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Via Dave Winner’s Scripting News is the news that Microsoft has unveiled a new proposal called SSE, which stands for Simple Sharing Extensions for RSS and OPML. What is it for? the bi-directional, asynchronous replication of Feeds (RSS) or outlines Continue reading Simple Sharing Extensions for RSS and OPM: loosely coupled Integration.
The Winners for the 2005’s 42nd Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival the winners have been announced, and Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Hustle’, the story of hidden kung fu masters who resurface to battle gangsters, won five Golden Horse awards. (A Continue reading Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival : Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ wins big
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We Continue reading In Flanders Fields
exhibit #1 Sony infects your computer : Play a legally purchased Sony BMG Music CD on your computer, and it installs hidden rootkit-based DRM backdoor software. What’s a RootKit? A rootkit is a set of virus-like tools frequently used by Continue reading When Entertainment Companies Become Gangsters
My friend Lee is traveling aroud Egypt in That Crazy Travel Whirlwind. Many stories to follow
I was recently asked “Why XML, rather than a .CSV (Coma Separated Values) file”, and no one had an answer beyond “It’s what we do now”. (After stalling for a few seconds) I answered “flexibility”. When, in a CSV file, Continue reading XML, Why and How TO