Archive for January, 2003

Monday, January 20th, 2003

Movable Type Trackback specification

“Trackback” [Daypop Top 40]
Dave Winer thinks that the whole discussion concept in blogs lately is not so great.  But surely he’s seen all the rage lately about unintended uses of stuff, right?

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Monday, January 20th, 2003

“Urinal Interface Design. “ [Daypop Top 40]

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Monday, January 20th, 2003

“summarizing” [Daypop Top 40]

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Sunday, January 19th, 2003

Dean, Dean, Dean or Turnabout is Fair Play or I’m Really Asking for It Now

I listed his name three times because I found three mistakes (read on below) during my reading on his site today.
I can’t resist any longer.  The language and spelling mistakes on so many sites are beginning to compound.  Spoken language is pricking my ears in painful ways.  So much misuse!
Now I’m not a language expert.  I probably make [...]

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Saturday, January 18th, 2003

Meta Keyword Tags are Dead and Syndirella is Alive and Well

Thanks to Dean for including this tidbit from one of my favorite sources: Search Engine Watch.
Apparently, nearly all significant search engines ignore the <META  NAME=”keywords”> tag.  It’s a “spam magnet” and has been largely dismissed since the 1997-1998 time frame with regard to its importance in search engine relevance.  I was once badgered by so-called expert when [...]

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Friday, January 17th, 2003

Short Note

I am adding links to the sidebar on this site after much time of going without external links.  Be sure to check them out often for new sources that I have found useful.

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Wednesday, January 15th, 2003

Serendipity Gets a Kick in the Pants

Sam Ruby wrote about Manufactured Serendipity being the act of putting in place factors that would increase the chance of something wonderful and coincidental happening.
Well, this time, serendipity has gotten help from two actions I took spontaneously.  I suppose I was actually practicing the manufacture of serendipity.  I posted Joshua Claybourn’s request for ideas to [...]

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Wednesday, January 15th, 2003

“Sniffing for WiFi” [Daypop Top 40]

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Wednesday, January 15th, 2003

Awesome!

CNN.com - Military robots well trained for war - Jan. 13, 2003 [Daypop Top 40]

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Wednesday, January 15th, 2003

Candy Can’t - High Schoolers Sue Over Religious Treats [Christdot]

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