Rogers Cadenhead has started a mailing list that will attempt to clean up the ambiguities in the RSS 2.0 spec. This is definitely a good start. After that is complete, I think Dave Winer ought to consider working on a spec for the next version of RSS. There seem to be some shortcomings in RSS 2.0 that can't be resolved by a simple cleaning up.
At the same time, I'm starting to think that the Echo Project, or whatever it ends up being called, is not going to be widely adopted because it will not be backward-compatible with existing, successful technology.
I'm experimenting with Safari and iChat tonight. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the former information minister of Iraq, has been captured. Some background here.
I get annoyed with sites that don't provide a full RSS feed and insist on offering snippets or headlines only. Sites that provide no RSS feed essentially don't exist for me.
Exactly. (via Scripting News)
Sam Ruby has set up a wiki for people to work on a new weblog format. I support this project. Things seem to be stagnating lately. And we all know what happens when you stay in one place for too long. The big fish is going to catch up with you.
Most small SUVs didn't do very well in side-impact crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This is further proof that people who think SUVs are safer are just plain wrong.
