Category Archives: Software

What I’m wanting

I am a Facebook user. I’m really not all that crazy about the platform but all my friends are there so I’m there with them. I really like publishing from here, though. So that has me looking at the Facebook … Continue reading

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Spam Karma goes GPL

I just learned something a few minutes ago. Spam Karma has gone GPL. I’m not sure what this means for the future but I do know that by installing this plugin on this site I have had only minimal problem … Continue reading

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Second looks

After a long period of giving up on My Yahoo! I’m back giving it a second look. I like what I see. I don’t know if it’s just where I am in my life right now or if Yahoo! has … Continue reading

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Church Website

It’s Monday morning and I find myself again in Hartsfield-Jackson Int’l Airport heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hopefully this will be the last trip to that town for a while. I’ve been on the road too much lately but the end … Continue reading

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Mozilla Gains on IE

Yeah it isn’t by much, but PCWorld is reporting that Mozilla based browsers have seen a full one percent gain in total market share. Internet Explorer has held more than 95 percent of the browser market since June 2002, and … Continue reading

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Visual Studio for the Hobbyist

You know, if I could get my hands on a legitimate copy of Microsoft’s Visual Studio for around $100 I would probably try my hand at some of their .NET stuff. Continue reading

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Web browser flaw prompts warning

The BBC (and probably others) is reporting an IE Browser flaw that could open a back door on your computer. Continue reading

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Playing Around

In addition to playing with Blogger again with my "Motorhead" blog I’m also experimenting with Wordpress and another hosting service. Continue reading

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Every Now and Then.

p>Every now and then Dave Winer drops a true pearl of wisdom. A lot has been said recently about TypeKey and most of what I’ve been hearing hasn’t been too good. Since I don’t use Movable Type my interest in … Continue reading

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Proposed Names for the New Project

I liked Atom just fine but, geewhiz, name the damned thing something, already. This is rocking on way too long.

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Industrial Strength Syndication

Dan has set Flutterby up to serve up Industrial Strength Syndication. Oh, he’s still doing RSS 0.91 and 2.0 but now he’s stepped up with a tried and true syndication method, NNTP.

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RSS 2.0 – Now Truely Open

The copyright on the spec for RSS 2.0 has been transferred from Userland Software to Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. There has also been a committee of three established, made up of Jon Udell, Brent … Continue reading

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Now That’s Bizarre

Via Mark Paschal, Adam Curry shows us that he has more bucks than brains. Or maybe it’s me the one who’s clueless. I don’t see how the (not)Echo project stands to damage Mr. Curry in the least bit. RSS 2.0 … Continue reading

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Dave’s Phone Conversation

Dave Winer: RSS 2.0 is cool because it’s all specified in one place, written in simple non-technical English that your VP-Business Development could probably understand. RSS 2.0 is cool. It is great that it’s all specified in one place. The … Continue reading

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It Validates!

I just ran my necho 0.1 feed through the Userland RSS Validator and it validated. What better endorsement for necho than this?

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