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Mon, 30 Sep 2002 00:28:11 GMT

Declining CD Sales Spur Labels to Use Street Marketing Teams. Record companies are hiring "street team units" to persuade D.J.'s at trendy clubs to play new singles and generate a buzz on the streets. By Lynette Holloway.

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 21:13:15 GMT

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:40:08 GMT

This is a test post to verify that RSS generation still works. Seems to.

Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:19:09 GMT

Ken Dow reports that the current version of OmniOutliner can read and write OPML. This means, for example, with a little Radio script (or an AppleScript) you could use Omni as an Instant Outliner.

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:08:05 GMT

MacNet Journal reports that OmniOutliner will support OPML soon. That's very good news indeed.

Yahoo Finance RSS Feeds

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:21:10 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny who works at Yahoo Finance offers an RSS 0.91 feed for every stock. It's a beta feature. Here's the feed for Microsoft and one for Marimba. Thanks to Jon Udell for the pointer.

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:56:14 GMT

Earthquake hits UK. Large parts of England and Wales are hit by a large earthquake but there are no reports of casualties. [BBC News | UK]

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:27:14 GMT

Music-Swapping Service Gains Stature in New Deal. The operator of the KaZaA music-swapping service plans to announce a partnership today with one of Europe's major Internet access providers. By Matt Richtel.

Sun, 22 Sep 2002 13:42:38 GMT

Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:20:04 GMT

Sat, 21 Sep 2002 03:08:01 GMT

Very interesting comment on the RSS-DEV list by Phil Ringalda. He says that one aggregator supports the content module. I wonder which one that is (it's not Radio). Now that the dust is settling (I hope) on two-plus years of chaos in the RSS community, there may be some very simple short strokes we can do to improve quality, while the market is still relatively small. There's a pragmatism to Phil's post that has not been part of the discussion on RSS-DEV till now.

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:30:31 GMT

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:43:49 GMT

Sean Gallagher: "I mean, here we are, a country on the edge of being dragged into a war by some whack-job Texan with the IQ of a Post-It Note (TM), and people are badgering each other over RDF?"

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:06:37 GMT

Yet another test post Rudy. Let's have fun!

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:37:34 GMT

This is a test post. I'm trying yet another algorithm.

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:06:19 GMT

This is a test post. Let's see if it still works. Now I have to make a change to see that the aggregator doesn't pick it up in the next scan because the <guid> didn't change even if the <description> did.

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 01:33:42 GMT

Sun Ready to Push Linux as Alternative to Microsoft. Sun Microsystems plans to throw its weight behind the "open source" software movement on Wednesday as part of an industry effort to offer an alternative to Microsoft's Windows. By John Markoff.

Tue, 17 Sep 2002 01:09:57 GMT

Some Directors Said to Seek Ouster at AOL. Several directors of AOL Time Warner are seeking to oust the company's chairman, Stephen M. Case, and he is resisting their challenge. By David D. Kirkpatrick. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:29:29 GMT

This is a test post. I will post this before 4:38PM, the time of my next aggregator scan. At that time I will come back and change this text. Then at 5:38PM I will verify that it does not appear again. This will confirm that the new permalink-observant code is working properly. Okay here's the change. I'll check again in about an hour after another scan, at about 6PM or so. In the meantime there was some weirdness. All of the current items in my RSS feed appeared on my news page. This is not good. I wonder why. Hmmmm.

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 23:17:24 GMT

In That Place Where TV and the Net Almost Meet. The TV and the Internet are indeed coming together, but only because they are in the same room. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: Business]

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 15:09:24 GMT

Fri, 13 Sep 2002 06:41:52 GMT

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:49:49 GMT

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:51:01 GMT

I had a few spare minutes this afternoon, so I'm testing the new RSS-generating code in Radio. Here's the feed for this weblog.

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:46:44 GMT

Mon, 09 Sep 2002 08:32:36 GMT

Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:40:03 GMT

Sun, 08 Sep 2002 14:57:23 GMT

Thu, 05 Sep 2002 19:46:12 GMT

Wed, 04 Sep 2002 22:14:23 GMT

Wed, 04 Sep 2002 15:04:56 GMT

Tue, 03 Sep 2002 13:25:36 GMT

Tue, 03 Sep 2002 00:26:56 GMT

Quotes from Victor Victoria:

"It is a moron who gives advice to a horse's ass."
You called? I am Charles Bovin, private investigateur. Good. There is something I want you to find out for me. At your service. Be careful. Monsieur, I am always careful. That stool is broken. It is?

Mon, 02 Sep 2002 08:58:57 GMT

Sun, 01 Sep 2002 23:17:35 GMT

CBS News: "Support for the First Amendment has eroded significantly since Sept. 11 and nearly half of Americans now think the constitutional amendment on free speech goes too far in the rights it guarantees, according to a new poll."