Scripting News

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:06:11 GMT

Top 10 reasons why RSS rules. ";->"

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:27:21 GMT

Just got news that I've been nominated for another Wired award, for my work with RSS. I love getting nominated. I just love it. I really do. ";->"

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:13:19 GMT

Meet the new team at UserLand. Scott Young is CEO.

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:36:58 GMT

Scott Rosenberg at Salon welcomes the new team, as does Scoble.

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:37:43 GMT

New category: Technology/UserLand/Management.

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:23:51 GMT

Eric Raymond: "A textual protocol tends to future-proof your system."

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:25:21 GMT

This just in. Saddam was turning into Santa. "Watch out Easter bunny, you're next," says President Bush.

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:45:54 GMT

Brent Simmons on two frequently asked RSS questions. The first is about using HTML in titles and descriptions; it's our opinion that you can in the latter, but not in the former; and second, should link elements be permalinks or should they point to an external page? In both cases, the spec says something. We'd like to know where people need clarification to deploy content or apps.

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:38:43 GMT

New weblogs.com feature shows cumulative high water, starting today.

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:51:03 GMT

BTW, I now have a feed you can subscribe to with all the news about weblogs.com.

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:27:40 GMT

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps: "Anyone could access the Internet, with any kind of computer, for any type of application, and read or say pretty much what they wanted. This Internet may be dying."

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:31:04 GMT

CNET reviews my new laptop. How did they know? ";->"

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:44:21 GMT

Ars Technica reviews it too, calling it an "object of geek desire."

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:54:29 GMT

A fresh start for Weblogs.Com. "Quietly, over the last few days, with help from Lawrence Lee at UserLand, I took weblogs.com for a ride across the country, from UserLand's hosting service in California to my personal colo'd server in the Boston area."

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:40:11 GMT

Re changes.xml, any application that reads more often than once an hour should be using shortChanges.xml (it contains the last five minutes of changes only).