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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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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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Technology Writing

Tasks, transcripts, and semantics

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m spending the rest of the week creating plug-ins that will XHTMLate WordPress. I’m not sure how far I can get with plug-ins, but the end result could be both interesting and useful. I still feel that XHTMLating WordPress is at least partially philosophy, as much as it is code. […]

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XHTML/HTML

XHTMLating feeds

Jeff has been adding SVG annotation, as well as objects to his weblog design. When using SVG, the first issue that arises is serving up XHTML in order for the SVG to be processed correctly. This also means serving up your Atom feeds, accordingly. In Jeff’s case, he’s using the object element to incorporate SVG annotating […]