Oy, Dana. That does sound crazy, and yet you'd be a hero. Maybe you could crowd-source the work?
Mal: Ready? Zoe: Always.
'Serenity'
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Consuela - Apr 13, 2012 6:58:58 am PDT #19858 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana - Apr 13, 2012 6:55:41 pm PDT #19859 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I really feel like it ought to be doable in WordPress somehow, but maybe the scope is too large.
amych - Apr 13, 2012 7:37:45 pm PDT #19860 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It's definitely doable in WordPress, although it would take a bit of custom coding and/or a good plugin to manage the shitton of metadata involved. The harder part is thinking through the structure of the information and how you want people to be able to access it.
After that, send in the fangirls!
(I can take a look at the available book review plugins when I get a moment at a proper computer - most of them have a bunch of overhead for pulling in ISBNs and amazon links and whatnot, but the basic structure of reviews, authors, genres, etc may be a good place to start if you can play with the categorization at will.)
Dana - Apr 13, 2012 7:39:40 pm PDT #19861 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That would be fabulous, whenever you have time. The other keyword seems to be "link directory", but I didn't even think of book reviews.
The harder part is thinking through the structure of the information and how you want people to be able to access it.
Yeah, but that bit is way easier to crowdsource, especially when we want to keep it fairly simple. Which I think we would.
amych - Apr 13, 2012 7:40:06 pm PDT #19862 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(or your other open-source publishing platform of choice. I get a little WP Likes Carrots sometimes.)
Dana - Apr 13, 2012 7:45:10 pm PDT #19863 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Well, I'm already familiar with WordPress, and since both of us have jobs and lives and stuff, any minimizing of the learning curve is good.
le nubian - Apr 15, 2012 3:57:12 am PDT #19864 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
For people on ios, there is a (now free) app called Closet that can help you plan wardrobe and track what's in your closet.
I just downloaded it.
Regular price $.99
Theodosia - Apr 15, 2012 8:50:29 am PDT #19865 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My roommate needs to fax something today! Are there any reputable free fax services via the internet that I could send it for her?
Jon B. - Apr 15, 2012 5:02:59 pm PDT #19866 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Typo Boy - Apr 15, 2012 5:42:01 pm PDT #19867 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Have to get a new router. While I'm at it I will try and simplify my life by getting rid of my print server. So looking for:
Wireless n with 4 ports plus two Usb ports.
Qos and dual channel so that videoconferencing traffic gets prioritized and my connection does not get slowed down to speed of slowest wireless computer on network
backwords compatible with WEP encryption to hookup an old computer
Maybe gig ethernet on wired ports though not essential. Current ethernet ports on old computers are 10/100 so getting gig ports is a matter of future proofing and will do nothing with current equipment.
absolute fastest N not critical since internet is not going to be more than 18 mps and stuff that needs faster connections will most used the wired ports. So not worth paying for 450 mps speed. At least not worth paying much
Belkin n750 is on sale at target for $80 (in store, not on-line) but according to reviews no backwords compatibiltiy for WEP. Also mixed reviews on performance. Why I'm looking at dialing back to older N protocols better implemented.
Any recs?