The Obligatory "Test" Post

Schedule So Far:

• Wednesday: Anil Dash (of MovableType) says I can host free blogs for all Seton Hill students and faculty.
  
• Saturday Evening: Dave Cornelson (ISP) sets up MT for me and creates this test blog.
  
• After a bit of difficulty logging on (Dave's e-mail spell-checker changed the password he tried to mail me, but I did manage to guess it) I try creating another test blog. Error messages galore. I change the password to something I can remember, since I forgot which guess was the successful one.
  
• After reading the Movable Type maual, I realize Dave needs to give me a login/password so I can create directories on blogs.setonhill.edu.
  
• Dave gives me the access, but since I changed the password, he can't work on the site.
  
• Sunday Morning: I change the password back to what it was supposed to be, and now I create a test blog. I rename the blog and move it around a bit just to get to know what the system can do. For now, I think the blog has settled down as the "Rainbow Hector Weblog".
  

• Monday afternoon: Demonstrate Movable Type for "Writing for the Internet" class. (I plan to blog a few entries, show everyone what Movable Type can do, and so forth.)
  
• Wednesday morning: Introduce journalism students to blogging. (Collect their They won't really be studying blogging as a genre, except where it involves journalism. But they will be using it in order to participate in the cyberculture that gave rise to "new media journalism".
  
• Wednesday afternoon: Create blogs for "Writing for the Internet" students.
  
• Friday morning: With 24 students in the class, I'll probably need to create their blogs in advance.