Monkinetic Weblog

Morbus has updated his blog entry with information on the linefeed issue, his script, and the fact that Mike at NewsIsFree now has Slashdot posts running into an iCal file.

Jim had this cool idea to use weblog software to generate an iCal-compatible vCal file for a blog. Then iCal users could subscribe to it. I want to try this out.

Morbus Iff over at Disobey.com got his blog iCal-ified. Subscribe to it here.

I copied and hand-hacked one of my calendars in iCal to see how it might look with blog entries as events. Blog titles get cut down to one word (in week view, my default), and there's no easy way to see the description unless you use the inpector. iCal is not the ideal blog-reader, by any stretch, but it does open up some interesting possibilities. Not sure what they are yet, but I'm hoping that by spreading the idea someone out there will have some cool ideas on great ways to use this.

On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 10:07 AM, Donald W. Larson wrote:

> view this message on the web at: http://www.redmonk.net/1432 > -------------------------------> >> Larry wall was quoted as saying: >> >> I remember reading at some point that you are a Christian... Please >> tell us how in the world a scientific or at least technical mind can >> believe in God... > > One doesn't need to be a Christian to believe in God. That's my first > point.

I'll grant you that, Don. But at the same time, I don't think that was the point. Larry is a Christian (I'm assuming from reading his reply, and other things he's written), and the questioner was asking how, as a scientist, Larry can believe in God. I thought his reply was well said, and that's what I was pointing out.

-- Steve Ivy - http://www.redmonk.net - steve@redmonk.net "This is my world, and I am, the World Leader Pretend..." --

I finally got the flat tire on my bike fixed today, and headed out for a ride this evening. I was feeling good, had the Camelbak, and was going to do a quick 4 mile ride to get my legs back.

Larry Wall, inventor of the perl programming language, answers questions on Slashdot. One of the most interesting boiled down to:> "I remember reading at some point that you are a Christian... Please tell us how in the world a scientific or at least technical mind can believe in God..."

Struts 1.1 has gone beta, and has added (among other cool stuff) even easier form handling and automatic pushing/pulling of values into and out of the form. This is one of WebObjects' strengths, and it's good to see it appearing in the open-source community.

Les Orchard is going weird again. -) BlogWalking, WiFi, SmartMobs...

Mark Pilgrim has posted a (exhaustive as far as I can tell) history of the battle over RSS.

I just got my umpteenth rejection letter in my (now 11 week long) job search. This was for a job that I felt really good about. A job I was (by their own admission) over-qualified for. A job where the interview was one of the best I've ever had. I don't know at this point what else I could have done. This is so frustrating.

Elements is a python-based work-alike for Frontier's html framework. (Via Jim)

In honor of Labor day (and the HOA Lawn Nazi) I trimmed back Monstro the Shrub, Jodi raked the yard, and I cut the lawn. Happy Labor Day!

Sigh. No one updates when I'm bored and surfing.

Seth had his fastest-ever ride a few days ago. I love reading about Seth's riding, because it inspires me to get my butt out from behind the computer and onto my own bike! Way to go Seth!

A long time ago, I obtained some of the coolest silver metallic fabric. I wanted a Silver Shirt. A real, wild, back-beat bouncing techno thrashing Silver Shirt...

Crazy cool - Warner Bros. is releasing an Anime series of Matrix-inspired stories: The Animatrix, due in 2003.

Ugh. I have been so out of the loop. Aaronsw has gotten the Swhack weblog back up and running, and it's purtier than ever and full of stuff to think. Go now, read and be amazed.

Slashdot: Apple secretly maintaining X86 Post of OS X. Now with new Jaguar flavor!