Ken Rawlings drops a line

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Ken Rawlings drops a line about his new XSLT script to convert OPML (especially mySubscriptions files) into HTML. His version includes links and orange XML buttons, but isn’t as pretty (IMHO) as Joshua Allen’s original so I made a few modifications to produce my own version.

So if you’re still with me after all that (or even if you’re not) here’s the RSS feeds I’m subscribed to.

Thanks to Joshua, Ken and Ted. [Aaron Swartz: Secret Agent]

Thanks Aaron! I added orange XML buttons to your script. The result is here and also as a navigation link

Well, everything's official now. I

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Well, everything’s official now. I got the final approval on my mortgage and I gave them 60 days notice where I live now (it’s going to cost me $800 for breaking my lease). I’ll be moving in March.

"Copy protected CDs not CDs"

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“Copy protected CDs not CDs” – Philips. Philips co-inventors of the Compact Disc and custodian of its standards reckon that copy protected CDs are not real CDs in this story at The Register. [kuro5hin.org]

As a consumer, I believe I should have the right to listen to a CD however I want when I buy it. I almost never listen to a CD on my stereo. When I do listen to a CD, I use iTunes on my Mac. More often, I copy my favorite tracks to my iTunes library as MP3 files and I build my own playlist of whatever tunes I feel like listening to at the moment instead of listening to an entire CD. I also like to burn music mix CDs to listen to in my car (usually on an 80 minute CDR) rather than listening to the original CD. What I’m doing is not illegal, since fair use allows copies to be made for personal use. The record companies have no right to prevent that.

What's up with Network Solutions?

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What’s up with Network Solutions? When I attempt to do a whois, I get this message:

Welcome to the NSI Registrar Whois Server.

The IP address from which you have visited the NSI Registrar WHOIS database

is contained within a list of IP addresses that may have failed to abide by

Network Solutions’ Whois policy. Failure to abide by this policy can adversely

impact our systems and servers, preventing the processing of other WHOIS

requests.

If you are trying to complete an individual Whois query, you may go directly to

the NSI Registrar’s Whois lookup, and try your inquiry again.

To use the NSI Registrar’s Whois lookup, click on or copy and paste the

following URL into your browser:

http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois/

Trying to do a query from my web browser results in the same message.