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From: Liberating Minds, where I post regularly…
Laird wrote:
I’m not sure if all the folks on the board agree with me on this, but I don’t like his whole business of being anti-social towards people with wrong or confused political views (you know, statists). Instead of showing them towards the light, we should shun them? Hmm, I guess if you believe that people can never change their political views, you can adhere to this philosophy.It really burns my bacon when Stef says you can’t be a libertarian if you hang out with statists (podcast 927), since there is nothing in the non-aggression principle that says you can’t hang with with those who advocate the use of force (against you or anyone else).
My reply:
Yes, it does seem on the surface that Stef preaches empathy for understanding others, but this gets second priority when he needs to justify isolationism.
He makes many good arguments about things like ‘not-arguing-with-the-irrational’ (which is irrational), but I don’t think he really wants to understand how people get deluded into their mistaken beliefs about power, authority, the state, and the family. If he did understand how people get themselves broken, I don’t think he’d be so quick to judge others in such absolutist ways as “don’t hang out with statists at all”.
He does seem to run into his own contradictions in these kinds of areas a lot: “We can change the world” vs. “Nobody ever changes” + “You can’t change others”, for instance.
Maybe sometimes we can’t change others, but surely we can try to understand them. When we do, we can connect, and that is a prerequisite to any real change in the first place. So the proposition of “reduce all comms with statists” is pretty numbskulled, especially coming from someone who in some areas knows better.
Filed under: AnCap, Libertarian, Philosophy, Psychology | 3 Comments
Tags: empathy, FDR, isolationism, LiMi, Molyneux, understanding
Blog Client Testing … move along
Weeha.
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There.
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The hunt for the best WordPress blog client continues! An update to this post:
Dan from idano commented on his more recent blog client solutions in the comments for this entry:
Dan From idano.net here…
Since I wrote that post that you linked to I discovered Windows Live Writer which is the best blog client I have found. Notable features are:
- It downloads your blog’s design so it looks like you are editing your post in real time
- Allow you to drag-and-drop images, resize them (with resampling), and will upload and link to the original image.
- Allows you to edit pages in WordPressThere is more but those are the ones that converted me from Zoundry. I like it so much that I use Parallels on my Macbook to run Windows just so I can use it (Nobody has made anything near as good for Macs).
Windows Live Writer can be downloaded here – http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/
Anyway, thanks for stopping by my blog. – Dan
Original Post:
I think the two key links to find the client that will work for you and WordPress at this time are… idano (nice blog btw!) and the WordPress list itself, which at least gives you a few to try out. I’m surprised there isn’t a poll around, easily found, that compares all weblogging clients compatible with WordPress, but hey, that just means there’s still room on the net for more answers…
Speaking of answers, what do you think is the best blog client for WordPress?
I can’t wait to get a client up and running. The WP online interface seems slower every day…. Then again, I am getting a new-to-me computer in a few days. Maybe that will speed things up. But I think a client is the way to go. One shouldn’t be distracted with slow server-side things when writing…its……distracting!
-Growing Freedom
Filed under: blogging, writing | 7 Comments
Tags: blog client, blog client reviews, blogging, webblog client
Discussion of the internet as metaphor for anarcho-capitalism, and also, quite incidentally, Joomla 1.5 Stable’s release today! I continue to document my progress in website design, planning, and implementation, and take a break to discuss anarchy.
I seem to have chosen well: Joomla 1.0.x vs. Joomla 1.5.x was a tough one. But today Joomla 1.5 Stable is released! Code name: Khepri . I’m upgrading as I write this: upload the files to server, unpack and overright the 1.5 RC4 files. Easy peasy. I always check (as if I’ve done this so many times before!) the Joomla forums before attempting something new. Its one of the wonderful things about opensource: There are always people helping each other out. No need for customer service. Just let people communicate in a free way and solutions find themselves.
Maybe thats part of why I’ve gone ahead and started posting all this software mumbo jumbo on Growing Freedom: The web is a good metaphor for an anarcho-capitalist society in general. Pure voluntarism, yet strong economics. No need for some dark authority to pass laws and give permissions and favors. No need for democracy either. There are no decisions to be made.
People talk about the web being a very democratic place. That is nonsense. Its at best a poor way of saying: “Things that work become popular. Things that are popular drive further development.”. People who see democracy as the highest ideal tend not to see the fact that the internet isn’t democratic at all, unless people set up democratic sub-areas inside for themselves.
