Scripting News

Fri, 12 May 2006 03:45:21 GMT

New header graphic, 437 West Wilson St, Madison, WI.

Fri, 12 May 2006 00:43:49 GMT

Mike Arrington says Google's Notebook is a "flat-out del.icio.us competitor."

Thu, 11 May 2006 23:01:08 GMT

Ryan Tate says that Google plug-ins have arrived.

Fri, 12 May 2006 02:59:22 GMT

Amanda Congdon was on NPR today.

Thu, 11 May 2006 23:16:30 GMT

I'm determined that, for the upcoming BloggerCon IV, we have webcasting that works. At previous events at best the webcasting worked intermittently. This time we have a couple of factors working in our favor. 1. CNET has excellent networking, so there shouldn't be a problem getting a high-quality stream coming out of the site. 2. We've had a couple offers of financial sponsorship for the webcast, so we can spend at least a little money. Now, I only want to do audio, video is too high a hurdle. If we can get quality audio this time, we can try video next time. I don't see any problem miking the room well enough so that at least the audio will be understandable for people tuning in over the net. Now, what software should we use? Looking for creative advice.

Thu, 11 May 2006 22:53:18 GMT

Gmail seems to be down again. (Posting this note seemed to have brought it back.)

Thu, 11 May 2006 22:53:31 GMT

I went for my four-year post-op stress test and checkup today, and I'm pleased to report everything is fine, knock wood, praise Murphy, I am not a doctor (or a lawyer). No blockages, the bypasses are working fine. With any luck I should live for a few more years. ";->"

Thu, 11 May 2006 15:18:21 GMT

One of the next projects for SYO, is an aggregated newest-first list of articles from the Top 100. Before you say that this isn't new, that the old site had this feature, it's true, it's not new, but it is better. The old version was dynamic, this one is static, so it's fast. And it scans every ten minutes, not every hour. And it uses the Top 100 as a reading list, so it automatically unsubs when a feed falls off the list. The previous version accumulated feeds. You can monitor the project, as it develops, through this page.

Thu, 11 May 2006 15:34:36 GMT

A couple of observations. 1. The top feeds seem to update more often than most others. 2. I'm finding new stuff to subscribe to in the Top 100. Some people say it's all the same, but in my case that's not true. There are quite a few top feeds that I'm not already subscribed to.

Thu, 11 May 2006 11:13:24 GMT

The NY Times has a wireless smart rabbit that reads you the news. It signals by moving its ears. We live in the future.

Thu, 11 May 2006 12:36:11 GMT

Jeff Jarvis: "They treat us like idiots."