[Prepping a new version of Archipelago for the testers. There's one more element to modify and then it's off to the races. (Some nice improvements in this version.)]
Google, Google, Google *
[A long time ago in a land far, far away there existed a search engine. And this search engine was at peace. It was not subject to forever crawl the web seeking that which had changed. It was content. That is, content that content was sent to it via XML-RPC. It seeketh not, and it was good. And lo, it runneth to this day in its own quiet way. I wonder if this will be noticed by the seekings of of the great Google?]
News Aggregator. "Two new boxes in the right margin on Weblogs.Com, one connecting to Google, and the other to the NY Times. In the Times box, which first appeared yesterday, we show seven random stories from the last 24 hours. When you refresh, you might catch a story in a section you don't subscribe to or normally read. By our count there are over 300 new Times stories every day. The Google box links to the Top 10 hits for the term "weblog" and the Google logo links to a full search." [Neat.]
[The early morning programming time is one of my favorites. A few blury moments while waking up, and then the peace of a new day, before life intrudes. I'm rested, thinking clearly, and ready to tackle the to do list. Now off to breakfast and some errands.]
Cnotes.Phrasewise.Com : Testing, 1...2...3. "and all they'll remember about bedtime is Bedroom Man"
Financial firms turn on secure IM. "Although many employees run AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) or Yahoo Messenger on their office computers, companies have been concerned with the programs' technical, security and policy issues, with some financial institutions banning the use of instant messaging for sales or trades. According to a survey released last month by Osterman Research, 23 percent of companies block IM communications on their servers. Among companies that have settled on an IM standard, 65 percent chose IBM's Lotus Sametime technology. " [Why do I think that the seemingly ephemeral nature of IM is part of its popularity.]
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