DHCP.

Another iPhone question answered:

Just Brew It wrote

The New York Times is reporting that, after Jobs flirted with the idea during his interview at D5, Apple will release a software development kit for the iPhone at WWDC his year (June 11). This is great, since Apple has been pretty secretive about letting third party developers do apps for the iPhone. I wonder if it will be integrated into Xcode.

If there is an iPhone SDK released, integration with Xcode is a no-brainer. Here's hoping Xcode 3.1 or whatever they drop at WWDC wraps up all of the nagging little mysteries extant since Leopard was (partially) revealed.

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Content management question:

Has anyone had personal experience with Joomla?

It's open source, and therefore more attractive than the $50 per month option being suggested by a friend...but I'm a bit wary of learning a new system if it is complex and/or likely to have a short shelf life.

No personal experience, but everything I've heard about it was positive.

It was 30 years ago today....

1977: The Apple II, the world's first "practical" personal computer, goes on sale.

The Apple II is the computer that made Apple a driving force in a new industry. The company's original computer bore little resemblance to what we would now call a PC, but that all changed with the appearance of its successor, the Apple II.

Featuring an integrated keyboard, built-in BASIC programming languages, expandable memory, a monitor capable of color graphics, a sound card and expansion slots, the Apple II resembles today's modern desktops in the way a '38 Plymouth resembles a Cadillac Escalade. Cruder, perhaps, with fewer bells and whistles, but a smoothly functioning machine nevertheless.

When Apple dominated the education market, it was largely the Apple II that filled classrooms around the United States, indeed around the world. Some of these machines remain in use today.

The Apple II remains one of the most successful personal computers ever built and, in fact, remained in production until October 1993, when the Macintosh finally put it out to pasture. In all its iterations, around 6 million of these puppies rolled off the assembly line.

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I played with Joomla for a site that ultimately never came to be. It's very flexible, and I was able to find a way to do everything I tried, with some toying around. Plus, it was pretty. I think it's a good system.

Thanks Gris and SA. The fellow who recommended Joomla seemed sold on it and I was looking for verification. Much obliged.

I may have him do the set-up for me. I'm great with the updating and I'm a dab hand at basic html, but some of the more complex stuff...maybe I don't need to take the time to learn.

DHCP.

When an Ethernet device goes that slowly, it often means there's a duplex mismatch between the switch port and the device. If the ports on the switch and the port on the printer have configurable speed and duplex settings, try setting them the same as what the computer's set for and see what you get.

Dreamhost hacked

We’re still working to determine how this occurred, but it appears that a 3rd party found a way to obtain the password information associated with approximately 3,500 separate FTP accounts and has used that information to append data to the index files of customer sites using automated scripts (primarily for search engine optimization purposes).

Cool.

Via Debuts Nanobook: A Windows Ultralight Under Two Pounds, Less Than $600

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Via's Nanobook has a 7" screen, clamshell form factor and a full QWERTY keyboard. Weighing 850g (1.9 lb), the reference design offers a 1.2 GHz VIA C7 CPU, the VX-700 chipset, and up to 1GB of RAM. Connectivity comes with WiFi, BlueTooth, 2 USB ports, DVI, and a 4-in-1 card reader.

For the price, this is rather tempting. For when I just don't feel like hauling my 5.1 lb MacBook.