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Interesting blogging ideas up at StructuredBlogging.org
They’ve got a new WordPress 1.5 plugin for standardizing the structure of reviews of items (DVDs, books, etc) in XML. Theoretically a search engine could then identify item reviews on every blog that uses the system and aggregate together the collective public wisdom of a product.
I’m gonna go play with it, try to get a sample review up.
oh, and apparently there’s templates for blogging an event, too. CIL anybody?
Because Sonic wasn’t X-treme enough…
Sega announced Shadow the Hedgehog recently.
He’s Sonic. But black. And with a gun. And angsty.
Yes, Sonic with a gun.
Michael McGrorty, a Councilor of the ALA, has a blog!
http://librarydust.typepad.com
This is probably common news, but I’m still exploring the library blogosphere.
He has a wonderful post on prevailing attitudes in libraries today, as well as how change is viewed. When discussing how libraries had reacted to, instead of shaping, the Internet:
I was sitting not long ago with some folks at a table in the midst of an ALA meeting when the topic of the Internet came up. I suggested an analogy: that the library’s response was as if movie theater owners had reacted to the emergence of television by ignoring the competition, then putting TV sets at each seat rather than by selling their films to the television networks. In return I got a table-full of strange looks.
I’m happy someone at the ALA understands these things and knows what is going on. Very well written, too.
Despite my recent praise for the Sci-Fi Channel, sometimes they still just don’t get it.
This morning on their ‘Sci-Fi Wire’ service of SF-related headlines and news stories, I found this entry. I’m a Harry Potter fan, so clicked into the story anxious to see the new cover.
But there’s no link anywhere. The cover is out there in the ether, but Sci-Fi won’t tell me where.
And don’t get me started on their movie of the week, “Mansquito”…
via Warren Ellis‘ mailing list:
(from a Toronto Star interview with Enterprise star Jolene Blalock)
“I mean, we started out with 13 million viewers on
the pilot, and we somehow managed to drive 11
million of them away.”There is an awkward silence when the subject of the
final episode is broached.“I don’t know where to begin with that one,” she finally
stammers. “The final episode is … appalling.”
Maybe the rumors I’ve heard about the ending (which I won’t spoil here) are true…
Anybody know anything about AllOfMP3.com? It’s a Russian site that sells supposedly legal downloadable songs. No DRM of any kind, and available in very many formats.
You pick your compression, and then get charged about $.02 per MB of song.
Interesting concept, I’m just wondering if the purchases are considered legal in the U.S.
I continue to be amazed by the things the SciFi Channel is doing with the Battlestar Galactica web site.
First show runner Ron Moore started a blog there. Then the first episode was made available to watch streaming. Now, there’s podcasting! You can download commentaries by Moore in mp3 form to watch along with the show.
The first podcast/commentary is up for episode 9, which aired in the U.S. last night (I think). Episode 10 was one of my favorites in the season, and these commentaries are probably enough to get me to watch it again.
I may have berated the SciFi Channel in the past for their programming choices, but they get an A+ in their handling of BSG.
I’m still not a fan of the term ‘podcasting’, but I really can’t come up with something better either. Not all mp3 players are iPods.
…but I wanted to share.
Dad and I went to the Rochester Auto Show today. Good times! There weren’t as many concept cars that as I would have liked, since those always catch my eye. But this was great:
The Chrysler Chrono 5. With hood lines like that, all you need to do is paint it black and voila, you’re driving the Batmobile!
The shot isn’t framed wonderfully, but I had to get it off before someone walked into the picture.
Now if only concept cars ever made it into production…
From LISnews.com
Utah’s governor is considering forcing the state’s ISPs to provide optional internet filters akin to what libraries are required to have now. An official state list of sites deemed bannable would be created.
What business is it of the government what people do in their own homes?
The time and effort to create this filter could be much better spent elsewhere.
Lesson of the day: Being away from your news aggregator for a mere 14 hours leaves an insane amount of catchup to do.
I’m on spring break, and posting may slow down a bit. I’ll try to get at least a couple things up each day though.
Oh and I crossed 1000 hits since I began yesterday! I actually probably passed that mark long ago, but I just discovered recently I was counting page hits incorrectly. Oh well!
