这两天我在尝试选择一个 CMS 系统，看过了网上的不少文章，在 CMS Matrix 站点上做了 N 次的对比表之后，决定采用 Joomla!。安装的时候，着实费了一点时间。

Joomla! 的官方安装文档倒是图文并茂的，但是还有些简略。第二步的时候，需要输入数据库的信息，主机名字，用户名，密码，还有数据库名字，可是总无情的弹出一个窗口告诉我 "Password and username incorrect..."。在终端命令行下，通过这些信息是可以登陆的。

RHEL 3 自带的 MySQL 版本比较低(3.23.58)，启动比较麻烦，干脆跑到 MySQL 官方站点下载了一个 5.0 的稳定版本来用。

难道是版本太高带来的问题么 ?

尝试搜索了一下，原来是老问题：

A.2.3. Client does not support authentication protocol MySQL 4.1 and up uses an authentication protocol based on a password hashing algorithm that is incompatible with that used by older clients. If you upgrade the server to 4.1, attempts to connect to it with an older client may fail with the following message:

按照该帖子提示的用 OLD_PASSWORD() 重新设置了一下指定用户的密码，安装可以继续下去了。

登录到后台，测试了几篇帖子，发现 Joomla! 对中文的支持超出我的期待。

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a visualization of genetic data as calligraphic forms. 5 projectors present Ecce Homology’s calligraphic forms across a 40-foot wide wall. a custom-built computer vision based user interface allows multiple participants, through their movement in the installation space, to select genes from the human genome for visualizing the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), a primary algorithm in comparative genomics. it is inspired by the parallels between the way in which protein structure specified by DNA reflects its function in an organism & the manner in which form & visual structure in pictographic languages is directly connected to their meaning.

see also sonic alphabet.

[link: insilicov1.org]

Here’s a podcast by Asia247’s ClickAsia program. The 2 min video is made with bunch of photos with audio context.

Asia247 is a podcast station in Malaysia about Asia, 24 Hrs a day, 7 days a week. ClickAsia is a tech program featuring the latest and greatest technology has to offer.

• 专利：两家公司将不再互相针对，不会再有官司问题，各自的客户也将免受困扰。
  
• 虚拟化：两家将开发产品使Windows可以在Linux上虚拟运行，反之亦然。
  
• 虚拟化管理：两家将开发产品加强各自系统上对方产品虚拟化运行的管理。
  
• Office Open XML：Novell将开发针对OpenOffice.org的微软OpenXML插件，并将随自己的Suse发布。
  
• 合作框架：两家将建立一个合作的机制。
  
• Mono, OpenOffice和Samba：这些产品将免于专利的困扰，并将在两家公司的合作框架内得到加强。

KJ在维基百科讲演环节中的江湖说给人印象深刻，甚至达到了绕梁三日，仍有人兴趣盎然：）

维基百科讲演稿下载。

李博士的社会性软件讲演有些艰深，不过所涉及的内容确是社会性计算（social computing）的一个基础，在这一波web2.0中，social是一个核心的特质，而背后更多的潜力，需要社会性计算的挖掘。

期待国内有更多的人关注这个领域。

讲演稿下载。

a new visualization tool to discover music artists. the user controls the interface with a knob which can be turned (to select an artist) & pushed (to listen to music from the selected artist). the artists are projected onto a circle. artists whose music is similar are placed close to each other. colors encode different styles of music. words describe different regions of the rainbow.

see also music playlist recommendation & color music organization & music search engine & music similarity map & artist similarity map & music plasma & music underground map.

[links: aist.go.jp & pdf & movie|thnkx Elias & Masataka]