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<br /> <div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Non-Newtonian Fluids as Body Armor</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Check this out. Some scientists have used a non-newtonian fluid and kevlar and created a cloth which is bullet proof. Speaking of which check out this cool Youtube video of people walking on a non-newtonian fluid.Liquid Armor - video powered by Metacafe<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/nonnewtonian_fl.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/15/2006 1:23:23 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Fair Use Defined by RIAA</h3><div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Cary Sherman the President of the RIAA defined Fair Use and expressed his concern that it was being twisted far beyond what the original framers intended. Like a trademark that becomes generic, the fair use doctrine is in danger of losing its meaning and value if CEA's self-serving claims are taken at face value. CEA has twisted and contorted "fair use" beyond its true intent, turning it...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#633">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/14/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">WordPress Policing Blogs</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>This is an interesting article, with a moral to boot. Don't let someone else host your business blog. Ever. According to the article,&nbsp;&nbsp;WordPress sent out a letter to their customers warning that any sponsored or paid blog entries are grounds for immediately deletion of their blog and a permanent ban from using the service in the future. Complete Article<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#632">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/14/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Donnie Darko - The Directors Cut</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>If you haven't seen Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut you really need to add it to your Netflix queue. The director's cut goes above and beyond the call of duty and adds an additional 30 minutes or so to the original movie. While the theatrical version does a decent job this version adds more information about The Philosophy of Time Travel and adds a much deeper plot line.This is the 3rd...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/donnie_darko_th.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/13/2006 6:55:22 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">Startups Should Eat and Party Like Kings (no ramen for you!)</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>VentureBeat blogs about a comment made by Ram Shriram:“I’d rather see start-ups scrappy and frugal and on a diet of Ramen noodles,” he said on a panel during the Web 2.0 Summit.I've gone back and forth on this issue. Should startups eat ramen or enjoy a healthy (but paranoid) lifestyle. I think if you're doing your first startup you need to eat ramen. If you're paranoid enough and...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/startups_should.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/13/2006 5:02:00 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Free as in Java</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>The news is out that Java is free. I suspect that 20-30 bloggers are going to steal that title (Free as in Java) so I wanted to try to get my blog post out first. Tim Bray has the news and apparently SUN is going to have an announcement on this tomorrow morning.In a former life I was a major contributor to java.apache.org which was the precursor to Jakarta and participated in Tomcat and Ant...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/free_as_in_java.html">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/12/2006 11:43:41 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Page2RSS</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Page2RSS is a free service that creates an RSS feed for web pages that do not have an RSS feed available.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#631">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/12/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">Bay Area Rhythmic Gymnastics and Invisible Engine</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>A couple weeks ago Irina of GETV introduced me to the the guys from Invisible Engine. They ended up crashing at my place during the vloggies and man they're amazingly funny. The next day I gave them directions to the Golden Gate Bridge and they created a new short called Bay Area Rhythmic Gymnastics. I love the part about their RSS feeds. Awesome!Anyway. I think these guys are going...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/bay_area_rhythm_1.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/11/2006 3:40:16 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Rock the Vote: Should Bush be Impeached?</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Do you think Bush should be impeached? Then head on over to MSNBC and vote!<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/rock_the_vote_s.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/11/2006 1:15:16 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">MySQL Camp: Using Memcached as a Configuration Database</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>I was talking to Dathan today at MySQL camp and he pointed out that one could use memcached as a cheap configuration database. Instead of just using it as a cache you would over-allocate the amount of memory needed so that entries would never be garbage collected.For example, if you have 10M of configuration data just allocate 64M and this should give you plenty of head room.Then you...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/mysql_camp_usin.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/11/2006 11:26:46 AM</span></p><br /> </div></div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">MySQL Camp: Online Alter table in 5.3</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Monty is sitting next to me and he noted that online ALTER TABLE will be available in MySQL 5.3 for adding columns and indexes. Is nice! This has been a feature in Microsoft SQL server for a while now.NDB has this now in 5.1 (beta) for ALTER TABLE when adding new indexes.<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/mysql_camp_onli.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/10/2006 5:13:12 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">MySQL Camp Notes: MySQL Core Kernel</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>I'm taking notes from the MySQL core kernel talk:The core has an architecture like:Parser<br /> Optimizer<br /> Storage LayerThe storage layer has a Handler and Handlerton. Handlers are the real storage engines but Handlerton is new in MySQL 5.1.On startup MySQL calls main() and then a plugin init.The plugin has a UDF handler for user defined functions. It also has a fulltext handler...