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daily link  Friday, July 26, 2002

Non-XML Syndication

Bill

I talked with Tim about non-xml syndication. and I placed two links on my Radio blog at:

http://radio.weblogs.com/0110680/stories/2002/07/26/nonXmlSyndication.html

The weather underground link automatically updates the temperature on the remote site. It auto-updates temperatures and also gives the option to click and get a more complete weather report. (New Odyssey project and click option to visit the archives? It uses the following code:

<a HREF="http://www.wunderground.com/US/OR/Beaverton.html" TARGET="_top"><img SRC="http://banners.wunderground.com/banner/infoboxtr/US/OR/Beaverton.gif" ALT="Click for Beaverton, Oregon Forecast" WIDTH=144 HEIGHT=108 ALIGN=bottom></a>

The second link, from the weather channel, directly links to local weather and pulls up the forecast when the user clicks on the Today's Weather link. The other option offered by the Weather Channel code allows the user to enter a zip code or a city and then pulls down the appropriate forecast.

It would be cool to use this code to have a link on a district site that allows the user to enter a content title (science, math etc.) and return a list of the appropriate content Odyssey projects. Busy teachers won't read through hundreds of projects without some kind of category search. I think they would be more likely to use and return to the Odyssey pages if they could parse out content. The code for the Weather Channel links is:

<!-- begin weather.com viewer include code --> <form method="post" action="http://www.weather.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/zip_city_search.cgi?par=internal&site=viewer&code=610833&promo=english"> <table> <tr> <td > <font face="arial,helvetica" color="#004371" size="2">  Enter a city or US Zip </font>   <input name="destination" type="text" size="8" value="">  <input type="image" src="http://image.weather.com/pics/button_go.gif" width=26 height="23" border="0" alt="go!" value="Go City"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan = "3" align = "left" >
<a href="http://oap.weather.com/fcgi-bin/oap/generate_viewer?loc_id=USOR0395&from=internal&par=internal&site=viewer&promo=english&code=610833"> Today's Weather</a> </td> </tr> </table></form> <!-- end weather.com viewer include code--> 6:54:04 PM  permalink  comment []  


The Little Shop of Physics: Online Experiments
http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/Experiments.html

Colorado State has some great experiments here. Choose from experiments using common household items, experiments you can do with your computer, or shockwave experiments (requiring a shockwave plugin that works with your browser). Demonstrate Bernoulli's principle or find out how those annoying sounds are generated by the Emergency Broadcast System. Enjoy these fun activities for all ages. 6:54:04 PM  permalink  comment []  

Microsoft Exchange Server flaw uncovered. SMTP vulnerability could invite remote buffer overflow, outside access control [InfoWorld: Top News2:54:14 PM  permalink  comment []  

 

HACKING IS PERMITTED!!!!!!!!!!!!  

HACKING IS legal!!!!!!!!!!!

provided????????????

The week in review: PCs under attack. Imagine trying to boot up your computer and finding that a hacker had disabled it or destroyed your data. Then imagine having no legal recourse because the government sanctioned it.

 2:54:12 PM  permalink  comment []  

 

HACKING IS PERMITTED!!!!!!!!!!!!  

HACKING IS legal!!!!!!!!!!!

provided????????????

The week in review: PCs under attack. Imagine trying to boot up your computer and finding that a hacker had disabled it or destroyed your data. Then imagine having no legal recourse because the government sanctioned it.

 1:54:07 PM  permalink  comment []  


Sony Ericsson T68i Sony Ericsson T68i

Astounding battery life, snappy color display, and endless features earn this GSM phone a perfect "five stars."
Read the story at:

http://www.techtv.com/freshgear/products/story/0,23008,3391934,00.html 10:54:04 AM  permalink  comment []  


Bill Would Fight Web Music Piracy. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hollywood escalated its fight against Internet trading of movies and music, successfully urging key lawmakers to consider letting the industry use hacker tactics to stop Americans' exchange of songs and films they didn't buy. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] Do you want Michael Eisner rooting around in your harddrive??? 9:54:08 AM  permalink  comment []  

Quick! Run and Cover! Incoming! MS hones .Net tools for battle [ZDNet Tech News]

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FCC: Let My People Go

For the third time, the FCC (The American Federal Communications Commission, which is headed up by Secretary of State Colin Powel's kid, Michael) has extended a deadline that would have required mobile phone service companies to let us keep our cell phone numbers when we switch to another provider. Their deadline was November 24, 2002. The FCC extension gives them yet another year to hold us hostage.

Right now, if you switch from AT&T Wireless to another carrier, AT&T keeps the phone number that your friends, colleagues and family members have memorized or entered into their PIMs. You have to start over with a new number.

The big companies -- AT&T, Sprint, Cingular and Verizon -- are afraid that their bad customer service, "creative" billing and anti-customer policies will drive you to smaller, nimbler and more aggressive carriers unless they can leverage their "ownership" of your phone number to force you to stay. Of course, the small carriers are all in favor of number portability because it levels the playing field. Congress and the FCC ordered cell service companies way back in 1996 to let people keep their cell phone numbers when they switch carriers. The commission set a deadline of 1999, which was delayed twice. Last week, Verizon pressed the FCC for a third delay, pointing to technological hurdles and cost. The FCC buckled. Literally adding insult to injury, the carriers argue that people don't really want number portability anyway. Studies show people want good service and lower prices more than a cell phone number for life. Conveniently those studies favor the millions of teens and other consumers who dominate cell phone ownership in the U.S. If they were to do a study looking just at business people and other professionals, I'm sure they'd find out that number portability is extremely important. And we want good service and low prices as well. Cell phone customers in Britain, Australia, Hong Kong and elsewhere have long enjoyed number portability. It can be done. In an unrelated move, the FCC adopted rules that enable phone companies to share your personal data without your permission -- or even your knowledge. That information includes who you call, when you call them, and where you called from, as well as the kinds of services you use and how often you use them. They have to ask your permission only if the buyer of your private data has nothing to do with telecommunications. You'll have the option to tell phone companies that you don't want your personal information shared, but everyone knows that the majority of people won't do that. The FCC expressly rejected a requirement that would have forced the phone companies to ask your permission first before selling you out. 9:54:02 AM  permalink  comment []  

Bye, Bye Jornada
Nearly three months after the merger between Compaq and HP was finalized, we're starting to see the effects. The most prominent one from this week is the end of the Jornada line of PDAs. HP is killing it in favor of the iPaq, which was a Compaq vision. The Jornada wasn't completely a wash as product lines go, however; it was the first of many heavyweight handhelds to be a hybrid between notebooks and handheld devices. Also, it ran Windows CE before Microsoft renamed its mobile OS Pocket PC. Remember that?

The Jornada goes away
http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=90-wHPMQ_IMRT2obeLVb128Zm9eK9RR 9:54:01 AM  permalink  comment []  

The Little Shop of Physics: Online Experiments
http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/Experiments.htm

Colorado State has some great experiments here. Choose from experiments using common household items, experiments you can do with your computer, or shockwave experiments (requiring a shockwave plugin that works with your browser). Demonstrate Bernoulli's principle or find out how those annoying sounds are generated by the Emergency Broadcast System. Enjoy these fun activities for all ages. 9:54:01 AM  permalink  comment []  


The Science of Hockey
Skating players http://www.exploratorium.edu/hockey

Developed by the Exploratorium with the assistance of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, this site takes you inside the sport and explains the science behind the world's fastest game. The site contains RealVideo and Audio interviews with top scientists and NHL players and coaches. Part of the Exploratorium's Sport! Science site 9:54:01 AM  permalink  comment []  

 
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