06 December 2002

Who needs a Constitution if you have Homeland Security?   [Comment on Shoptalk]

Column Two: XFML in Action STEP TWO com au -- Mark Pilgrim writes about his experiences at applying XFML (XML Faceted Markup Language) to his Dive into Accessibility resource. This is a really useful case-study that shows how faceted classification information can be converted into a range of navigation and searching tools, amongst other wonders. [dive into mark/further reading]   [Comment on Shoptalk]

50,000 WiFi Hotspots Coming COMETA NETWORKS -- "The former Project Rainbow has yielded Cometa, a joint effort by Intel, IBM Global Services, and AT&T to get 20k to 50k WiFi hotspots launched across the USA, putting one within 5 minutes of everyone in a major metropolitan market. [Cometa and Anil and NYT and Cory Doctorow]   [Comment on Shoptalk]

News Fits My Aggregator BAWNTAMEENA HOTSPOT -- It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the blogosphere every day always just exactly fits into my news aggregator. [Thanks to Jerry Seinfeld]   [Comment on Shoptalk]