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/mysql_camp_note.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/10/2006 3:14:18 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Web 2.0 Show interviews Me about Tailrank</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>A while back the Web 2.0 show interviewed me about Tailrank.The quality of the Skype call was really amazing. Apparently the trick is port forwarding so that it doesn't have to do P2P tunneling.<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/web_20_show_int.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/10/2006 11:47:14 AM</span></p></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">MySQL Licenses lbpool</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>MySQL AB has licensed lbpool - a load balancing and fault tolerant JDBC driver written in Java that I developed six months ago for use within Tailrank.The lbpool project provides a load balancing JDBC driver for use with DB connection pools. It wraps a normal JDBC driver providing reconnect semantics in the event of additional hardware availability, partial system failure, or uneven load...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/mysql_licenses_.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/10/2006 11:30:19 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">We're in a Bubble</h3><div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>I'm totally convinced we're in a bubble. I spent the last three days at the Web 2.0 conference asking random people if they thought we were in a bubble - nearly 100% of the people I talked to said yes.The parties were insane. I literally had about $800 worth of food and alcohol in the last three days.Crazy times.<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/were_in_a_bubbl.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/9/2006 10:27:45 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">MySQL Camp is going to RULE</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>MySQL Camp is going to be AWESOME! 163 participants! Insane! Just insane! This was a brilliant idea (my idea btw). Jay Pipes did a lot of the work here so he deserves a lot of props.I bumped into Marten Mickos here at Web 2.0 and he's going to be at the conference as well.<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/mysql_camp_is_g.html">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/9/2006 1:18:42 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Bush: Open to New Ideas in Iraq? Nope. Just a Flip flop!</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>FLIP FLOP!Today Bush says he's open to new ideas:WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush told reporters Thursday that he respected the results of this week's elections that propelled Democrats to power and said he was "open to any idea or suggestion" that will help the U.S. achieve its goals in Iraq.But just before the election he says he's going to stay the course on Iraq:WASHINGTON...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/bush_open_to_ne.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/9/2006 11:47:31 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">Google Wish List - Includes RSS</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>The following: Google Wish List shows where Google has stumbled with regards to RSS. In fact of the 17 items listed, RSS is the focus of 3 of the items. 1. Usenet and RSS. <br /> Please, I'm begging, (groveling if it will help) create RSS feeds for Google Groups keyword searches. Think of the value, you could monitor Usenet for company or product names using RSS feeds. This would be an extremely...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#630">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/9/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Countries Violate Online Free Expression</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>The international journalists' advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has released its annual list of countries that systematically violate online free expression. The countries include:<br /> - Belarus <br /> - Burma<br /> - China<br /> - Cuba<br /> - Egypt<br /> - Iran <br /> - North Korea<br /> - Saudi Arabia<br /> - Syria<br /> - Tunisia<br /> - Turkmenistan<br /> - Uzbekistan<br /> - Vietnam. source: CBSNews<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#629">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/8/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Blogger Downtime Results in Complaints</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Google's Blogger infrastructure is raising the ire of bloggers, as a result of recent downtime bloggers are venting their complaints. Between Wednesday of last week and Thursday of this week, Blogger suffered several outages and periods of sluggish performance, along with some planned downtime for maintenance, according to the Blogger Status site, where Google informs users about Blogger...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#628">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/8/2006 6:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">An Eye on The Services</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>The watchful eye extends beyond blogging: A Virginia-based operation, the Army Web Risk Assessment Cell, monitors official and unofficial blogs and other Web sites for anything that may compromise security. The team scans for official documents, personal contact information and pictures of weapons or entrances to camps.Complete Article<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#627">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/7/2006 12:40:26 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Iraq War Memorial at the San Francisco Marine Memorial Association</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Today's Widget Live conference today was held in San Francisco at the Marine Memorial Association.They have a really impressive and sobering memorial to the soldiers who have died in Iraq.What's really sad is that they ran out of space sometime in July 2006. That's about 500 additional deaths.Thanks go out to Eric Lin for taking the photos:<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.feedblog.org/2006/11/iraq_war_memori.html">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/6/2006 10:53:50 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Military Blogger Crack Down</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>From NPR:Pentagon officials are cracking down on "mil-bloggers," military men and women who write blogs about their wartime experiences. The Pentagon is concerned about what it calls "operational security." The crackdown has quieted some blogs, while driving many to look for ways to follow the new rules.