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RSS: absolute beginners

By alex | Published: 10/18/2004
Bowie’s Absolute Beginners has just started playing, and it seems somehow synchronous. Today I want briefly to talk about RSS and the semantic web. For those of you in the MITIA class, you probably want to read over this before doing the assignment below, just to get an idea of what’s going on. I’ve nothing […]
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Furl – Terms of Service

By alex | Published: 10/12/2004
Just got a note from Furl urging me to check out their new Terms of Service. They are but the conduit, I see, and if I Furl copyrighted material, it’s my fault. That didn’t work real well for Napster, though, did it. And I suspect that Furl contains just as many copyrighted webpages. Luckily, though, […]
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OMG, grammer sux.

By alex | Published: 10/7/2004
The Fresno Bee recently ran an article on the effect of IM and similar technologies on the structure of language (Wut r u saying?). I was worried it would be another chicken little story, but I’m actually pretty happy with the balance presented. What do you think about the effect of IM and similar technologies […]
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Windhandel

By alex | Published: 9/25/2004
Hm. Selling a product made with 100% wind? Why didn’t I think of that? I wonder what the sunshine market is looking like these days? Or hurricane-affected sand? Maybe tulip bulbs?
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