The problem I was having with my comments not getting imported properly was promptly addressed by Ryan at Disqus. I should note that they are providing a free service - I haven’t paid them a dime yet, though I’m using them on three sites now - and his support was free, fast, personable, and on-target. (Are you listening, Google?)

Basically, I just ( Read more... )

I’ve implemented the Disqus commenting system here, and imported my old Mudita Journal comments to the new system. It looks like not all the comments got imported successfully but I may not have have time to investigate why. (Sorry about your two recent comments, Svein! Feel free to re-post.)

I’ve also tried to install integration with Facebook, so ( Read more... )

With my recent work on The Atlasphere, the Atlas Shrugged Movie site, and other projects, I realized yesterday it was time to bite the bullet and give Mudita Journal an updated design as well. It was looking pretty dated in recent years. My most recent overhaul was in 2006.

I’ve been posting less here during the past year since my divorce - as one ( Read more... )

After spending several years as cobbler’s children, Kathy and I have recently updated our own web site for Zoom Strategies, to reflect our increasing focus on commercial web development.

The new site includes an updated portfolio, team bios (including new team member Marshall Sontag), and testimonials from many of our happy clients:


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I can relate to Kevin Cornell’s thoughts on the design process. I often find the most intense feelings of flow come after I’ve got rough ideas in place that I like, and my mind has begun to obsess over making it better.

I find myself thinking about designs I’m working on at odd periods of the day-in the shower, making dinner, or walking to the ( Read more... )

I’m currently in the market for a new favorite web hosting company (or two).

From a technical standpoint, I am a Linux/Apache/PHP/MySQL guy with a preference for cPanel and WHM. However, an increasing number of my client projects these days are larger online applications using Ruby on Rails.

In the past, I’ve worked with FatCow (a B minus, at ( Read more... )

I’ve become increasingly interested in the “friends” feature at LiveJournal, through which I keep track of the postings by various friends within the LJ community.

To facilitate a little more integration between my own blog and that community, I’ve installed the WordPress LiveJournal Crossposter Plugin.

This post is primarily a test to see if ( Read more... )

UPDATE: (Oct 23, 2010) Please read the comments below, especially the ones toward the end, for some relevant warnings about the latest versions of WordPress.

This week I spent several hours figuring out how to import all my entries from MoveableType to WordPress.

It turns out the task is non-trivial when you’re converting to WordPress 2.0 or higher ( Read more... )