The iTunes Link Maker generates links to specific songs, albums, or artists within the iTunes Music Store. If you've got iTunes installed, clicking on the link launches the iTunes app, opens the store, and displays whatever you're linking to. For instance... here's a link to a CD that my good friend Tha' Chuck got me to celebrate the birth of the baby jeebus: The Polyphonic Spree: Now if only they'd expand this to somehow tie in commissions...
It's still in progress, but I'm working on a slightly revised design to this site. I've doubled my CSS/XHTML knowledge in the last month and a half, and thought it a good idea to put it to some practical use. Editing the Gallery configuration wasn't as difficult as I thought. The first thing to do was to create a new Skin directory and skin files. Then add the skin name to the config file. Unfortunately, the skinning system only updates the CSS. In order to update the structure of the page(s), there's a whole set of header & footer includes in the "html_wrap" directory that can be modified. I think you could get away with just editing "wrapper.header" and "wrapper.footer", ...
As those who know me are already aware, if I feel I have been wronged, I don't forget it. Over the years, I have established a list of companies or establishments that I will never do business with again. Until now, this list has only been stored in my own, personal memory. But, thanks to cyberspace, I can now commit The List to, well, bits and bytes. My only wish is that anyone who happens upon The List will empathize with my plight, and follow me in boycotting the offending parties. The most recent addition to The List is Intuit Software, developers of several popular financial software packages. I've used Quicken for a few years now, and will continue to ...
I spent a few hours this weekend installing and configuring Gallery, a "web based software product that lets you manage your photos on your own website". I need to spend some time adjusting the layout to conform to my site, but the application itself is really nice. Probably the biggest factor in switching from the MT functions to Gallery is that there's a desktop application available - Gallery Remote. It allows me to create and modify the photo albums via a Java app, and without having to log into the web site. Basically, it saves a lot of time - I can drop a whole folder of images onto the app, and then upload them all in bulk. Anyways, ...