http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2006 Dave Winer Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:00:00 GMT Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:07:48 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UserLand Frontier v9.0.1 dwiner@cyber.law.harvard.edu dwiner@cyber.law.harvard.edu <a href="http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=22032d98-43b2-4855-bbf0-8e1e7645b089">Microsoft has</a> a new beta service called Expo which give you "Free ads that are easy to post." Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:43:07 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:3:43:07PM <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/sets/72057594047346117/">New Flickr set</a>: I toured MacWorld Expo this morning with the Scobles, and there was a surprise waiting for Patrick, his first Mac. He's one happy kid! Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:37:23 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:3:37:23PM Okay the biggest secret I learned today was that CES was boring. Scoble made it sound so exciting through his blog. Second biggest secret, they got a picture of a famous blogger, a guy who's in the Technorati 100, who blogs while sitting on the toilet with his pants down. Scoble has a picture and won't share it. I can't believe what a wuss he is. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:06:15 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:4:06:15PM <img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/01/13/evilpreacher.gif" width="73" height="93" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named evilpreacher.gif"><a href="http://paolo.evectors.it/2006/01/13.html#a2725">Paolo continues</a> the discussion about the relationship between desktop and server-based software and data. He's totally correct about the difference between Radio and the (newer) OPML Editor, where your data is stored in XML files in the filesystem and then is upstreamed to the centralized server. Upstreaming in Radio is still more powerful than the OPML Editor's, but there are tons of advantages to keeping all your data in OPML files. You're protected against database crashes (but filesystems can crash too). And you can use other XML-generating tools to create content and flow it through the same backend that the OPML Editor uses. Users don't have to be aware that all this is going on, the defaults are set up so that it "just works," but having things be so open means we have more options as we go forward. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:35:12 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:7:35:12AM <a href="http://daniel.phrasewise.com/dev/newsRiver/">Daniel Berlinger</a> has been experimenting with AJAX and NewsRiver. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:04:43 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:6:04:43AM My spam filters have been over-zealous for some time, not sure how long. I just discovered a huge amount of mail that I hadn't seen until now. I'm digging my way through it, but I'm going to have to something about this. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:05:24 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:6:05:24AM One of the stories I missed because of the email problem is the <a href="http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=56089">closing</a> of the 2nd Ave Deli in NYC. I got a dozen pointers from people about this. I love their soup and hot dogs. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:17:18 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:6:17:18AM <a href="http://www.publicradiofan.com/">PublicRadioFan.com</a> has "program listings for hundreds of public radio stations around the world." Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:46:27 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:6:46:27AM Expression Engine has <a href="http://www.pmachine.com/plugins/opml_parser/">OPML support</a>. You can see it in action on <a href="http://www.ellislab.com/">Rick Ellis's site</a>. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:11:20 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/01/13.html#When:6:11:20AM