This is splorp.

January 31, 2004

Atom. Da bomb?

The gang at Blogger recently announced that its auto-generated newsfeed functionality now supports the Atom syndication format. Can anyone tell me if there is any reason not to switch from an RSS-formatted newsfeed over to Atom? Based on what I’ve been reading over on AtomEnabled.org, it sounds all fine and dandy. The main catch seems … More

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January 29, 2004

A warm fuzzy.

The available domain name of the week is feltlike.com

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January 28, 2004

Usenet is dead. Long live Usenet.

Those supamonstermacheads over at the mighty Panic have unleased a brand new OS X application called Unison which looks like it actually makes the Usenet usable again. Gosh, I’m feeling all 1993 again. Sniff.

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January 27, 2004

Several things that need mentioning.

Quite a few items have caused my ears to perk up recently, but dagnabbit if I don’t have the time to properly comment on them. So here I sit, attempting to post at least a short little blurb about each them so, at the very least, I can refer back them at some point in … More

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January 27, 2004

Random chattage.

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January 21, 2004

The bold and the feckless.

I’ll admit to considering some Adobe typefaces to be of questionable aesthetic value and still others as downright fugly. But, I don’t think I have ever run across an Adobe font that’s been annoying.

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January 20, 2004

Nothing will keep us apart.

The available domain name of the week is undelimited.com

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January 16, 2004

Photo of the day.

 Late afternoon billboard. 14th Street Northwest, Calgary.

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January 16, 2004

Curiously found mints.

Well, they’re not actually mints… they’re better than mints. Courteously observant viewer Eric Gordon pointed out that Callard & Bowser produced a limited run of Ginger Altoids at some point last year. Ginger. Now that’s a flavour I can wrap my lips around. It’s too bad these tasty little babies are no longer available in … More

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January 15, 2004

Alternatoids.

Dear Callard and Bowser-Suchard, Inc., Please consider the following suggestions when developing new flavours and variations in your product line of Altoids (Curiously Strong) Mints. I realize that not all of these potential candidates will have the same mass appeal as your current selection of peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen or cinnamon. However, I think that some of … More

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