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Marco van Hylckama Vlieg on web technology, design, life and everything

xmas holidays are great...

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Tuesday Dec 28 2004

Master Chief extravaganza

And of course this belongs in the 'Tech' column!

And now on to more important things. I need a weapon!

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Pivot 1.20RC is out

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Sunday Dec 12 2004

A nice piece of news for those who are weblogging with Pivot just like me. The team has just released version 1.20RC. This site is already running it if this message appears on your screen that is ...

Get it!

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A new Pivot template for you to enjoy

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Sunday Dec 12 2004

The Pivot template as described in my earlier posting is now finished and available for download.
Enjoy!

Go check it out!

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MSN Spaces: No hanky panky stuff

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Tuesday Dec 7 2004

MSN Spaces

Stupid automated censoring-alert! The people at BoingBoing had a go at trying to find out what does and what doesn't pass as a title for a shiny new MSN spaces blog. The results were a mixed bag. It seems whores aren't welcome on MSN spaces but prostitutes are. One can have a blog about tits but one on the history of pornography would not pass the censorfilter. And... if you planned to start a blog about the Russian writer of literature Vladimir Nabokov you'll have to skip his world famous novel 'Lolita' because it won't pass. I can't wait to dump Pivot and switch to MSN spaces......

P.S: I wonder what happens when the spammers find out about this fine service...

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On a search for the ultimate CMS

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Monday Dec 6 2004

Everyone working in the field of web development knows about them: content management systems. Back in the early days websites were just a couple of crafted HTML pages and possibly a form or two for visitors to send in some information but those days are long gone. Most websites are dynamic and database driven. Web development has evolved into a set of skills most people don't all have. I guess we can say web development has matured. More dynamic websites require more than just neat designs and valid html. A CMS system is required for the majority of websites that are more than just a small presence outlet online. An article about the search for the holy grail: the universal CMS.

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New and revolutionary from Redmond: blogging!

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Thursday Dec 2 2004

MSN Spaces

Recently Microsoft has discovered the blogging phenomena. It's always interesting to see how Microsoft steps on internet hype bandwagons. Fashionably late too. However they often manage to become a big player in whatever they get their hands on in a quick and quite impressive way.

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Bernhard, rest in peace

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Thursday Dec 2 2004

Bernhard

Yesterday evening the ineviteable happened: Our Dutch Royal Highness prince Bernhard passed away. Prince Bernhard was a remarkable man. He married queen Juliana in 1937 and he was a real WW2 hero who's fought with the soldiers at the battlefront. In addition to that he's even been a RAF fighter pilot. Therefore, unlike George W. Bush who fights wrong wars from behind his desk, Bernhard was a man who fought a a 'right' war right from within fighter cockpits or the battle front. Besides being a war hero he was also a prominent wildlife activist, the key figure in an important Dutch cultural foundation and many more things. Bernhard had a very strong opinion about many issues in the Netherlands and he was generally seen as a very nice person. Rest in peace Bernhard, your country will miss you...

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