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XHTML/HTML

Speaking of tanking

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Speaking of tanking, the comment thread to the WaSP post on the round table on IE8 versioning took an interesting turn. A real consensus is that Microsoft should be supporting XHTML (not to mention SVG), and that XHTML strict should trigger standards mode. I think there’s considerably more people supporting XHTML than […]

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RDF Semantics Specs Web

Semantic web: dull as dishwater edition

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Mathew Ingram has decided that the problem with the semantic web is that it’s as boring as dry toast. Of course, by Mathew’s standard, all the stuff that makes the web work is also boring as hell. It’s probably a good thing, then, that some people looked beyond the need for […]

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Political

Shiny, happy people going to Congress

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I was rather surprised to read about Lawrence Lessig’s consideration about running for Congress, based on his “Change Congress” platform. I don’t live in his district, so couldn’t vote for him. I’ll probably be roundly condemned for saying that I wouldn’t vote for him, even if I could. I don’t doubt Lessig’s ethics and concerns, […]

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Technology Weblogging

WordPress at the top: not

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The biggest mistake I ever made was to install WordPress at the top level. The second, was to use “smart” URLs. My site was restricted due to bandwidth overlimit this morning, something that shouldn’t have happened. When I checked my stats, one site, proxyit.com, was hammering my bandwidth. Checking the […]

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Burningbird

Feed problems

The biggest mistake I ever made was to install WordPress at the top level. The second, was to use “smart” URLs. My site was restricted due to bandwidth overlimit this morning, something that shouldn’t have happened. When I checked my stats, one site, proxyit.com, was hammering my bandwidth. Checking the recent visitors list, this domain […]