Dave's Handsome Radio Blog!

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 21:14:57 GMT

Aye aye aye aye. No time for sorrow.

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:35:23 GMT

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:37:02 GMT

I've gotta nice a testa post here for a you! ;->

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:45:58 GMT

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:48:32 GMT

This is a test post.

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:05 GMT

I'm switching the Weblogs.Com for RSS server to a different machine, less loaded. This post should cause a ping to go to that machine. Back in a minute with a report.

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:03:36 GMT

A surprising turn of events in US politics. Vice-president under Jimmy Carter, and presidential candidate against Ronald Reagan, Walter Mondale, 74, is taking Paul Wellstone's place in the Minnesota Senate race. Talk about seniority, but if he wins he'll be the junior Senator from Minnesota, the state that brought you a professional wrestler as governor. God bless America, land that I love.

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:40:48 GMT

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:13:17 GMT

Talking to Julie. A couple of months ago I called Amtrak to book a train and was astounded by the performance of "Julie," the IVR (interactive voice response) agent at 1-800-USA-RAIL. My colleague Tom Yager had the same reaction to the unnamed IVR agent who handles flight, schedule, and gate info for American Airlines at 1-800-223-5436. ... [Jon's Radio]

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:59:54 GMT

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:27:50 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny tells the story of Yahoo getting Slashdotted.

Tue, 29 Oct 2002 21:25:16 GMT

Sun, 27 Oct 2002 07:30:21 GMT

Joi Ito: Anti-corruption legislator slain in front of his house.

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 18:30:42 GMT

This is a test post in the Michegas category and on my home page.

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 15:44:05 GMT

Wellstone Death Brings New Focus to Senate Battles. The political disarray caused by the death of Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota put a sharp new focus on the battle for control of the Senate. By Alison Mitchell.

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 15:19:48 GMT

Is Diet Coke bad for you?. Is Diet Coke bad for you? A lot of people think so.

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 15:08:29 GMT

Bonds Is Feared, Larger Than Life and Stomping on the Angels. Barry Bonds needs one more evening of devastation against the Anaheim Angels on Saturday or Sunday to finish a 16-year journey to a championship. By Jack Curry.

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:41:59 GMT

A second test post to see if mirroring code is working. If it is, at some point this link should work. Sam Ruby had a good point, the original URL for the changes file was/is confusing. It's still being maintained, but I won't publicize it.

Postscript: The mirroring code wasn't working. Now I think it does. Pray. Praise Murphy!

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:49:39 GMT

This is a test post. I want to see if Radio pings the RSS category for me. Back in a minute or two. Postscript. It did. 1-2-3.

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 02:57:28 GMT

Recent Series History Is on Side of the Angels. During the past 20 years, teams have taken a lead of three games to two on the road seven times, and six times returned home without the World Series championship. By Murray Chass.

Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:52:06 GMT

CJ: "You know Toby if I was living in Qumar I wouldn't be able to say Shove it up your ass Toby, but I'm not so Shove it up your ass Toby."

Fri, 25 Oct 2002 22:53:14 GMT

Very interesting change in referer rankings on HTP.

Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:50:16 GMT

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:14:56 GMT

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:35:44 GMT

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:22:42 GMT

This is a test post. 1-2-3

Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:14:21 GMT

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:54:01 GMT

My Sexy Window

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:33:52 GMT

This could be a blog post on my Radio weblog

When I save it, it could become one.

Let's see what happens!

It worked. Isn't this a fun place Rudy!

Now let's try to save the natural way.

It works. Oh my goodness!

Now the next thing is to have Rules so we can format stuff.

Done, 10/22/02; 11:15:22 AM by DW.

My Sexy Window

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:26:13 GMT

This could be a blog post on my Radio weblog When I save it, it could become one. Let's see what happens!

Buster Brown Theme Song

Mon, 21 Oct 2002 18:55:57 GMT

Does your shoe have a boy inside? What a funny place for a boy to hide! Does your shoe have a dog there too? A boy and a dog and a foot in a shoe. Well, the boy is Buster Brown. And the dog is Tige, his friend. And they're really just a picture but it's fun to play pretend. So look look look in the telephone book for the store that sells the shoe, with the picture of the boy and the dog inside so you can put your foot in too. Buster Brown Shoes!

