Firefox has a terrific feature which allows you to select one of many feed handlers. So, what’s a feed? And what’s a feed handler? We’re going to cover all that right now. Websites with more or less regular content generation, such as blogs or news sites, have syndication feeds. There are two types of feeds:…
I’ve been watching season 2 of Boston Legal. In one episode, Denny takes Alan fishing in the wilds of beautiful British Columbia. There they meet a lawyer who introduces them to the problems caused by open-net salmon farms. In a subsequent episode, Alan, on a date in a fancy restaurant, makes a scene when offered…
You can’t swing a cat these days, it seems, without hitting a federal election. The American election has been going on for years; and thanks to Stephen Harper’s transgressions of his own rules, we’ve got our own to deal with. Well, bully for us! Too bad the media are allowing important issues to remain buried….
It’s been over two weeks since I blogged. It’s been busy: lots of projects at work, my sister and her husband came in to town and stayed at our place, my mother-in-law had health issues so my wife and her sisters were visiting her. As I say busy, busy. In the meantime, I’m participating in…
Finally! The CRTC’s Do Not call List, as implemented by our friends at Bell Canada, throttlers of Internet feeds everywhere, has gone live today. Then keeled over and died because Canadians across the nation pounced at the opportunity to shield themselves from the nefarious effects of telemarketers. If you want to register, and I recommend…
This week I attended Mozilla’s Developer Days at Seneca College, on the York University campus. It had been years since I attended anything at York, and boy has it changed.
On June 19th one of my favourite podcasts, CBC’s Search Engine, announced they were being taken off the air. I was so upset I started a Facebook group, Saving CBC’s Search Engine, which managed to attract over 800 other unhappy fans of the show. Search Engine tackles some of the most important issues facing Canadians…
You have to feel sorry for the developers of the IE browser. Here they are, toiling away on this software for over 10 years now, and it’s still not able to render pages correctly. Then along comes Google, and on their first try come out with a product which eclipses Microsoft’s fakakta browser several times…
Google is today releasing a new browser called Chrome. It’s supposed to be much faster and more robust than existing alternatives. (Yes, even better than FF. Can you believe it?) Google describes the philosophy and advantages in a 38 page comic book: https://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ The big question is what this will mean for the current players? …
One of the most frustrating things about Linux, and all other flavours of Unix, is the permissions system. It’s not super complicated, but it can get involved, and it helps if you have a clear idea of what you’re dealing with. I don’t use it that often, so every time I need it, I have…