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Technology

Extending the Syndication feeds

I have never been one to jump on the syndication and aggregator wagons, following all the latest innovations. I still don’t provide full feeds for my syndication feeds at Burningbird; and I think Podcasting is half craze, half pirate radio station without the élan of continually escaping the clutches of the FCC. But I do […]

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Technology

Disconnected connected development

I do most of my development on remote servers, either at my client’s or my own sites. However, when contemplating server-side development in a disconnected environment, I had to decide if I wanted to create the local work space on my PC or my Mac. The PC has more space, but most applications run into […]

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Stuff

Of course, there is this

For those who positively, absolutely, cannot stand to live in America any longer AND who are single: Marry a Canadian! Many of the profiles are very funny (or, I certainly hope were meant to be funny) and just what we need right now. My favorite is from the 50 year old minister who says what he’s looking for […]

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Political

Through the rubble, gently

I had planned on heading to Arkansas yesterday, but the weather worked against me. And I need to finish an article on Adobe’s new DNG format and converter. More on this later. I wish I had, though, because going through the weblogs yesterday was like attending an Irish wake; with much lamentations mixed in with […]

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Weblogging

Pledges now, is it?

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Jeff Jarvis has started a pledge he wants bloggers to sign on to. It reads: After the election results are in, I promise to: : Support the President, even if I didn’t vote for him. : Criticize the President, even if I did vote for him. : Uphold standards of civilized discourse […]