Locking Down an MT Blog

September 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Tech Stuff |

When you use Movable Type for multiblogging, sometimes you’re going to find that you want to keep readers out altogether. Here’s a way to do it using Apache’s mod_env and an .htaccess file.

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Roman Polanski and The Pianist

September 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Movies, Music |

This deeply moving, deeply felt and beautifully rendered film is something everyone should see. If for no other reason, the climactic scene of a freezing and starving Polish pianist playing Chopin for his life.

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Poets House

September 28th, 2009 | 8 Comments | Books, Travelogues |

A kind of funny story in which I ask a stupid question.

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I Have A Meme

September 25th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Politics |

There’s a new nuttiness abroad in the land.

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Russian Night

September 24th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Music |

Sitting in with NYSAE tonight, lots of Russian romantics.
sheetmusic

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Teabagger Spelling Bee

September 23rd, 2009 | 0 Comments | Comedy, Politics |

Someone on MOL has been posting these, and I couldn’t resist.
Infromed

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Camden Yards

September 21st, 2009 | 0 Comments | Baseball, Travelogues |

One of the highlights of our trip to Baltimore this weekend was a game at Camden Yards. A great place to see a game.
The view from up in left field

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Firefox Gains A Majority

September 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Tech Stuff |

These new statistics shouldn’t cause the people at Firefox to get complacent. While IE is losing market share, Firefox is not getting all or even most of it.

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A Couple of Movable Type Tips

September 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Tech Stuff |

Documentation for theme and style management is a little bit lacking. Here are a few methods and tweaks you should know, for adding and managing styles or themes, and for making them a little more user-customizable.

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Cut The President Some Slack

September 17th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Entertainment, Politics |

I love this:

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German Expressionism

September 16th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Books |

The story of the making of the movie “Fitzcarraldo” is parallel to the plot of the film itself: a madman is seized by a vision — to haul a steamship over a mountain to the river on the other side. Werner Herzog had the idea, and to bring it to life on film he couldn’t use models, special effects, easy locations. It had to be done with a real ship, over a real mountain, in a real South American jungle.

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Offensive

September 15th, 2009 | 0 Comments | Politics |

Driving home from rehearsal at BSO last night, I found myself on a beautiful clear night looking over the skyline of lower Manhattan. A sort of wave rolled over me, just a few days after September 11, of what I saw that morning in 2001 and the events of the weeks that followed. I thought [...]

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