Monkinetic Weblog

Scott Johnson is at it again. After better grokking a suggestion I made, he implemented a new feature on Feedster: getting an RSS version of a single cached blog post, by passing in the url of a permalink for that post.

Scott Johnson of Feedster posted about two new support tools they've got - a new web board, and the feedster-dev mailing list (Yahoo).

Check out the Feedster homepage, monkinetic is the site-of-the-day!

I'm looking for a reputable basic hosting provider for a client. Apache and CGI (or mod_perl), between 75 and 100mb of disk space, and around $20/mo.

Recently Aaron Hillegass posted a pointed diatribe to the Cocoa-Dev list about Apple's new NSController layer in Mac OS 10.3. Today, he posted an explanation and partial retraction, showing an astounding amount of mental clarity and humility in the process. Way to go, Aaron!!

Right now I'm hacking on a small project involving blogs and news, and so far I've been using Blogdex and Technorati for my data.

Is there a blogdex api?

Another question for the technically-minded:

There's a trailer up now(Quicktime, large) for Disney's Home on the Range, a new animated film done in the same style as The Emperor's New Groove.

[Wired] Aussie's Do It Right: E-Voting. This group developed an open-source electronic voting solution that went far to assuage fears of problems with the process, since the code was out there for anyone to examine and validate.

Having, with Panther, gotten a command-line with easy to turn on coloring of directory listings, I went in search of something that would tell me what colors I could use.

Hehe. I went looking for information again this year on planting a winter lawn (something we have to do in Arizona since the Bermuda that survuves the summer heat can't survive the cooler winter temps) and discovered that my weblog post from last year is the #2 result on Google for arizona winter lawn. Not that it helps, but it was funny.

This is too cool. Evidently, using the Image Capture preferences, you can share digital devices over your local area network with Mac OS 10.3. Nice!!

I'm visiting the Scottsdale Re-Mac, a local Mac reseller and servicer. Never one to resist a shiny Powerbook (12" in this case) and an Airport connection, here's the obligtory weblog post. smile

I got a call about another small (very small but nice) web site job today. As much as I want a permanent position, there's something special about sitting down to lunch with someone who needs a website and has little budget. I feel like a neighbor - a craftsman. That's nice.

Open the fridge. Take out the tupperware container. Lift one edge of the lid. MMmmm, smell soy sauce, lemon juice, fresh garlic, onion, ginger, sesame oil.

The web designer's online magazine A List Apart has redesigned and relaunched again, and man, is it nice. Gone are the shocking-orange and reds and yellows, this time around it's a subtle mix of modern and painterly styles. Very nice.

Wow. Somebody touched a nerve.

I don't watch Fox News, as I don't get all the fancy cable channels for my $13/mo. But I've followed from a comfortable distance the bruhaha between Bill "Suitcase Nuke" O'Reilly and Al "Snider-Than-Thou" Franken, as well as the (evidently vivid) on-air blowup between O'Reilly and NPR's ever-collected Terry Gross.

Oh, man, I needed a good guffaw. smile