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Good morning everybody!

Happy July 4. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Got some great tunes on the iPod, ready to rock. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
First song this morning is an old fave. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Baba O'Reilly by The Who. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
It's the song you think should be called Teenage Wasteland. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
And the last line is "We're all wasted!" Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Pretty funny. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Then there's the famous Bob Dylan song. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Subterranean Homesick Blues. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Ever notice there are lots of parking meters on Scripting News? There's a reason why.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Except I had forgotten what it is. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
A friend asked if it wasn't the Beatles song.  Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Lovely Rita Meter Maid. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
I said sure, if you want. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
But that wasn't it. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
It was the line in Dylan's song. Permanent link to this item in the archive.
Don't follow leaders... Permanent link to this item in the archive.
You know the rest. ";->" Permanent link to this item in the archive.
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~About the Author~

A picture named dave.jpgDave Winer, 55, is a visiting scholar at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in New York City.

"The protoblogger." - NY Times.

"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

One of BusinessWeek's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.

"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.

"RSS was born in 1997 out of the confluence of Dave Winer's 'Really Simple Syndication' technology, used to push out blog updates, and Netscape's 'Rich Site Summary', which allowed users to create custom Netscape home pages with regularly updated data flows." - Tim O'Reilly.

Mail: Mailto icon scriptingnews1mail at gmail dot com.

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