference Guide, and finish the User Pages tutorial I'm working on for the MetroSphere series. Oh, and I have to go to the ATM. And mow the lawn. And the post office to mail those checks. And now that the RDF section's been added to the Guide, I can finish looking into FOAF and blog Alexander's site on the the XML blog.

Other than that, my weekend's clear.

Presidential humor

Let's hope George Bush has a sense of humor.

Darn those NDA's anyway

For reasons that I will never be able to discuss because of non-disclosure agreements, today's Dilbert describes my life right now.