BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Dave writes that the use of namespaces is fundamentally flawed because the hasty introduction of namespaces into RSS 2.0 generated problems with several aggregators: If this is true, we can’t design using namespaces until: 1. All the parsers are fixed, or 2. Users/content providers expect and accept this kind of breakage (I […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Jonathon Delacour and Allan Moult have started their Movable Type Documentation posts. If ThreadNeedle had existed, this tool would be perfect for tracking their work, as well as ancillary writing and posts related to their generous efforts. I know it’s only a matter of time before others also post their own tips […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Well, I was feeling sorry for myself earlier until my friends told me to lay off and ‘quitcherbellyachin’ — sort of. In particular, Loren reminded me that rather than being out hiking in the woods, or at the St. Louis zoo as I was today, I could be as he is — poor soul, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Well, I’ve become such a dead bore, lately. Either writing on technology, or other stuff that lacks zip and zing. I should be writing about Chris Locke rising from the dead in his manic phase. Hey Chris, if you want to know about Krakens, holler, I have a story for you. Gary Turner has […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Jonathon Delacour writes about sentiment and freshman photographers: When I taught photography, the photographs taken by first year students were—with very few exceptions—sentimental clichés. As an attempt to counter this, Jonathon and the other photography department instructors posted a notice that banned certain subjects in photographs the students submitted, such as closeups of […]