<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#626">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/1/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div></div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">RSS Horoscope</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Consider monitoring your horoscope using RSS. Daily horoscope updates via RSS feeds.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#625">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">11/1/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">RSS For Shopping</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Setup RSS feeds to monitor your favorite places for products that meet specific criteria. For example monitor eBay for items that are related to a specific sports team. You can narrow your criteria by using specific search features.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#624">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/31/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Tips to Improve RSS Feeds</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>RSS is not quite a household word, but technically astute individuals are adopting the use of RSS feeds at an alarming rate. If you are interested in jumping on the bandwagon, but not quite sure of where to start, consider following these simple RSS feed tips to maximize feed compatibility and make your feed stand out from the crowd. Tips to Improve RSS Feeds<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#623">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/31/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Tips for RSS Feeds</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>RSS is not quite a household word, but technically astute individuals are adopting the use of RSS feeds at an alarming rate. If you are interested in jumping on the bandwagon, but not quite sure of where to start, consider following these simple RSS feed tips to maximize feed compatibility and make your feed stand out from the crowd. Tips for RSS Feeds<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/tips-for-feeds.htm">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/31/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">RSSmanip</h3><div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>RSSmanip is a set of scripts that allows webmaster who already generate an RSS feed for their site to dynamically create HTML, HDML, and WML documents based on their RSS feed.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#622">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/27/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">China Tracks Bloggers</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>China intends to require its millions of Internet bloggers to emerge from the shadows and register under their real names in a move that is raising privacy concerns, the state press has reported.Under the system, bloggers would be allowed to continue using their online pseudonyms, but must register with authorities under their real names, the Xinhua news agency said.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#621">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/24/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Podcasting Knowledgebase</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Questions and answers related to podcasting in the Podcasting Knowledgebase or get it via an RSS feed. Need more information on podcasting? Subscribe to the podcasting blog or grab the RSS feed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#620">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/23/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">FDA Database and RSS</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>AskSam has taken an interesting approach to RSS and database management. They have taken the FDA's RSS feeds and turned them into a full searchable database. Check it Out!<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#619">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/20/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">New FeedDemon Beta</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Nick Bradbury has a new FeedDemon beta. Nick details the updates to security and and other features in the release notes.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#618">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/19/2006 1:22:29 PM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Pheedo Adds Geo-Targetting</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Pheedo has announced plans to add geo-targeting capabilities to its RSS advertising network, offering marketers a new way to use syndication feeds to target customers around the world.<br /> <br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#617">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/18/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">Playing Nice in Blog Posts</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Lisa Barone has a fantastic write-up on Bruce Clay's blog about blogger credibility. To that Scheff states:<br /> "People are using the Internet to destroy people they don't like, and you can't do that."<br /> No, you can't. The post details a lawsuit where someone's reputation was damaged as a result they went to court.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#616">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/18/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">RSS Search Feeds</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>This is a very good list of sites that allow you to dynamically create RSS search feeds. Create search feeds to monitor for product mentions, industry keywords, your company name, your product name or a competitors names.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#615">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/17/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">RSS2Java Script</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>This site generates javascript that can be inserted into a web page to display rss feeds. The RSS2Java generator allows you to enter the number of items you wish to have displayed along with the feed, it provides code that can be pasted into a website.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#614">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/13/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">RSS Roundtable</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Pheedo is again heading up an RSS Industry Roundtable. The RSS Roundtable will be held in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 17, in conjunction with the Direct Marketing Association Conference and Exhibition. The theme will be "using RSS as a direct marketing tool." Topics on the agenda include:<br /> • Is it the right time for direct marketers to pay attention to RSS?<br /> • Understanding where RSS...