Monday morning web tech bits

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Anyone have tips or tools to help move a MovableType blog to a new host? So far I’ve found TypeMover a MovableType plugin that: “adds backup, restore and migration features that let you get your data in and out of your servers”.

Gallery 2.0 is out, and from what I hear, it is a great upgrade for the venerable PHP based photo gallery organizer. There is a module that enables Gallery to Drupal/CivicSpace integration, so maybe I will use this at Philly Future down the line.

WSFinder.com is a Wiki for finding web service and open APIs. 109 APIs at last count.

Good fonts + sIFR = typography goodness? Or a mess counting upon your point of view.

Huge list of Flash examples for download at sephiroth.it.

And this is very, very interesting: Neighbornodes:

Neighbornodes are group message boards on wireless nodes, placed in residential areas and open to the public. These nodes transmit signal for around 300 feet, so everyone within that range has access to the board and can read and post to it. This means that with a Neighbornode you can broadcast a message to roughly everyone whose apartment window is within 300 feet of yours (and has line of sight), and they can broadcast messages back to you. Boards are only accessible from computers that go through the local node.

Additionally, Neighbornodes are linked together, making up a node network to enable the passing of news and information on a street-by-street basis throughout the wider community.

Oh I gotta play with this.

Another articles of note:

O’Reilly.net: Opening the potential of OpenOffice.org. How to get involved in helping develop the open alternative to MS Office.

Speaking of Microsoft: BusinessWeek documents some employee defections that must be concerning. Mini-Microsoft, a blog written by an anonymous Microsoft employee, gets some press in the article. One thing is for sure – I would expect some bold moves out of MS. One rumor floating about is buying AOL. Yep, you read that right – and Google is thinking about it too –follow the coverage at PaidContent.com.

2 thoughts on “Monday morning web tech bits”

  1. If you run Movable Type with a MySQL db and you feel comfortable with tools such as MyPhpAdmin, you could backup your MT database and restore the database on the new server. That way you keep all settings, permalinks, and templates.

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