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Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:31:38 GMT

Daniel Shorr: "The underlying issue in the Karl Rove controversy is not a leak, but a war and how America was misled into that war."

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:08:24 GMT

Still pics taken before last night's OPML meetup and my Cambridge hotel room; and a movie from the same hotel.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:52:42 GMT

I may have found the perfect Cambridge hotel. It's a high rise with a great view of Boston, the Charles River, Harvard and MIT. It's on Memorial Drive, so walks can be uninterrupted by traffic, for miles in each direction. And next door is a Trader Joe's and a major chain computer store. Free wifi. What more could you ask for?

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:05:02 GMT

Jim Moore on Web Super Services.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:55:38 GMT

I've tried all the online travel agencies, and up till now Expedia has had a virtually unblemished record. There have, of course, been a few glitches here and there, but mostly I've been happy with the service. Until today, when they put me on hold a total of 2 hours over four separate calls, and all I wanted to do is change hotels. Each time they had me jump through a new hoop till I finally said enough. Cancel the reservation or don't, but if you don't, I won't be back. That's where we are now. The hotel was glad to accomodate, they're sold out, and were easily able to replace me as a customer. I've booked a new room at a more suitable location. But it seems Expedia may charge me for the room, anyway. Arrrgh.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:54:03 GMT

Tim Bray compares Atom 1.0 with RSS 2.0, Don Park comments.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:58:56 GMT

Alex Bosworth's view of Atom as compared with RSS.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:56:38 GMT

Jon Udell comments as well. Of course any innovation in Atom could easily be applied to RSS, since, as Bray points out, Atom can be a namespace, and (something he doesn't point out), RSS 2.0 accepts elements from other namespaces.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:26:27 GMT

Last night's OPML roadshow meetup in Cambridge was another kickass meetup. Great group of people, the demo went smoothly, a couple of glitches here and there, but the power of the ideas and software came through. I definitely have to do one of these in California, probably some time in mid-August, possibly at Stanford, in the East Bay, up in Marin, or all three?

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:30:25 GMT

David Weinberger: "Graphically it's very simple."

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:31:30 GMT

I'm going to start a mail list for OPML Roadshow participants. The discussion must continue. I promised to do this after NY, but dropped the ball. I'll pick it up soon.

Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:36:10 GMT

I guess you've really arrived when the NY Times calls you "cranky." Last time they called me an "irascible gadfly." I guess this is progress. ";->"