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#613">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/13/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header"></h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Amazon S3 vs DreamHost:&nbsp; Good comparison of cheap generic hosting versus Amazon's robust storage service.&nbsp; The reader comments make many excellent points.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/xmlTech/2006/10/12.html#a3376">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/12/2006 10:08:41 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Additions to RSS Submission List</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>The list of RSS search engines and directories is growing at a rapid pace. We recently added a number of the new RSS search engines to the list that accept RSS feed submissions. Make sure you are using the most recent list, when doing submissions.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#612">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/12/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">New Script for Converting Feeds to HTML</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>The professional rss2html pro script converts RSS feeds to HTML pages and builds an index of feed items as a separate web page. The webpages dynamically update as new items are added to the RSS feed.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#611">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/10/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Feedity (formerly FeedTier)</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Feedity (formerly FeedTier) is a web feeds generator for web pages without an existing syndication format like RSS or Atom. Feedity performs content analysis, picks-up the most prominent cluster of hyperlinks and automatically generates RSS web feeds from web pages without existing syndication. Feedity (beta) is an experimental service and free for personal use.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#610">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/10/2006 6:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">RSS to Speech</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Google Desktop gadget, RSS to Speech reads RSS feeds using text to speech technology..<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#609">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/9/2006 8:34:52 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">The Law Is Struggling to Keep Up with Medium</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>USA Today just published an article: Courts are Asked to Crack down on Bloggers , the article addresses many of the legal issues that have resulted from the emergence of blogs and RSS feeds. While the article does say: "The blogosphere also is the Internet's Wild West, a rapidly expanding frontier town with no sheriff."It fails to address the issue of jurisdiction. Not all posters...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#608">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/5/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header"></h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Web Applications 1.0:&nbsp; A framework for rich applications enabled by javascript in the browser.&nbsp; I'm told it's backed by Google, Apple, Mozilla, and Opera, among others.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/xmlTech/2006/10/04.html#a3373">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/4/2006 10:20:40 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Directory of Medical and Health Feeds</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Submit RSS feeds that relate to medical or health issues to this topical medical feeds directory. All the feeds are grouped by topic so that someone interested in say Rheumatology can easily locate appropriate feeds, to stay current on that medical issue or condition.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#607">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/3/2006 7:27:45 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">FullFeeds</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>FullFeeds is a petition against partial content feeds. Not really sure of the petitions purpose, some content is better suited to a partial content feed, not only to protect intellectual property but to allow readers to quickly scan contents for items of interest. While I understand the sentiment that most people might prefer full content feeds, I think the petition does not accurately...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#606">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/3/2006 7:21:48 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">RSS Knowledgebase</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>The RSS Knowledgebase is growing! If you have questions send them in to be answered.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#605">Continue reading »</a></p><p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/3/2006 7:20:23 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Technorati is 3</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Technorati a popular feed search engine (and ego feed provider) has turned 3. As part of the celebration they have released a number of upgrades to their system. Read about the new features in their blog post.<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#604">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/2/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><h3 class="entry-header">APML - Attention Profiling Markup Language</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>Really interesting stuff! Touchstone is releasing an draft open specification for Attention Data! APML will allow users to export and use their own personal Attention Profile in much the same way that OPML allows them to export their reading lists from Feed Readers.They go on to discuss possible uses for the Attention Data, and how it will let users control their personal information....<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#603">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/2/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><div class="entry"><br /> <h3 class="entry-header">Webmaster Tips</h3><br /> <div class="entry-content"><br /> <div class="entry-body"><br /> <p>According to Matt Cutts, there are over 100 factors that affect search engine ranking. For those of you who don't know, Matt is a Google guy guru, he is employed by Google but writes an independent blog and shares information related to Google and search engine optimization. Unfortunately, of those 100 items that account for search engine ranking, there are only a few that webmasters can actually...<br></p><p class="entry-more-link"><a href="http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#601">Continue reading »</a></p><br /> <p class="entry-footer"><span class="post-footers">10/2/2006 7:00:00 AM</span></p><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br />