Ok, so I got a blog

Why not... Google/blogger.com just made it too easy not to do it ;]

Ok, so my real website is http://david.blackledge.com/, but this place is more likely to have recent content.
I just finally updated my website after 6 years of stagnation because NetIdentity sold to Tucows who sold to domaindirecthosting who screwed up the transition and made my whole site go "under construction"... I had been working on a new front page, so I finished it, added a quick and dirty thing on my current TiVo software obsession and threw it all up there.

I just created a group to talk about the TiVo stuff, too... not that there weren't enough already, but I like Yahoo Groups and it's easy to do...and I already had an account there unlike the other discussion boards.
I put some screenshots there, and posted a description of most of the stuff I've done.

A few things are "already been done" things as I look a little harder at www.tivocommunity.com and the like, but I know that I've got some new cool stuff.

Drop me a line if you want the software made available to download sooner than "when I get around to it."

Comments

  1. Mike@Blackledge.comSeptember 21, 2008 at 6:51 PM

    David: you mentioned the transition from NetIdentity to Tucows to DirectDomainHosting or whatever - however, you didn't mention about uploading to DirectDomainHosting - recently my uploads have 'failed' - have you noticed any of that?
    - El Potato

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  2. David BlackledgeSeptember 22, 2008 at 9:24 AM

    I know I have trouble with using Windows to do the FTP connection - I have to use a different format than before. Now I use the format: ftp://my.site.com@my.site.com
    which Tells windows to do the right thing (and prompt you for the password).

    Noting that if you were to enter that in a browser, it just is for reading, you have to go to the "View" menu and ask it to open in Windows Explorer.

    Feels like I have to re-establish it that way every time, too... but I haven't uploaded much since my initial restoration.

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  3. WilliamSeptember 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM

    The link on the sidebar to the Yahoo group is invalid (it leaves out "groups").

    I'd like to see your Mahjonng game, if nothing else, since I was planning to write one myself.

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  4. David BlackledgeSeptember 22, 2008 at 6:14 PM

    Doh! fixed the link.

    It's actually Gene Wadleigh's Mahjongg game on https://tivomahjongg.dev.java.net/
    (... uh oh...they've archived it - you might not be able to download it until it gets reactivated). I just downloaded it and fixed it (mostly) to work with the current SDK (he made it work with a really ancient version of the HME SDK)
    He actually did a really good job on it... it does hints and does decent navigation, but it's not complete - it doesn't have an opening screen, you just start out in the "select the tileset you want to use" page with no words or instructions to explain it ;]
    If I get a chance, I'll try to put it on the yahoo group or something.
    I only get a few hours a week to work on this stuff, so I'm sure you'd be a better person to take it over if you were planning on writing one ;]

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  5. David BlackledgeDecember 29, 2008 at 10:31 AM

    Mahjongg now available to download at my tivo software page

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