Amended returns..
I filled out amended 2005 tax returns yesterday, to report income from my wife’s investment club. I’m not terribly impressed with how TaxCut handles amended returns.. For federal, you basically save...
View ArticleImporting Blosxom data into b2evolution
Made my first attempt at importing my Blosxom data into b2evolution this morning. Looks like it will be doable with just a bit of fussing. The basic strategy is to use this handy Blosxom flavor to...
View ArticleBlosxom Import Complete
I just finished importing all my Blosxom entries into b2evolution. The process was more or less painless; I just pulled down all the Blosxom entries in Movable Type format using the flavor I mentioned...
View ArticleFP using new concerto
I’ve got my “new” P3-750 box booted up as concerto.ucs.umbc.edu. This post will hopefully confirm that b2evolution is working right. Things are looking pretty good. My calendar and photo album appear...
View ArticleFirefox new window links
I’ve always hated when links open in new windows (usually by adding a target="_blank" attribute). Except in a few very rare instances, there’s just no reason to do it. Firefox allows the user to...
View ArticleWordPress
Now that I’m using my blog again, I decided to ditch b2evolution for WordPress. B2Evolution has served me well, but I’ve never been crazy about its look-and-feel or its selection of skins. And, most of...
View ArticleMore WordPress
Well, as these things always go, the WordPress conversion turned out not to be quite as simple as I had originally thought. Now, I expected that permalinks would be broken, so I went through and fixed...
View ArticleThat was easy…
Searching for a new home for my blog (and didn’t want to pay for web hosting, at least not yet), and it came down to wordpress.com vs blogger.com. Blogger.com had the early edge because it works with...
View ArticleBlogging again…
Hopefully I’ll pick up the blogging pace a bit now that I’ve moved everything over to wordpress.com. In preparation for un-password-protecting the blog, I’m going through all of my old posts, and the...
View ArticleBlog administrivia
OK.. figured out a somewhat better solution for links to blog posts. Use relative URLs, and use named permalinks. Then, I should be able to move the blog in the future without breaking self-referential...
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