Please ignore

Sun, 20 Oct 2002 14:21:54 GMT

Notes for testing redirection.

1. Subscribe to this channel.

Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:02:00 GMT

Sat, 19 Oct 2002 19:55:42 GMT

Fri, 18 Oct 2002 10:49:50 GMT

I'm working on callbacks that allow scripters to add their own elements to RSS feeds as Radio is generating them. I've not written any such callbacks yet, I'm just posting this to be sure I haven't broken the basic feed-generator.

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 12:35:16 GMT

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:24:57 GMT

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 02:39:17 GMT

Don Park posted a note about big binary objects as RSS items. I suggested he look into enclosures in RSS. If you have Radio running, there's a page of prefs for enclosures. The feature was introduced in RSS 0.92. Enclosures are powerful but brain-dead simple. Read up on them, there's a new distribution model, one that gets rid of the click-wait for large media objects. Adam Curry turned me on to the idea over deli food in NYC. It's brilliantly simple. Virtual bandwidth. (BTW, I got a note a few days ago that ESPN is using RSS enclosures in a new app. So the feature didn't go completely unnoticed. ";->") [Scripting News]

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 02:37:38 GMT

U.S. Not Certain if North Korea Has the Bomb. North Korea has admitted conducting a major clandestine nuclear weapons program for the past several years, the Bush administration said. By David E. Sanger.

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 00:20:10 GMT

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:33:21 GMT

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:58:28 GMT

In the High-Tech Sector, Optimism Is Just a Faded Memory. At this year's Agenda conference, traditionally an upbeat gathering of the computer and Internet industries' elite, attendance was low and the mood even lower. By John Markoff.

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 21:26:44 GMT

Wired News: "A new breed of pop-up ads is appearing mysteriously on Microsoft Windows users' computers. The so-called "Messenger spams" have security experts and system administrators scratching their heads -- and recipients fuming."

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 03:33:13 GMT

The Age: US press ignores Australia's pain.

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:53:27 GMT

Angels-Crazy Suburb Longs for an Ending Right Out of Disney. Should the Angels win the World Series, officials in Anaheim, Calif., will have to decide whether to hold a parade on a suburban strip or in the Disney complex. By John M. Broder.

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:49:54 GMT

New sniper killing feared in Virginia. A woman is shot dead near Washington prompting fears that she could be the 11th victim of the sniper attacks terrorising the area for weeks. [BBC News | Front Page]

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:48:30 GMT

Bonds Finally Goes Deep Into October. Barry Bonds, at the ripe old age of 38, no longer has a hole in his résumé. By George Vecsey.

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:47:21 GMT

Internet Society to Manage '.org'. MARINA DEL REY, Calif. (AP) -- The group overseeing the Internet's address system said Monday it has selected the nonprofit Internet Society to manage domain names ending in ``.org'' starting next year.

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 02:46:31 GMT

Lofton Lifts Giants to Pennant. Kenny Lofton had the game-winning R.B.I. in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 2-1 Game 5 win and a trip to the World Series. By Rafael Hermoso.

Welcome to Game 5 of the National League Championship Series

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:20:38 GMT

I'm taking my notes in the outliner.

How about that.

Let's see if it's more fun that way.

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:54:57 GMT

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 15:19:55 GMT

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:58:45 GMT

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 00:21:10 GMT

WOO HOO GIANTS FANS EVERYWHERE ARE HAPPY TONIGHT

SANTIAGO HITS TWO-RUN HOME RUN IN EIGHTH TO GIVE GIANTS TWO-RUN LEAD AND NAIL GAME FOUR, LEAVING THE GIANTS WITH A THREE-GAME TO ONE LEAD OVER THE ST LOUIS CARDINALS, THE SOON TO BE MOST GRACIOUS LOSERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

One minor detail...

The Cards are at bat in the top of the ninth and get the first two men on base. Runners at first and second, no one out. The first runner was on an error, a wild pitch. Oh fuck. Cards sored. It's 4-3. One out, runners on first and third. Fuck that shit, Giants win. Three games to one. Another great ending. Whew.

St Louis wins 5-4

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 20:37:35 GMT

Cards go down in order in the 9th.

