Things may go off the air here in a bit… moving the DNS around. If things get weird, give me a try in 48 hours or so.

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This afternoon, CNET News.com introduced public TrackBack and Pingback support. I’m thrilled the team got this feature live, and I look forward to seeing how readers and the larger web community respond. I don’t know of any other major non-blog site that has adopted these emerging standards. Of course, it’s hard to be first at…

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Jeff Veen turns off the Dock notification in NetNewsWire to preserve his sanity and his time. Yes, the red numbers go away. Dave Winer says those of us who treat RSS like email are “using it the wrong way.” Apparently, treating the red numbers (a proxy for RSS) as boxes to check off bothers Dave.…

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So, Foreign Policy has a long, scholarly piece on the growing influence of bloggers. The authors are Daniel W. Drezner, assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Henry Farrell, assistant professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and a member of the group blog www.crookedtimber.org. I’ve never…

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Great map of the media capital, New York City from the Publicity Club of New York. Interesting to see ZD Media make the cut, especially since CNET Networks has its New York office in the same building. I haven’t seen anything comparable for San Francisco. I wouldn’t pretend that media has that much impact on…

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We spent the weekend down the California coast, kid-free (thanks, Laura!). Route 1 enchanted, Hearst Castle’s extravagance boggled, and running on our own schedule refreshed. I should write up the hotel for HotelChatter.com, but not tonight. After driving Route 1, learning that the 17 mile drive costs $8.50 was an unpleasant surprise. We decided 90…

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I finished Patrick O’Brian’s The Hundred Days a few weeks ago, and I don’t have the energy to spend much time commenting on it now. I’m knee deep in my next book (think Stephenson), and work has been busy. Anyway, this is #19, and I’ve only got one more left in the Aubrey-Maturin series. Too…

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Time to clear out the Safari bookmarks bar once more. The ‘Purple Haze’, revisited reviews a cartogram of the presidential election votes. Thanks to hearing about the meme from Neil Turner, I’ve posted my desktop show and tell to Flickr. Here’s the global tag. Jon Gruber on the poof in MacOS X Gallery of stick-figure…

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A favorite of the Slashdot crowd, Paul Graham takes time to craft his words in ways which make my synapses smile. Many of the essays in his book Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age essays have appeared online previously. I’ve noted a couple before. The book collects fifteen essays, all springing from…

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The days leading up to Halloween are a crescendo of excitement with young children in the house. As witness, I offer the following, overheard three mornings before the costumed, candy-filled parade. The boy is talking to his sister (who doesn’t yet reply): If we don’t get any sleep, we can’t go trick or treating, so…

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