Moving to greener pastures#top

Starting this blog in 2008 I didn't realize how much work I would have on peripherals. Yes, I wanted to build my own content management system. It seemed easy enough and I wanted to really learn PHP, so I got started and a few weeks later I had a MySQL query and Class generator ready. It took a second or two to generate the core, and a new content management system had been born.

What a mistake that was! I want everyone to know that from today on (8 februari 2011) I will be moving all my PHP-based sites to use Wordpress instead of my various custom-built CMS systems. If you are reading this post somewhere around August 2011 or later you must know that I find Wordpress unreasonably difficult to work with.. Judging from what I have heard however, that won't be the case. So hopefully 2011 will be the year of the blog for me, when I can forget about the minor details: the code that drives, filtering out spam comments, etc. etc.. And that I can achieve all the goals that I had when I started this blog in 2008.

For historical purposes (mainly so that I can laugh at myself for ever attempting this when there are free better tools available) here is a screenshot of my current CMS. Try not to laugh too hard.

Fun fact: While trying to post this I ran into a 403 Forbidden error, and I ended up posting via phpMyAdmin. I guess that fits with my "as simple as possible" strategy. Because who needs a CMS when you know MySQL?

DI.FM Desktop Widget#top

I made a DI.FM desktop widget. Channels are read from XML so you can freely add and remove some. Application and source will be made available upon request (just put something in the comments or send an email / tweet). Has some cool smooth UI features.

nping - Console network pinger / network sweeper / network scanner#top

nping.exe is a console line portable application that scans a network based on a supplied network address from any Windows machine. It is designed for system administrators and other people who are inclined to have need for a simple network scanner. This is finished and complete software. This is unlicensed. You can use it for anything you like forever.

Tip! Use the following command to write the results to a text file, you can then use a batch / AutoIt or VBS script to email you the results. It will place the results in a file called networklog.txt.
nping 192.168.20.0-100 > networklog.txt

Source file: nping.au3 (AutoIt file)

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3D Modelling: M2A1 Half track#top

I'm getting into 3D modelling. Just for fun. This is one of my first accomplishments that I am proud of.

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New website design#top

Preview @ /mockup/.