Kent, Bonds, Santiago come to bat for Giants. 5-4 St Louis leads. Let's go Giants. One run to tie, two to cut off the Cards' air supply.

New pitcher Jason Isringhausen or however you spell his name.

Kent is up. Let's go. Big swing. 1-1 count. Pigeon on field. Bonds on deck. Let's go! Big swing. Miss. 1-2. Get on base!! Foul pop. 1-2. Fouls into stands. 1-2 count. Struck him out. One out. Bonds up.

Bonds. Strike one. Ball one. Ball two. Ball three. Ball four.

Santiago. One out. Bonds on first. Winning run at the plate. Strike one. Ball one. No double play please. Strike two (Bonds was running on the pitch). Struck out.

Reggie Sanders. 0 for 12 in NLCS. Ball one. Last out for Giants. Two balls. JT Snow on deck. Strike one. Foul. Strike two. 2-2 count. Pops out to right field. Three outs.

No score in eighth

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 20:20:38 GMT

Cards go down in order in the 8th, up 5-4.

Bell leads off Giants 8th with a single to center.

Shawn Dunston bunts. Sacrifice works. Runner on second. One out.

Lofton bounces out. Bell does not advance to third. Two out. New pitcher Rick White.

Aurilia up. 0-2 count. Tying run at second. Grounds out.

Giants waste lead-off double, loaded bases

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:58:39 GMT

Aurilia with a leadoff double in the seventh. Cards lead 5-4. Not for long.

Jeff Kent up. Bonds waiting on deck. Kent strikes out.

First base is open. Bonds draws the intentional walk.

Benito Santiago up. Santiago gets a beautiful infield hit. Great baserunning. One out. Bases loaded. It should have been a double play. Santiago slides headfirst into first.

Reggie Sanders up. Strikes out. Two out, bases loaded. Pitching change. Steve Kline coming out of the bullpen. JT Snow the scheduled hitter for the Giants.

Snow grounds out. St Louis leads 5-4.

Bonds hits three-run homer in 5th to tie game

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:13:25 GMT

Aurilia walks. One on, no one out. Kent singles. Runners on first and second, no one out. Bonds up. First pitch way outside. HOME RUN!!

HE FUCKING SMOKED IT. Into the bay. Only one word for it. FUCK.

The game is tied 4-4.

Santiago singles to left. Still no one out. Sanders pops out to left. Hard play. One out.

Cards get out of the inning with a 3-6-3 double play. Okay not bad inning.

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:59:27 GMT

Fifth inning. Cards at bat, leading 3-1. One out. 2-2 count to Edmonds. Hits one out of the park, into the bay. Foul. Whew. Hits one the other way, out of the park. Home run. 4-1. One out. Oy.

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:56:01 GMT

Don Park is looking for a good-quality RSS parser in Java. If he doesn't find one he's going to write it. Help out Don, he's a good guy.

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:50:09 GMT

Leadoff walk for Giants in the fourth. Ortiz -> perfect bunt. Bell at second. One out.

Line drive. Double play. Inning over. 3-1, St Louis.

A digital intermission during commercial break

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:47:18 GMT

During the commercial break my desktop aggregator sent me an email with the latest news. (A new feature I'm working on.) It sent me a pointer to Jon Udell's report from Digital ID World.

Cards up 3-1, Sign of SF Philosophy

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:43:08 GMT

Metheney hits a home run to left field. 3-1 St Louis.

A bit of baseball culture. The Giants fan who caught the home run threw it back on the field. Hey that's called philosophy. Not bad. Maybe he comes from Chicago.

Finlay hits a great ball to center. Kenny Laughton makes a fantastic catch.

Two out. 1-2 count. Grounder to second, out at first.

Giants down in order in the third

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:30:21 GMT

Bottom of the third. Middle of Giants order. Santiago at the plate, 1-2 count. Takes strike three. Oy.

Reggie Sanders. One out no one on. Dribbler to short. Easy play at first. Two out no one on.

JT Snow. Hard drive to first, relay to pitcher. Out.

This is very exciting strange baseball

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 18:14:30 GMT

Top of the third. Cardinals at bat.

