News You Can Bruise for 2003 April 22

Tue Apr 22 2003 07:23 Two Items On Brian:

1. He now has a weblog.

   Still, Mike Godwin is not someone who exaggerates the seriousness of a situation. Slashdot does, though!

2. He sent me and Kevin a link to reviews of a hot sauce written by people who have not yet recovered from the hot sauce.

   I WANT TO SEE THE PEOPLE IN PERSON WHO SAY THIS IS NOT HOT I WANT TO SEE THEM BURST INTO FLAMES AS THEY LIE ABOUT THIS VOLCANO EXTRACT IN A BOTTLE.

   I envision Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf saying that about some wimpy Tabasco.

Tue Apr 22 2003 12:37 Mozilla Icon Or Newborn Chicken? Second In A Metaseries:

(Cf. the elephant.)

Tue Apr 22 2003 23:14 Static, Electric: Not a bad evening's work: I added a framework to NewsBruiser for writing static files containing entries and sets of entries. The result is that this most-recent-25 items comes from a file instead of a CGI call, as does any one random entry. Much faster. It's not usable unless you're a Python hacker, but it's in there and I'm using it. With the proper care, NewsBruiser can now be as aggravating as Movable Type and Blogger! Next up: adding writers for the RSS feeds.