Rodent Regatta

I listed a set of weblog tasks on Monday, May 4th. I’m deep into the efforts to get those things done. Here’s a status report:

1. This first task of exporting old Radio entries for import to Movable Type is toughest of all. I’ve tried several methods, but I’m still getting incomplete results or serious errors. More on this in a bit.
2. I’ve downloaded and subscribed to some feeds using Syndirella. So far, so good; but, I already see that I want some features in news aggregation that I haven’t found in the product. Over the weekend I’ll configure a trial version of NewzCrawler.
3. No attention has been given to a site makeover or second skin. I’ve jotted down some sites I like that have features or ”looks” that I might add here. This is a lower priority.
4. I’ve really stepped up the study on all things XML, XHTML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, validation and RSS. We’ll see how confused I am when I come out of this round of study.

The pause in all of this comes this morning. Daughter number three is dancing. So the day goes like this: work on XML file exports, watch the ballet, work on XML file imports! Such a well-rounded life, wouldn’t you say?