Innerdimension.net

As you can see my second and somewhat more convoluted attempt to upgrade to 3.2 is underway. I have the site functional, however the template additions I made have not been brought over yet. I plan on tackling this soon, and everything should be back to normal.

As you can see the upgrade to 3.2 failed horribly. I was eager to install the new version in all its glory, so I followed the upgrade instructions, converted my mt.cfg to the new mt-config.cgi format, uploaded all of the new files nice and neat, and then ran mt-check to see if everything checked out. I get an error that the wonderful perl module DBI is not installed. Normally that wouldn’t be a problem except that DBI is now needed for MovableType to interface with SQL databases in 3.2. As this site is on a shared server, I call CIHost in hopes that the powers that be can either install DBI (not likely) or move me to a server that does. I try and the only possible resolution they have is that they would gladly move my account to a dedicated server so I can install DBI for . So I try and go to the mt admin page anyway in hopes that it would work. It doesn’t, and crashes with a TON of errors blabbing about not being able to use DBI. Now here’s the kicker: When SixApart released the new version, they removed all links to the old version from their website, and since I didn’t have a copy of the old version on my local machine I was between a rock and a hardplace. I tried the forums to see if I could convert the database to BerkleyDB which would work without the infamous DBI module with no response. So I scoured google and found a few souls who still had the code for 3.17 on their site, and downloaded it. I renamed my mt folder and then installed a fresh full copy of 3.17 on, then copied over my mt.cfg and password file, and we’re back and running. WAY too much time over a silly module, but those are the breaks. I might try and export my entries and import them in a BerkleyDB implementation as a side exercise but this has left me a little drained. Time to start thinking about a new hosting provider at the end of this term (April). Any recommendations for mt-friendly hosts will be appreciated.

Today I will be upgrading the site to MovableType 3.2, so please be patient as there might be some intermittent connectivity problems.

I received an email from Sony today regarding PSP news. I don’t have a PSP, but I look at the newsletter anyway. I notice that they’ve just released version 2 of their firmware for the unit. So I curiously look at what’s been added. I see 4×3 support for video, some more interoperability with Memory Stick Duo items, etc., but towards the bottom I see the following:

“MP4 (the audio codec for MP4 format audio files is MPEG-4 AAC) and WAV (Linear PCM) have been added as playable file formats (for music saved on Memory Stick Duo? media).”

Now this isn’t protected AAC mind you, but with something like jHymn, you can now use your iTunes songs on the PSP (after some massaging of course). Now the iPod still has far greater memory than the PSP, but it definitely thrusts the PSP further into the all-in-one handheld entertainment device space.

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• Call Me Fishmeal.: Student Talk from WWDC 2005.
  The Student Talk before WWDC 2005.
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  Apple’s guide on how to use Garageband to Podcast
  Posted: 2005-06-30T02:04:26Z (categories: GarageBand How-To Podcasting )
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  An intro on how to use iTunes to Videocast
  Posted: 2005-06-30T02:03:50Z (categories: How-To Videocast iTunes )
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  Dave Slusher’s comments on iTunes 4.9 now that it’s released, and his fears came true. If you have a bittorrent feed podcast, get ready to change your setup back to direct MP3 for iTunes subscriptions to work.
  Posted: 2005-06-30T02:08:26Z (categories: bittorrent iTunes podcasting )

• Howstuffworks “How Mortgages Work”
  Article on how Mortgages Work, a good reference.
  Posted: 2005-06-29T13:47:33Z (categories: how-to mortgage )
• Ben Engebreth – dot org!: Housing Price-to-Income Ratio as a Way to Measure Maximum Local Affordability
  A mini-study that might put home buying costs into perspective.
  Posted: 2005-06-29T13:46:56Z (categories: home purchase )

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Yahoo’s foray into Social Bookmarking is in Beta today. It adds all the tagging and bookmarking fun of del.icio.us with an added social context, as you can add contacts and community to not only discover new things, but focus your search on better results as well.