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I've upgraded the blog to Movable Type 4. It didn't go entirely without problems - which is pretty much par for the course. Here's a brief run-down of what I did for reference.
Installation
- Save off a copy of the database using phpMyAdmin to an SQL dump
- Upload MT 4.1 to server and unpack to /cgi-bin/mt4 and /mt-static4 (to avoid overwriting the 3.3 installation)
- Set the cgi files to be executable
- Load mt.cgi which started upgrading the database
- Puzzle greatly over the Error 403: Forbidden which I got in the middle of the database upgrade. This happened if I repeated the operation.
- Load mt.cgi in IE7 - it worked perfectly!
Configuration
- Refresh all the templates from the main blog menu
- Go to the Archive Templates and set up archive mappings
- Choose a TWT (thin-wide-thin) layout style
Plugins
- Install MediaManager 2.0b1
- Copy the Amazon details from the system overview preferences into the individual blog preferences
So according to a BBC news article on the cracking of some HD DVD disks (including Serenity!).
... the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Authority has said the breach is limited. "It does not represent an attack on the AACS system itself," the group said."
A spokesman for the AACS group said the large size of the files and the high cost of writable hi-def discs made widespread copying of the movies impractical.
A large-scale breach of AACS could be a threat to the $24bn DVD industry and dent hopes that high-definition discs would invigorate the market.
There's a bit of a contradiction there surely?
We've started using VMware at work recently to help us manage the number of development environments we have to live with and it's all been pretty painless so far. I've also been looking at ways of putting Linux in my laptop so thought I'd try out Parallels workstation since it's a fraction of the price of VMware but looks very similar in capabilities. Here's a few notes on the differences.
I've never really tried getting USB to work on Linux before - I just assumed that it would be too difficult. Turns out that that's not really the case after all - although we're not talking plug and play here.
For the purposes of not forgetting next time I want to do this more than anything here are some notes on the rebuild of my Linux Jukebox, Orsino.