Speaking of sub-areas, I’ve been impressed by this simple test of government and freedom: Any system A that can contain within it examples of a different system, B, and where B cannot likewise contain A, we can say “A is a freer system than B”.
For example, a democracy with strong property rights can entertain examples of communism within it. Bob can set up a commune with Lucy and run it mostly how they like. But the reverse is not true: Communist Bob cannot set up a democratic institution or area with Communist-Lucy in a communist country / state / area. Without property rights, they would only be playing a game. The state claims hegemony over their ‘property’ no matter whether they deal with each other democratically on the surface or not.
The internet is anarchic: Strong property rights, almost zero controls (China comes to mind, and the fact that a lot of the underlying structure is meddled with or owned outright by governments or their lackeys). This makes for strong economics . And its easy to set up a sub-area with any sort of ‘government’ you could want. Anarchic systems can contain all other systems, or at least that is how the theory of this test goes. So next time you get to thinking about creating and enforcing some strict rules on your fellow man (especially family, and especially children. More on that another time), think of the internet. How is wealth really generated? In what environments do people really thrive? Do you really need to be in control, or would a more freedom-loving solution be even better?
As to hating the illegitimate authorities in your own life: Of course you do. We all know better now that we have so many examples of free systems in our lives. My own suggestion: Don’t get too caught up in fighting ‘the powers that be’, whether they are family, government, teachers, institutions, laws, conformist pressures, etc.. Rather, find your freedom inside yourself and nurture it into a flame. With your soul rooted in real freedom, the fact of living under illegitimate authority will become less menacing, and you’ll consequently be able to free-act to authority rather than react. Thats one of the meanings of my upcoming website: freact.com
Well, thats it for now. Let me know what you think about the ideas above, and also I’m looking for Joomla friends to work with: Anyone who’s also getting Joomla going for the first time, or has some experience and would like to work together to overcome obstacles, give me a ping, zing, digg, or old-fashioned comment.
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Tags: anarcho capitalism, anarchy, anarchy theory, joomla, Joomla 1.5, net economics, opensource, request for partner, the net, web design, web development, web host
Ho ho ho. That was fun. Let me boil things down to make a Joomla install hassle free on your virginal Bluehost web space:
- Get your fresh hot copy of Joomla. Upload to your site’s public_html folder (or www).
- Get your Bluehost side of things prepared:
- Use cPanel to go to PHP config. Install a php.ini file to you public_html folder. Its automated there in PHP config for you.
- Use FTP or one of Bluehosts file managers to locate the php.ini.default file in public_html.
- Make a copy of php.ini.default and put aside. Rename the original file ‘php.ini‘.
- Set up a mySQL database (its easy, trust me)
- use cPanel / databases / mySQL database wizard to make a database
- write the name down, and the password, etc..
- Set up an email account for your Joomla admin, again, with cPanel
- Set up an ftp account for your Joomla admin. This is optional but will give you some further protection. I recommed skipping this for now and doing it later.
- Now unzip your Joomla install into public_html Or unzip it and put everything into public_html later. But it needs to be there, naked, to get your site to use Joomla as the default CMS for your domain.
3. Follow an install guide like the one I have in the next paragraph. This will guide you visually through the install process, which is handy.
4. Done!
That should save you much hassle trying to figure out the error messages you’ll get if you don’t do those things ahead!
The Joomla Install took awhile to figure out. Bluehost doesn’t spam your php.ini file automatically, so… I had to learn how to get this done on their terms, which was not too bad. Ran across many friendly Joomla users (like this person, who’s so enthusiastic even I might cheese up) along the way.
Stupid mistakes: I installed Joomla in my public_html directory, but inside its own folder. For about an hour I had Joomla sitting as a subdirectory of my main page. Whoops! And because of the php.ini running around, I was unsure about moving the install ‘up’ to the main deck. Well, that’s solved, and here’s the Joomla 1.5 RC4 default page
Can you say: “Yummy!”. The CMS looks awesome. Totally worth the research.
Filed under: Website Development | 9 Comments
Tags: bluehost, CMS, joomla, mySQL, php config, php.ini, web host, website architecture, website design
My whole family, and many of my friends, are photographers of one sort or another. So I really want to provide the best solution on my website. Should I integrate an off site service like Flickr, or host everything on site?
