Oooh, MT 3.1 is released! Fantastic, now I can go upgrade my 3.1 beta and upgrade my main installation. I’m really liking the dynamic publishing, which should really ease MT’s weblog storage requirements.
Preparing for Frances
Things to do:
- Back up the computer
- Collect all the things to take with us
- Secure the apartment
- Top up the hurricane kit
- Gas up the car
- Get some cash
- Find a place to evacuate to
Where we evacuate to will depend largely on where Frances decides to go. During Hurricane Floyd back in 1999, we took off to Atlanta (had to go there anyway). The wife says we should go there again this time. But if Frances goes inland and turns to follow the coast, then Atlanta might not be such a good choice.
I have GMail!
Thanks to my friend Tom, I now have a GMail account. I don’t get much mail there yet, mostly because at the moment Tom’s the only one who knows the email address.
The interface to GMail is pretty simple and uncluttered. Haven’t spent a lot of time getting down to learning more of the details. For categorizing mail, you use labels instead of shuffling them around to different folders. I think I’ll like this because mail can have multiple labels. Stars let you flag mail for whatever purpose you want. And probably best of all, mail gets threaded, making it easier to keep track of things.
I’ve received all of 5 emails at my GMail account, and already I have 6 invites to dispose of. Oh, who to send them to…
Bye bye Gaston, Hello Frances
We weathered Gaston pretty well. The wind got pretty howly and saw some branches fall from the trees outside one of our windows. Lots of water and blown down foliage on the roads yesterday and flooding in all the usual places. We ended up losing power twice yesterday, but not for very long.
Pop! Pop Pop Pop!
They’re popping like mushrooms after a heavy rain! Big Hurricane Frances still in the mid Atlantic, and now there is Tropical Storm Gaston that popped up off the coast. Fortunately Gaston looks like it won’t bring much more than a lot of rain as it wanders over top of us.