Saturday, September 25, 2004

Overhead Cutting Atom Feeds Down to Size. Through Sam Ruby, a pointer to mod_speedyfeed, an Apache 2 module that allows feedreading clients to only download the entries that have changed since the last access instead of the entire RSS file. This could cut the transfer amount significantly for many syndication sources. For now, it just works for Atom, but I don't see anything about it that couldn't work for RSS as well. The module is triggered by a header that the he client adds to the request like so: [Windley's Enterprise Computing Weblog] Now that's I've had time to actually read what it's about, it occurs to me that you don't actually need any client side change to send the "A-IM" header. With just the If_modified_since header, which the client should be sending anyway, the client juts gets a feed with a set of items in it and doesn't need to know how it got there. What am I missing? 8:22:48 PM     Categories:

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radaR's LiveJournal   3:45PM PST Artists are scary. Animaris Rhinoceros Transport: Not your typical day at the beach. We know this unhinged, genius Dutch artist created these At-At-Walker-looking creatues just so he could play lion-master with his walking stick (argh, stay back unruly beasts!), but that’s definitely the first thing we would do if we encountered one of these creatures lumbering around the beach. The artist created these skeleton things, which he named Animaris Rhinoceros Transport, out of a steel skeleton and polyester skin and since they’re almost 5 meters tall they actually move (must look at the videos) by wind power. The Animaris’ weigh about 2 tons each and can carry passengers, though the artist says that he’s going to make living quarters in the beast since travel can only be accomplished during strong winds. Right, good thinking, the artist also wants to set the beasts free on nearby beaches so that they can “live their own lives”. Alright so he’s completely loopy, but in that brilliant “It’s Alive!” kind of way.[Via Near Near Future][Engadget] By radar@poboxes.com. Can you tell us, Jimmy Swaggart, when it is okay to lie to your god?. Moment of Jimmy Swaggart Zen. Xeni Jardin: During a recently broadcast sermon in which he discussed his opposition to gay marriage, evangelical telepreacher Jimmy Swaggart said: "I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died." Link (via Warren) [Boing Boing] By radar@poboxes.com. Stoopid peeple. A Little Short on Those Risk Assessment Skills (or: Expectant Mom of the Year). Bonus reading: Malcolm Gladwell's New Yorker article Big and Bad: How the S.U.V. ran over automotive safety, in which the author talks about what people worry about when they worry about safety: "not risks, however commonplace, involving their own behavior but risks, however rare, involving some unexpected event." [The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century :: Joey deVilla's Weblog] By radar@poboxes.com. Sadly, I lack both a girlfriend AND a PlayStation. Help this guy find a girlfriend, get a modded PS2. Not quite up there with the guy willing to buy an iPod for any girl willing to pretend to be his girlfriend for a few days while his parents were in town, but some (apparently desperate) young man in New York is offering up his modded Japanese PlayStation 2 (with three games) up to the person who successfully finds him a mate: That’s right. I’m giving my PS2 away along with some games all in the name of charitable contribution. Well ok, more like I scratch your back - you scratch mine. The premise is simple: When it comes to meeting girls, matchmakers always seem to deliver better than self-service. I am asking you to play matchmaker for someone who you think is suitable, eligible, and preferably legal for a late 20 something guy with lots to give and no one to give it to. I - after a yet to be determined period of time, will award (by hand delivery if I must) said PS2 to the matchmaker responsible for the most ‘successful’ match. About the guy: Fun-loving, adventurous, laid-back yet responsible, Asian guy with a big heart possessing nice cushy full-time employment, living on his own in the big city, and solemnly losing all of his best friends to marriage and them becoming old farts. About the PS2: Japanese modified PS2 which will play any/all PS2 games regardless of region. Includes 1 controller, 1 memory card, and 3 games. Kindly direct all your match inquiries, requests, comments, and of course matches to: helptheguy@rayswheels.com Guess it beats offering a girl’s father 15 gallons of insecticide. [Thanks, foo][Engadget] By radar@poboxes.com. A special day. Today was a special day at work. For the first time. the CEO specifically identified a group that I am associated with to tell to fuck off and die. By radar@poboxes.com.