Thursday, January 14, 1999

W3C: XML namespaces allow multiple apps to store and pick up info from an XML tree without interfering with each other.

I started a new website to explore Allaire's WDDX format.

ScriptMeridian: DOODADS is back.

News.com: IBM says PC is on its last legs. "The era of the PC as king is over," Horn said. "We are entering an era of 'pervasive computing' in which we will see a dramatic increase in the use of the application-specific handheld and [other specialized] devices to conduct e-business and simplify our lives."

Look at the calendar on this page. I bet some Frontier users could use a macro that turned an outline into a calendar like this. Move your mouse over the days. See how the text changes? That's an interesting effect.. (Heads-up, we already have calendar code for our website. I was thinking about other Frontier users, not UserLand.)

We've identified three options for compatibility between WDDX and XML-RPC. Cold Fusion and Frontier developers will find this interesting, as will other developers working on distributed computing applications.

Dave Aiello continues the Scripting on Windows thread. "Nearly everything I build today is delivered through a Web Server." Same here.

MSNBC: Impeachment trial enters next phase. Prosecutors' opening statement begins at 10AM Pacific.

CNN: Killer bees arrive in LA.

SunWorld: The Safety of Scripting.

http://www.searchtools.com/.

namestake.com: Domain name and trademark searches.

Wired: Where web phantoms roam. "You're at a place where there are no presidential impeachment hearings. Where Monica Lewinsky does not yet exist. Where Bill and Hillary Clinton are smiling and still building that bridge to the 21st Century."

We have a few phantom websites too: 24, AutoWeb, Clay, MIDAS, Colors, coolsites, stop211.