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December 28, 2002

If only geeks loved Linotypes
: Textism gives us Textile, a tool to sand and polish the rough edges of Web typography. It will:

: Replace single and double primes (' and ") used as quotation marks with HTML entities for opening and closing quotation marks (‘’ and “”) in readable text, while leaving untouched the primes required within HTML tags.
: Replace double hyphens (--) with an em-dash (—) entity.
: Replace single hyphens surrounded by spaces with an en-dash (–) entity.
: Replace triplets of periods (...) with an ellipsis (…) entity.
: Convert many nonstandard characters (ŸúߊπŒ) to browser-safe entities corresponding to keyboard input.
: Apply block- and phrase-level structural tags automatically and at the discretion of the writer via quick tags.
: Create hyperlinks and insert images via quick tags.
: Define acronyms via quick tags
: Wrap an tag around runs of three or more capital letters automatically.
: Convert (TM), (R), and (C) to ™, ®, and ©
: Convert the letter x to a dimension sign: 2x4 to 2×4 and 8 x 10 to 8×10
: Find the first person who broke your heart and report back on how devoid of joy their current life is.

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Gizmodo withdrawl
: With Gizmodo on a vacation, I have to get my gadget fix wherever I can. Here are the latest new toys from Japan [via Lost Remote, a site that keeps getting better and better]: an in-car computer, colorful Exlim cameras, a mobile-phone-come-cell-phone,

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I want my Lileks TV! : And this is what it will look like (from James' natty new design). Note that Glenn Reynolds has joined the chorus chanting: I want my LTV!

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Bandwidth constipation
: If you're trying to watch a vlog, please use this link to see the WTC or Media/Weblog 2002 vlogs. Those are on the Sony Screenblast server. The links on my server reach a crawl if too many people try to watch at the same time (and so I temporarily disable them until things return to a normal flow).
Which leads me to this:
HELP! Does anyone have any suggestions on where I can host Windows Media Player files for a good price (starting bid: free)?
Second question: Does it make a big difference that I do not have a Windows Media server; I only put one copy of the file on my server. I'm assuming that a Windows Media server allows more simultaneous users and makes more efficient use of bandwidth. I have no desire to get a Windows Media server myself (expecially since my host is all Unix and Windows Media doesn't work on Unix... of course). But I'm assuming that if I use hosting at a facility that has the Windows Media server, the bandwidth constipation won't be so severe. Am I stupid?
: Update: For now, I am going to host all my vlogs at Sony Screenblast, which is a generous service (even if the navigation is slightly rococo). This address should work: www.screenblast.com/buzzmachine.

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