OPML and XSLT

OPML is "Outline Processor Markup Language" and is a very simple XML format for storing information in outline format Of course, XML itself is perfect for representing hierarchies, but OPML constrains the format enough that a wide variety of applications can build in OPML support with the comfort of knowing it will work with any other OPML tool For information stored in hierarchies, such as web browser bookmarks, web directories, collaborative outlines, song playlists, and even web-site content, OPML is a great balance between the wide open freedom of raw XML and the feeling of security of a formal vocabulary You should be able to read and understand the very small specification in just a few minutes.

the head lemur's Radio Weblog | You've got Linux, Welcome!

The last thing that Linux users would accept would be proprietary applications that were not able to be futzed with. The last thing AOL wants to do is allow anybody to futz with it's vision and softwareJust think back to every attempt to integrate other instant messaging with your AOL "buddys".

I see this report as FUD from AOL to hammer Microsoft and it's MSN network.

Duncan's Radio-controlled Weblogs

Installed the Mac OS X version of Radio. Installed as a 're-install' keeping the old usernum, etc.

Here's what I did to reconstruct the same environment as the Mac OS 9.2.2 version I've been using up until now:

I've made the big switch. From now on my iBook is booting into OS X 10.1.2 by default. Most of the apps I use on a day by day basis have been ported to X. The few that aren't get used relatively infrequently so I'll bear Classic mode for these if need be. The once thing that was really holding me back was Eudora, but there's now a beta for X - albeit a bit flakey - which I downloaded and installed tonight. Same thing with Radio. Mac IE 5.1. BBEdit 6.5.1. Filemaker Pro 5.5...

I'll need to upgrade to the X version of Word eventually (regrettably). It wouldn't do any harm to replace the 256MB add-on memory with 512MB to go from 384MB to 640MB.

Wish me luck.

Clark Venables' Trichotomy:

Go to Dell's web site and choose a computer with the same features as the new top-of-the-line iMac (of course, the form factor isn't an option). When I do that, I get a Dell Dimension for $2,618.00. That's with a wireless card, with a 80 Gb hard drive, and with a DVD-recordable drive, but no iPhoto or iDVD. When I price the iMac, I get $1,898.00 (with the Airport card). Surprised? Dell may advertise lower prices, but by the time you swap out the cathode ray tube monitor for a 15' flat panel display, buy a Microsoft productivity suite (you MUST choose one), add a SuperDrive ($399), swap out the mouse for an optical one (standard with the iMac), the Dell actually costs more.

So even Jon Udell is trying out RU over at Jon's Radio.

Tom's Hardware Guide CPU Guide: Tom's Hardware Speed Project: Pentium 4, Over 3 GHz! - Can't Touch This: Breaking Through 3 GHz For The Pentium 4

We've pushed the Intel P4 to over 3 GHz, and here are the benchmarks to go along with it. If this is what the future holds for Intel CPUs then, we're in for a heck of a ride! And overclocking is back with a vengeance.

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Voices of Unreason >> A Scene is a sort of private joke. But one I think deserves wider exposure than the Conversant regulars ;-)