Monday, April 21, 2003

Looking forward to the Buffy finale. Via WHEDONesque, Joyce Millman at the NY Times: Getting Buffy's Last Rites Right: VAMPIRES, hellgods, snake demons -- I've watched Buffy battle them all. But they weren't as scary as the knowledge that, very soon, I will no longer have an excuse to put life on hold every Tuesday night. I admit it: over the last six years, I've devoted an almost embarrassing amount of time, energy and thought, both personal and professional, to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Now, with only a few weeks left until the May 20 series finale, I'm facing my "Buffy"-less future by burrowing into seasons past, trying to imagine a fitting end to the coolest television coming-of-age horror-fantasy-love story ever told. As for Xander, he's Mr. Whedon's stand-in, the "unremarkable" guy who lives in the shadow of the gifted heroine. Or does he? Have you noticed how, time and again, Xander plays a crucial 11th-hour role in enabling Buffy to prevail? I'd feel cheated if the Xan Man wasn't the unsung hero, again, in the finale. [Keith's Weblog] 6:29:30 PM    trackback []     Articulate []

OPML directory browser (for .Net). I've hacked up a quick OPML directory browser application in C# for Dave's barn-raising project. As with all C# apps, you'll need the .Net framework installed for it to run. It's pretty primitive right now (because I don't have a lot of spare time!) but it appears to work. Enjoy!     opml_dir_browser.zip (4K) There's no progress indicator, so don't panic if it appears to hang when you click 'View' or double-click an include node (one with "(inc)" after the name) as it'll start responding again as soon as it finishes reading the OPML file from the network. Update: Check it out - Matt Grayson has done one too! It looks like we've focussed on getting different things going. His interface is much prettier, and he can read local files, although it doesn't handle inclusion. It also gives more information about the contents of nodes in the OPML file. Comment [Second p0st] 11:05:39 AM    trackback []     Articulate []