Here they are in my post couple days ago (looks like my visitors find it is what they were looking for):

Movable Type 4 installation step by step with screenshots

Any feedback will be appreciated, let me know if you need anything else to know abut MT4 installation.

Cheers,
Nakamura.

Wow, you've got to see this! Can't really understand it's all CGI or some real footage used in fight scenes.
But it's impressive stuff anyway!

Visit also "Movies Trailer" for current info about Halo Movie - www.movies-trailer.com/halo-movie/.

TemplatesBox is one of the best sites offering web design templates - including Flash and logo templates. They have also "Free Templates" section where they're giving away good examples of creative work.
Bookmark this site, it worth that!

Hot air balloon disaster
It's sad to see when things like this happen. Despite YouTube being full with eyewitness videos and news excerpts, where you can see the air balloon on fire falling down, only two people have died, others have injuries.


YouTube link - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GXgrt5oPJc

Anyway, this shows us two things - air balloons are dangerous 'wehicles' (don't agree? search YouTube with keyword "air balloon accidents"), and new media spreads everyones news (videos in this case) in speed of light. This vid is among top viewed on YouTube right now.

Owen Wilson tries to kill himself - why? This guy seems to be one of the coolest and luckiest persons out there in Hollywood! And now news is full of reports he tried to make a suicide..
Is this a result of alcohol, drug overdose or just a marketing trick?.. Hope he gets back in shape soon, because we need them funny comedies!!! ;)
P.S. check his page at Wikipedia!

I bet you haven't seen this one! It's perfectly combined with background music.
"Moon buggy video" by Alex Johnson, enjoy.

/ YouTube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeCWdpa-mI /

Clever move, huh? Register on Technorati, post you WTF topic with free iPod involved, and wait for new visitors to crush your blog.

Miguel Carrasco sets the example - realsoftwaredevelopment.com - it would be interesting to hear some feedback later how this trick worked out.
Let me know! ;)

Oh that guerilla marketing, no limits to it!

Akismet spam plugin on MT4

Yes, it's that perfect anti-spam plugin for WordPress! Good news, it also works with Movable Type 4.
Go here for instructions how to install and enable it, and here is the download link.

Don't forget you'll need API key for Akismet plugin to work (copy it from your existing WordPress blog, or go get one at WordPress site).

Quick instructions how to install Movable Type 4 publishing platform - step by step with screenshots!

The new and cool blog system is out - Movable Type 4, and i'm giving you short and clear instructions how to install that thingee. It's easy, trust me!

OK, here's what you do in order to get your MT4 blog up and running:

1. Server data
2. Download
3. Unzip
4. Upload
5. Chmod
6. Install
7. Configure
8. Log in ;)

1. Before you start,

Log into your hosting accound (your server admin panel) and create a new SQL database, copy database name, database username, database username password (and in some cases, if the 'database server' is not 'localhost' write it down too, as far as i know GoDaddy service has this issue). You will need that data to enter later installing you blog. Don't know how to get this data? Huh, ask a guru to help you, for example some geek-friend or e-mail your hosting provider, they will help.

2. Download Movable Type 4,

And make sure you've got the latest stable version of MT4, go to official website www.movabletype.com, go to "Download/Buy", click "Free Personal License" and choose the operating system you have (tar.gz for non-Windows folks, zip for Bill Gates fans) and select language you want your new shiny blog to be (i guess it's English). Don't forget to check the "I accept ..." bla bla (oh, you can read it to..). Now save that file to your computer.

3. Unzip that file,

It's about 11 mb in size when unzipped. That's OK, most of 'normal' hosting providers give you way more space than you'll ever need.
I suggest to use WinRar as a software for unzipping - it's quick and intuitive. Then you'll have a folder full of CGI files and other folders - this is the stuff you will upload to your hosting.

4. Now upload files

that are in this folder (something like "MT-4.0-en"). I use FileZilla for fast and easy FTP uploads, it's really cool soft! It supports drag-and-drop function, just log into your hosting server (the root directory "yoursite.com" or any other new directory, let's say "yoursite.com.com/blog/" ), select all files on you computer and drag'em over to server. If you don't have a broadband internet at home, it will take time to upload them eleven megabytes, so go and make some tea with cookies, would you.

5. Now chmod them files,

As you can read in the MT4 installation 'readme' file. Don't panic, 'chmod' is nothing else than just selecting files and changing properties.
You might have some problems with changing the properties of files if you server is in Pentagon or some place else where admin has put more than paranoia into security settings. If so - get in touch with your hosting provider and ask for instructions or permissions.

6. It's time to install,

Now enter you address where you uploaded files into your browser ("yoursite.com" or "yoursite.com/blog/" or whatever you did), it will bring up screen like this:


Wait some 5 or 10 seconds and it will automatically reload it to start your installation:


Now it will check is everything OK with your sever settings:


Now enter server data you have already (you have it, do you?..), and click 'test connection':


Wow, you did it, everything's OK with database, now proceed:


Now it asks for mail configuration, no problemo! Choose "sendmail" and enter YOURS e-mail so you can test if it works. Click 'send test email' and check you inbox. Now continue installation:




You're almost done. Configuration file is created and click 'continue':

7. Here you must create

your login data. You're the admin, so enter whatever you want to. Just make sure you dont misspell e-mail and remember password:


In next step you enter basic info about your blog. Name, URL - choose directory where you uploaded MT4 files, like "yoursite.com.com/blog/" (or leave only "yoursite.com" if you have no separate blog directory (delete the last part "/my-first-blog/" if it automatically shows up in URL and Publishing Path forms). You may also choose time zone. Now click "Finish install", click it!!


Something smart like this will show up:


And then it will tell you that installation is complete and you're done!

8. Now you can log in

By clicking 'sign in...", it will take you to admin area and here's where you start to explore Movable Type 4 blogging platform Movable Type admin dashboard is accessible anywhere by entering this URL - "www.yoursite.com/mt.cgi") .
Browse around, change some settings, check out cool templates it has by default, it's yours, play!

I've been using WordPress for a while, so i got curious about MT4 - is it worth to try it? Yes, it is. Is it better than WordPress? No, i'd say they're equal.

WordPress seems to have more plugins and templates, as a result of that big open source community that is involved in making of this blog platform. On the other hand, Movable Type 4 comes with some handy features already out-of-the-box, whereas on WordPress you have to install them as separate plug-ins.

You can get some bits of information about Movable Type 4 Beta here too.

Cheers,
Nakamura.

P.S. if the lazy monkey inside my head will not take over, i might post some more Movable Type 4 tips and tricks, feel free to bookmark me!

From the official WordPress site you can see that the latest stable version is 2.2.2 - it's better to do updates to your blog platform. I recommend to do this at least once or twice in six months (following the official releases).

That way you will get the latest cool features they keep on adding to WordPress, and also get away from bugs and security issues regarding old versions (and believe me, there are bugs and stuff that a bad hacker can use to bring your blog down).

Dont forget to backup your blog before installing updates, if something goes wrong, you will save time and money!