"By 'cruise' I mean 'Russia'" #
Date:
Friday, April 29, 2005
Overheard in New York: it's like the Nassau Weekly Verbatim for the real world.
Expanding Snippet Feeds in Bloglines #
Date:
Saturday, April 23, 2005
The full content vs. snippets/summary RSS feed debate is well known, and perhaps over-discussed. My only contribution to the matter is an enhanced version of my Bloglines Tweaks user script. Each item now has a "Expand" link that attempts to fetch the destination page and extract the full article content, which then replaces the snippet. It appears to work pretty well with MacMinute, Ars Technica, Mac Rumors and Palm Info Center, though I'm sure that there are sites for which its (simple) heuristics fail. Feedback is welcome (my email address is in the sidebar).
The user script requires version 0.2.6 or later of Greasemonkey, and my previous entry on the subject has installation instructions.
Life Immitating Art #
Date:
Monday, April 04, 2005
Some at work was complaining that the new maps satellite imagery makes New York look upside down. Then there was the inevitable comparison with SimCity, and how Maxis is blowing us away, graphics-wise. Which is of course nonsense, all you need is the right angle:
Taken 7/19/2004 (with a bit too much Unsharp Mask applied).
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Courtesy of image search.