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Put on yer hip-waders boys, it’s update time.

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FATtER Update

EXTRA! EXTRA! Cal fixes bug in his own code!

Wordpress plugin to request and record an ESBN for each of your blog posts.

Alexify Update

Dear Reader,
Thanks to someone who doesn’t use Alexify but wanted me to do his research for him, I found out that Alexa has changed the URL for their thumbnail engine. So I’ve changed the plugin and am releasing it into the wild.
Until next time,
(l)(k)(bunny)
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RSS on the brain

Dear Reader,
I’ve been thinking a lot about RSS for the past couple of days. (I blame my sometimes friend Pete and all his talk about edge aggregators) Regardless of why, I’m beginning to see that it might actually be able to deliver on the promise XML made to us so many years ago. (Ubiquitous [...]

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Roles in the Blogosphere - Part 3

Dear Reader,
Salutations and welcome to part 3. For those of you just joining the discussion, at the top of the blogosphere totem pole are the Authors; those who create new content. Just below them are the Librarians. They collect the original content and help us organize it. They add value to the content. In this [...]

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Notable Update

Dear Reader,
Minor feature added and a bug fix. Thanks to this conversation, I’ve figured out that I really need to urlencode the urls before placing them in the href. So I’ve done that. In the process, I noticed that I left furl out of the list. There was a checkbox on the admin [...]

Dear Reader,
Ok, that was taking up way too much time and getting in the way of my FreeCell. So I’ve automated it and re-launched. The page is the same but now the quotes are semi-live. (I pull an update on a regular basis from alexadex.com)
Enjoy! I hope to get back around to this sometime and [...]

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Alexadex Update

Dear Reader,
Quickie here. The API for www.alexadex.com changed. (Thanks Colin, you rock) So here’s the update to keep things in sync.
The interface now tells us when the price last changed. I’ll update the plug in to incorporate that info this weekend.
TarBall and Zip file are available on the project page.
Until next time,
(l)(k)(bunny)
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Dear Reader,
Welcome to Part 2 of “Roles in the Blogosphere”. If you missed part 1 then I suggest you read it first. Not that it will help you understand part 2 any better but it counts as a page view in my stats. (Sue me, I’m a stats whore)
In part 1 we talked about the [...]

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cal_evansThis is my blog. Sometimes it's my deep thoughts, sometimes it's a journal of things I've learned. Every now and then it's my box of shattered dreams. Most of the time though, it's just the place I like to write. Sit with me as I show you some postcards from my life. While you are here, do me a favor and leave a comment.

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