Author: Vince Kimball

Matt update….. More about k-collector. A little bit of background about the k-collector client. k-collector client for Radio Userland is really a totally stripped down version of liveTopics.  Out go tables of contents, local databases of topics, lots of macros, XFML, XTM and a raft of other stuff i'm like. What you end up with… Continue reading Matt update….

VW standard metadata format for reviews. Alf Eaton has a proposal for a Reviews metadata format standard (I assume) based upon his totaly cool blaxm! tool.  <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=”http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#”         xmlns:dc=”http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/”         xmlns:rvw=”http://purl.org/net/rvw”><rdf:Description rdf:about=”http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0156027321/”    dc:identifier=”ASIN:0156027321″    dc:type=”Text”    dc:title=”Life of Pi”    dc:creator=”Yann Martel”    dc:publisher=”Harvest Books”    dc:date=”2003-05″    rvw:reviewer=”HubLog”    rvw:reviewerLocation=”http://www.pmbrowser.info/hublog”    rvw:reviewTitle=”The review headline goes here”    rvw:reviewDate=”2003-04-08″    rvw:rating=”7″    rvw:review=”The body of the review… Continue reading VW standard metadata format for reviews

ThreadsML. Here's some base case, first level of functionality set of goals for a ThreadsML deployment. Broadband Mechanics will contribute our on-line outliner – WebOutliner – while Steve Yost is working on making QuickTopic compatible.  Like the process that Matt and Paolo followed with ENT and K-collector – we're hoping to put together a critical… Continue reading ThreadsML

Spectacular Microsoft Passport vulnerability. It was apparently trivial to hack Passport accounts: The flaw allowed a single Web address – or URL – to be used to request a password reset from the Passport servers. The URL contains the e-mail address of the account to be changed and the address where the attacker would like… Continue reading Spectacular Microsoft Passport vulnerability

SpamBayes rocks. SpamBayes with Outlook Addin In an upcoming InfoWorld article, which will post next Friday and appear in print the following week, I review the SpamBayes filtering engine and Mark Hammond's brilliant Outlook addin. Thanks to this remarkable open source duo, I am ready to declare victory on spam. … [Jon's Radio]

So Much Religion.  An early review of the Longhorn UI, and all three comments are from Mac advocates saying “OS X already does this!”.  Obviously they haven't seen the product.  Just wait until they actually see Longhorn UI, and their jaws drop permanently agape.  Longhorn UI is the coolest freekin' thing to happen to Windows UI since Windows 3.0,… Continue reading So Much Religion

Verizon Lowers DSL Rates. The significant cuts may lead to a broadband price war. [The Motley Fool]

Free WiFi @ Your Library. The next time you're traveling and you're looking for free WiFi, don't forget to check Bill Drew's excellent list of Libraries with Wireless Networks! There are now more than 100 libraries listed, and the number grows each day. (If your library is not listed, contact Bill!) Part of the larger… Continue reading Free WiFi @ Your Library

Integrating Library Services into the Browser. Last week, my good virtual friend Ernie the Attorney tried Google Answers: “Google Answers is pretty cool.  For a minimum of $2 you can post a question on just about any topic and get a quick response.  I just came back from Paris and was wondering if the French… Continue reading Integrating Library Services into the Browser

A Once and Present Innovator, Still Pushing Buttons. If anyone is up to the task of cracking the market for small businesses online, it is Dan Bricklin, who has spent most of his career as an entrepreneurial small-businessman. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]