I did a bit of research (one good article here). I read about Coppermine, Gallery2, Flickr, and have some experience myself with online photo hosting services. Since I don’t want to spend any money on a Flickr pro account, here is the solution I came up with: Host all pictures with Gallery2, but co-locate many of this pictures on Flickr as well. This way, should my semi-pro or professional photographers want to set up shop on my website, they can easily do so with full control “and no money down”.
I’ll be looking for a way to auto-transfer photos from a Gallery2 site to a free flickr site. I’m guessing that people are already doing this kind of thing. Years of experience with free solutions and low bandwidth tells me this is very likely. Long ago, when bandwidth was at a serious premium, we had to create all sorts of piggybacking solutions to move large files. Ever try to download something on a 2300 Baud modem? Lol.
I’ll fill you in on more details after I get Gallery2 up and running. I’m really excited to come up with hosting solutions for friends and family, and to establish a webspace for other purposes as well. And that reminds me: I still need to outline what this website is going to be about….
Filed under: Website Development | 4 Comments
Tags: design, Flickr, gallery2, modem, photo hosting, photography, piggybacking
So I’ve got my web host, am familiar with the cPanel, have practiced uploading and manipulating files on the host, and I’ve gotten WordPress installed (though I have yet to move this blog over). Now what?
Well, I have three things to do, one of which I really should have done more of before getting the web host:
- Design my site architectural plan, purpose, and subdomains
- Get ready to install Joomla
- Get ready to install Gallery2
Of course I went right ahead and jumped into 2 and 3 without finishing 1. That’s o.k. though, so long as I keep in mind that I may want to rearrange things soon. Because Joomla is a Content Management System, I now have to take a step back and consider the site overall. Do I want to manage everything with Joomla, or do I want Joomla only on a subdomain or another domain altogether?
Filed under: Website Development | 2 Comments
Tags: bluehost, CMS, cPanel, gallery2, joomla, web host, website architecture, website design, wordpress
Website Building 101 Links
An evolving post of many of the links I’m using to inspire and build a new website / blog host / forum / tech services place. Some del.icio.us tags I’m using to keep track: dreamweaver apache gallery2 webdesign webinspiration webtool mysite webdesign
I’ll be moving this blog soon to my new domain: freact.com
This means setting up wordpress over there, which should be decent considering bluehost is a dedicated wordpress-friendly host.
other stuff:
Advice from bluehost users:
http://websitebuilding.biz/?p=7
WordPress.org things:
Filed under: Website Development | 1 Comment
Tags: apache, bluehost, dreamweaver, gallery2, linkdump, mysite, webdesign, webinspiration, webtool
This post will kick off a series of posts on website development, blogging, and my career as a “freelance pc consultant” (read: computer-guy). Today’s topic: How to find a Domain for your website. “www.f*c*me.com” seems to be taken, so now what?
Now we go to a domain search. I found a fun one today called Nameboy Unlimited. This site will take two keywords that you want in your domain name, and test a whole slew of similar domains to find whether their taken or not. Guess what word I used to find out that knockbootz.com happens to be free?
Combine this tool with an expired-domain search, and you can really get inspiration for your domain name. By searching the expired / expiring list you can find out if a really great name is about to expire, and get rights to it before it actually expires.
No doubt you can guess what kinds of names I’m looking for that would be a good home for an expanded version of this blog. Liberty, freedom, happiness, self, psychology, etc.. By using a service like nameboy I get suggestions that I might not ever have though of otherwise. It turns out that some very cool domains are unregistered; Like “libertyandthepursuit.com” or “freedomportal.biz” (IIRC).
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Tags: domain, expired domains, find a domain, free domain names, tech, web fun, Website Development
Sociology finished in 3 words.
From a Liberating Minds discussion on “Sociology: What’s it Good For?“
Response and Intro: Some of you may get this. Others will see it as ludicrous. I don’t care!
Let me debunk sociology in three words:
Groups don’t exist.
I’ll be signing autographs after the lecture. Thanks you very much…
I think I first really realized this with the advent of chaos theory’s popularization in the 90’s. Someone tried to figure out how and why geese flew in ‘V’s (geese are voluntarists Niels 
). It turns out that the individual geese only needed 2 rules in order for such groups to form and maintain structure.
A sociologist would still be trying to figure out what the group ‘wanted’.
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Tags: chaos theory, debunk, groups, humor, LiMi, Philosophy, sociology
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