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November 2005

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  1. TV on the web
    After posting about the BBC putting up a show for download (and remembering, of course, their
    Published on 01 November in general
  2. Microformats and structured blogging
    Stowe Boyd of Corante has gotten around to writing an article about microformats and structured blogging entitled
    Published on 01 November in general
  3. Automatic unsubscribe is wrong
    Last week sometime I read about FeedDemon’s new automatic unsubscribe feature and it bothered me, but I couldn’t quite put my...
    Published on 01 November in general
  4. Favorites are out
    Favourites are in (
    Published on 01 November in general
  5. Google Local for mobiles
    So, posting to Blogger from Firefox on Kubuntu doesn’t work and leaves me with a title and erases my post content. Lesson learned. Google Local for mobiles
    Published on 08 November in general
  6. KDE blog posting client needed
    So at the weekend I installed what I hope will become my full-time OS, Kubuntu. The one thing which this, and
    Published on 09 November in general
  7. Java gets Atom 1.0 tool
    A patch has been submitted to Rome to all...
    Published on 09 November in general
  8. Google Analytics
    Google have a new service out called Google Analytics, a web site stats and trends analyser which is probably based on the code of Urchin, who they ac...
    Published on 14 November in general
  9. Goblet of fire: A potted review
    Or, if you like, a Potter review. Ron: The Quidditch World Cup! This is going to be brilliant! (no time passes) Ron: The Quidditch World Cup! That was brilliant!
    Published on 19 November in general
  10. Peer-to-peer social networking
    Social networking sites and functionalities are a means to an end. Personally, I want to use a social network to describe, filter and prioritise information in an aggregator (or, if you like, a “Di...
    Published on 21 November in general
  11. Stupidest Gmail feature ever
    Months and months ago there was some commotion amongst Gmail users because suddenly they could choose their “from:” address when sending mails. Excellent! This would make replying to mailing lists ...
    Published on 23 November in general
  12. XBox 360
    The most disappointing thing I’ve seen all year.
    Published on 23 November in general
  13. Bristol Council opposes ID cards
    Bristol city council, which is led by the Liberal Democrats, yesterday became the ninth local authority in the country to officially oppose the plans [for ID cards], which will need th...
    Published on 25 November in general
  14. Microformats understood
    I now understand Microformats. I had thought that they didn’t want to boil the ocean, but, after spending a ...
    Published on 28 November in general
  15. Microformats (ab)used
    The output from Person Finder, the University of Bath‘s staff and student directory is now marked up with
    Published on 28 November in general
  16. Firefox 1.5 is out
    Except, no British version yet. Pfah. Where are those translators when you need them? Anyway, Firefox 1.5 (note the move to the .com for the mai...
    Published on 30 November in general