Monday, February 18, 2002

Jim Roepcke's weblog: have browser, will travel. "Publishing content to my CMS is so easy now it's beyond belief. Thank you to UserLand for this wonderful open system and for writing such complete documentation!" [I've added Conversant's XML-RPC Interface to my list of things for Archipelago to support. There's already support in Conversant for the Blogger API. Hmmm.] 9:57:04 PM    comment

[OK, the Blogger API as supported by Radio is now baked in to Archipelago. Next, I've got to bang on it here in the lab, and then I'll get this version out to the testers.] 7:23:28 PM    comment

James Sentman: acgi dispatcher for MacOS X. 6:58:17 PM    comment

Record Labels' Answer to Napster Still Has Artists Feeling Bypassed. "For many acts, suddenly there appears to be little difference between the illicit file-sharing system and record-label services...most major labels have added a clause to their standard recording contracts allowing the label to sell an act's songs on the Internet, including all subscription and pay-per-use services. It is very difficult, said Mr. Stiffelman, for a new band to have enough leverage to remove this clause from its contract." [Around the loop once more. How many times do the artists need to be burned before they do something on their own?] 5:00:37 PM    comment

The other day Brent asks "What's so hard about liking two things?" in the context of tech zealotry. [It's about being unsure of your choices.] 3:09:47 PM    comment

Two Dead After Suicide Bombing at Israeli Checkpoint. [While I screw around with the site design, and work on my app, the Middle East is preparing to explode. This is gonna hurt like hell.] 2:33:27 PM    comment