Monthly Archives: November 2005

Music and movie related link dump

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Karl

Google Video: Randy Rhodes in Quiet Riot – except for Randy’s awesome guitar solo… my band smokes this version of Quiet Riot (they got far better by the time they got signed)… but Randy… unbelievable even then. He even plays … Continue reading →

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atom2rss: a poorly written Atom to RSS converter

Posted on November 28, 2005 by Karl

Not to vent, but Blogspot’s default of outputting Atom and no RSS for its users gave me all sorts of headaches. A huge expense in time that that drove me away from more important matters at Philly Future. CivicSpace/Drupal’s aggregator … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary Richelle

Posted on November 27, 2005 by Karl

Ya know those people who can exclaim, after a particularly special moment, that it was “the best day of their life?” I can never say that. My best day happens everyday I wake up next to you. Happy 6th Anniversary … Continue reading →

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Accessing the Newsgator API within PHP

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Karl

Shelley Powers published a short tutorial on accessing Newsgator via its API and PHP. I’m working with the code and fleshing out a wrapper library I hope to release shortly. I’m fairly sure using Newsgator judiciously will help alleviate the … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone

Posted on November 24, 2005 by Karl

I try and look at everyday as a day to give thanks. One of the best ways to do that is by doing as Richard suggests – giving. May this be a good one, with reflection, friends and family, pie, … Continue reading →

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The start of a good day

Posted on November 22, 2005 by Karl

Last night one of my best friends, a sister really, Richelle’s best friend, had her baby girl. I can’t wait to see her today. Now for a little bit of this, and a little bit of that: Looks like Saturday’s … Continue reading →

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Technorati Performance Improvement

Posted on November 22, 2005 by Karl

Technorati has improved its speed tremendously. Scaling a web service is difficult. Scaling one that consumes millions of blogs daily and provides the value-ads that Technorati does is an achievement.

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OSM to change name

Posted on November 22, 2005 by Karl

Like others, my concern was over the rising confusion between OSM and another pre-existing effort’s name, and the co-opting of an ethos dear to many software engineers. The words “open source” have a storied history on the web. To see … Continue reading →

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A party day in Philly

Posted on November 19, 2005 by Karl

Hang out with fellow bloggers and make new friends at this month’s regional blogger meetup. We’ve changed location – Nodding Head treated folks rudely – so your loss Nodding Head. This one looks to be the biggest yet. Afterwards you … Continue reading →

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Open Source Media – Anti-Open Source and Anti-Blogging?

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Karl

Yesterday’s launch of Open Source Media could have gone by with little comment from me except to congratulate a group of well known bloggers on attempting something like Philly Future, except far grander in scope and size (which helps when … Continue reading →

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