Wild pitch to pitcher Finley on strike three. He's on first. Oh my god.

Major hit, off the tip of the glove of center fielder, runners on second and third, one out.

Strange game. Very weird. One out.

Deep fly to right, Finley tags and scores. 1-1, two out runner on third. (Fox says it's just one out.) They got it right. Ground ball to short. Scores runner on third, 2-1, St Louis. Two out. No one on.

Let's end this inning, okay? How about now. 1-2 count, runner on first. Here's the pitch. High, almost wild. Full count. Come on let's get out of this stinkin inning. Foul ball. Ball four. Walked him. Sheeeeez.

Tino Martinez at bat. Runners at first and second two out. 1-1 count. Great play by Santiago, out at first, inning over. Not too much damage.

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:57:09 GMT

Cards go down in order in the second, Giants at bat. JT Snow nails one into right field for the Giants first base hit. The Giants are hitting. Bell gets a single. First and second no one out. Both batters went to 3-2. Using up a lot of pitches and waiting for a good pitch and hitting. Infield in. Ortiz at bat. Bunts foul. Excellent bunt! Error!!! Bases loaded no one out!!! Top of the order. Bouncer to first, play to the plate, one out. Rich Aurilia up. Still no runs. Finley throwing hard but a little wild. Flies to center, sac fly, 1-0 San Francisco. Two out. Runners at first and second. Jeff Kent, base hit up the middle, bases loaded. Barry Bonds at bat. No place to put him. Bonds pops to right. Three down. It's just 1-0. Should be much more.

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 17:56:04 GMT

The Giants failed to score after loading the bases in the first, after two Cardinal errors; one a poorly handled ball at shortstop, the second a big mental error (a throw to second that should have gone to first). The final out of the inning was a very lucky catch by St Louis that would certainly have been a third error. The Giants should have scored on all the Cardinal errors.

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:31:54 GMT

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 01:59:16 GMT

Astronauts Install Girder on Space Station. Astronauts working inside and outside the International Space Station expanded it by installing a 45-foot-long, 15-foot-wide girder. By Warren E. Leary.

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:31:16 GMT

Squeeze play in ninth helps Giants take 2 game lead over Cardinals in NLCS.

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:01:30 GMT

Apple: XML-RPC vs SOAP.

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:00:26 GMT

U.S. Has a Plan to Occupy Iraq, Officials Report. The White House is developing a detailed plan to install an American-led military government in Iraq if the U.S. topples Saddam Hussein. By David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt.

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:16:46 GMT

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 03:04:53 GMT

Giants beat Cards in NLCS opener in St Louis.

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:53:43 GMT

Changing Channels, on the PC. Windows XP Media Center Edition is Microsoft's PC-based answer to digital video recorders like TiVo. But how well does it work?

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:14:17 GMT

Yahoo's Profits and Sales Are Better Than Expected. Yahoo posted better-than-expected sales and profits Wednesday as it gained market share in both advertising and job listings from its rivals.

Wed, 09 Oct 2002 22:37:28 GMT

Wed, 09 Oct 2002 13:09:41 GMT

Tue, 08 Oct 2002 01:19:58 GMT

Watching the Giants-Braves game. It's driving me crazy. Two outs to go. Watching Dan Shafer blog it. Wowowowo. The Giants won it. How the fuck did they do that???

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 01:16:28 GMT

Public Says Bush Needs to Pay Heed to Weak Economy. A majority of Americans say that lawmakers are focusing too much on Iraq and too little on issues at home, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder.

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 01:11:59 GMT

Dueling 8.0's: America Online vs. Microsoft. Both AOL and Microsoft are rolling out new versions of the Internet software, and both have big stars to promote the offerings. By Saul Hansell.

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 20:39:44 GMT

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 16:30:29 GMT

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 23:13:18 GMT

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:25:08 GMT

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:23:01 GMT

system.verbs.builtins.radio.weblog.getUrlForPost changed: Pass in true for flCreateFolders when calling radio.weblog.file.getArchiveFilePath, to ensure that folders on the path to the post exist. This should fix the "#prefs.txt not found" bug when creating the first titled post of the month.

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:47:38 GMT

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:20:59 GMT

This is a test post.

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 12:23:38 GMT