In answer to the initial criticisms about their new licenses, Six Apart has announced the following changes : There are now no limits on the number of weblogs you can create with a paid license of Movable Type. The free license remains limited. All paid options include support directly from us, through our online ticket system. Our licenses are perpetual,…
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MT @ Linfa.net
This is my contribution to the informal survey started by Six Apart about the ways people are using Movable Type in the real world. It is rare enough to see a company listen to its users so quickly and be wiling to make changes where other companies would just have ignored the outcry and told everyone to just live with…
Moving (Six) Apart
Like many others, I was looking forward with excitement to see what the new version of Movable Type had to offer. Since the announcement was made a few days ago of a new version, Movable Type 3.0, and a new licensing scheme, �disappointment� and �confusion� are more applicable to the situation. In the middle of the outcry (amplified by a…
DAZ Contest Grand Prize
“Eowyn in Pelennor Fields” was selected Grand Prize at the Tolkien Remembered contest organized by Daz3D. I was so thrilled to read the news from Daz, especially as I submitted both versions of the same scene and the first version was selected as “Honorable Mention” as well. This made it worth starting over the entire scene after the first version…
New role at Renderosity
It’s official… today I signed up as coordinator for the Vue forum at Renderosity. I will be helping the curent moderator, gebe, with her outstanding job running that little community… answering questions, solving issues with images in the gallery, or helping other coordinators if necessary. It is interesting to go through the mirror and see the backstage of a site like…
The North American Indian
My brother just pointed me in the direction of the online exhibition of the work of naturalist Edward S. Curtis. The Library of Congress made available more than 1500 photographs from The North American Indian, where Curtis portrayed the way of life of eighty native american tribes. The twenty volumes of about 100 images each are presented in high resolution.…
iTunes time travels
With all that hype surrounding it, it is easy to overlook a very simple reason that makes a service like iTunes so attractive. iTunes is a Time Machine. I spent a few hours (and dollars) going over their catalog, looking for particular albums and as I was coming across some unexpected titles, it hit me – there are so many…
Au revoir RDV3D
Rendez-vous 3D, a french sister site to Renderosity is no more. The site closed soon after an announcement that sales of 3D items were no longer sufficient to make the site profitable. It is always sad to see a site fold., especially one with a distinct identity and welcoming folks running it. Hopefully, this will not be the last attempt…
Views of Home
The Earth Observatory project is an educational website created by NASA to provide high quality satellite images for educators or just individuals. Images are featured according to current events such as wildfires in California or massive solar flares. Check it out for some beautiful examples of pictures of our home and neighborhood.
Spectrum 10
It has now become some sort of ritual. Come November, I wait impatiently to receive my copy of Spectrum and enjoy one of the best collection of Fantasy Art available.. This year was no exception. With this year’s edition, Spectrum 10: The Tenth Annual Collection of the Best in Contempoary Fantastic Art celebrates a decade of science fiction and fantasy…