Finally! I have made the switch from Movable Type to WordPress here at Banapana. A new design will be following soon as I get plug-ins and templates loaded. This shift is awesome since it was the transition itself that was hindering me from writing anything new. The shift will also allow me to do many things with Banapana that Movable Type just didn’t seem flexible enough to deal with. WordPress has impressed me to no end with its flexibility and development base. And as an added bonus I know enough PHP to actually mess around with WordPress. So here’s to the change and here’s looking forward to more Banapana! (Incidentally, all the old articles and comments are here, though they may not be in the proper place.)

It’s all about bots this week for me! My mind had already been going down this track for a month or so when low and behold Wired runs an article in the magazine about SmarterChild — a bot I’ve been playing with quite a bit. While investigating the matter I also stumbled across this article Wired published back in September about bots that can be used to prank people. Of course I did that right away and pranked my good friend Mike. Unfortunately, he’s been listening to me rant about these bots for a while now and he wasn’t biting when the bot knocked at the door. But the rest of you watch out! And, of course, my investigation wouldn’t be through if I didn’t have a bot of my own. Read more…