8. mars 2003

Roogle There is no end to the puns on Google these days, and most are just fun. The FuzzyGroup's Roogle is an exception to that, it is a specific search engine for the RSS feeds of blogs. You may have noticed some XML buttons on the left column of this and other blogs. Blogging software does not only publish in html, but also in XML format, which in theory makes it possible to structure and interpret content, and organise blog entries in many different ways, including subscriptions. Check out Xtian's Salonika, a multi-blog page, for an example of what can be done with RSS feeds. The fuzzy roogle people seem to have the same sense of humour as their more famous counterparts. This is the disclaimer: "This page is not sponsored by Google, affiliated with Google and will probably get me in trouble." Well, you might just get lucky! 11:44:22 PM    comment []

The wars of the Brave New World: Core vs Gap A fascinating and scary article by US strategist Thomas Barnett, from the March 2003 issue of Esquire, reprinted on the US Naval War College's web pages. It outlines one strategical view of the world according to the United States, a world that must be molded and changed to ensure the long-term security of the US and its partners. In a sense, the message is "globalize or perish," but that wouldn't really be doing his views justice. While you may take exception to the aggressive remedies supported, his analysis of the world situation is really quite spot-on. He explains and points to the present and future trouble spots, and also outlines an aggressive strategy for dealing with it. Thanks to Jimmy T's Joint for bringing this to my attention. 8:42:57 PM    comment []

Microsoft knocks site off net after coyright infringment Instead of sending a "takedown" notice to the site Neowin, Microsoft sent it to their ISP further up the stream. The result was that Neowin went off the net for an antire day. Microsoft states that it only intended for the offending post to be removed, not for the whole site to be taken off. In a related development, a named individual in Ukraine is being accused of boasting for "bringing down" Neowin by tipping off Microsoft about the alleged NDA violation. Somebody's going to get it. I read this on Bruce's blog with the not-so-clever name. 4:54:29 PM    comment []

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