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Aslan vs. Kong
It looks like Aslan is killing Kong at the box office. (By way of Digg.com)
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del.icio.us Back
I was gone all of yesterday, but when I got back last night, I saw that del.icio.us was back on the air. I’ve seen much on how Yahoo! is repsonsible for the extended downtime, yet I wonder if it we … Continue reading
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del.icio.us Update
The latest from del.icio.us is that they are rebuilding from the power glitch last week. The latest message when you try to access del.icio.us is: “Due to the power outage earlier in the week, we appear a number of continued … Continue reading
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Now it’s Digg
Now Digg is acting up. It’s a blank page. No HTML at all. Update: It’s back up as of 12/18/05; 4:30:56 PM
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del.icio.us down
This morning, have been getting this message from del.icio.us: “del.icio.us is down for emergency maintenance. we’ll be back as soon possible.” Good time speculate…
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Commenter tries to justify Bush on Dvorak’s Wiretap Posting
There is a comment on John C. Dvorak’s Blog posting, “Bush authorizes NSA dosmetic wiretaps,” where Smith attempts to justify Bush’s illegal wiretaps. He concludes, “Least we forget, it was FOREIGN citizens that killed 3,000 of OUR citizens. Focusing our … Continue reading
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Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Podcast
By way of BoingBoing. A posting about Penguin Books Podcast of Charles Dickens‘ A Christmas Carol.
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WordPress.root Category Followup
The answer to the problem with categories is in the response to a comment I posted on opml.org under the aforementioned posting. Categories on OPML/WordPress looks pretty good. Right click or Ctrl-Click on Mac to get the category popup. Pretty … Continue reading
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New WordPress.root
I trying out the new WordPress.root from opml.org. I’m having some problems with categories. I’ll have a closer look later tonight. The “More Ecto Odditiy” posting uses the indent feature. Nice :)
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More on Ecto Oddity
It looks like its a feature. The posting has a delayed publication time 8 hours later. I tried to tweek the time zone parameter in Ecto, but the postings are still set to publish 8 hours after saving the … Continue reading
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Google’s Web Clipping?
Dave Winer objects to Google’s Web Clips? Palm That Was had a “web clipper” for the Palm VII, which was their mobile web browser.? The web page was supposed to be formatted for the Palm screen, and the content was … Continue reading
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O’Reilly Radar sees Ruby Book Sales Surpass Python
In Ruby Book Sales Surpass Python over on O’Reilly Radar, Tim O’Reilly asks, “But as you can see, we’re on the fence about whether or not Python has an answer to RoR (and we’re not even asking the question about … Continue reading
Ecto Oddity
When I post with Ecto, the postings fail to appear. It may have something to do with the posting time, because usually the post eventually appears after some time has passed, but the two articles I posted this morning didn’t … Continue reading
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OPML for WordPress
This is good news. I’m a fan of Dave Winer’s OPML editor and have recently changed this blog to WordPress, one of the easiest content mangers I have ever used. Technorati Tags: blogging, software
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Doc Searls: Just a couple points
Doc adds a couple points to the record longhorn story in the Washington Post. Technorati Tags: humor, politics
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San Diego Zoo Podcasts
The San Diego Zoo has audio tours of the Zoo and Wild Animal Park by podcast. Link… Technorati Tags: podcasts, zoos
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Virtual Space Mountain Ride Video
I found a Google Video of a virtual ride on Space Mountain at Disneyland rendered in Railroad Tycoon 3 by DarkRidePerson. Link… Technorati Tags: Disneyland, Video
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NASA Podcasts
NASA recently started carrying a podcast of agency news. This week they posted a Mars Rover update with Steve Squyres, so it’s not just the week in review. Technorati Tags: podcasts, spaceflight
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