Web Stuff

[09-Apr-2008]
3rd Annual CSS Naked Day:   In respect of CSS Naked Day, this website is removing all formatting for the day. For more information on web standards, and the reasons behind this, see Dustin's webpage. (30 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[06-Feb-2007]
Apollo panoramas:   Wow, check out these panoramas of the Apollo moon landings. Incredible stuff. (16 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[02-Nov-2006]
Relax NG validator runs on OpenVMS:   OpenVMS build procedure for David Tolpin's Relax NG validator RNV. (257 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[20-Oct-2006]
Feed statistics:   Recently, I've noticed that a lot of large media outlets offering syndicated news feeds (i.e., RSS and Atom) are using URI queries in the link in each entry. This is obviously being used to identify the number of people that click through from the feed to the main website, as most of the query strings are things like "?from=feed". I thought it would be a good idea to add similar query strings to links in my feeds. (177 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[26-Sep-2006]
New blogger promises OpenVMS content:   Dr OpenVMS, a new blogger using blogspot, promises OpenVMS content. Yay! If his name is any indication, I look forward to reading this new blog. (26 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[05-Apr-2006]
Hey, where did the style go?:   In a clever idea to demonstrate web standards, Dustin Diaz proposed the first annual CSS Naked Day. To learn more about why the style sheet is disabled here today, visit his site. (33 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[30-Jan-2004]
Syndic8 is polling Atom feeds:   syndic8.com is now accepting feeds in the Atom format. (9 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[05-Nov-2003]
HTML Humour:   HTML comic strip. (4 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[01-Aug-2003]
Guardian comments on web design:   An article at The Guardian Unlimited, "Are most commercial websites designed by children?" is right on the money. (152 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[15-Jun-2003]
Naked comments:   Chris Sells proposed per-article RSS feeds, making comments available through individual items in the feed. Sam Ruby jumped in and... (307 words, 3 comments, 1 pings)

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