Matthew Gifford

It appears that Mac OS X's ssh URI protocol is a security risk, too. Ugh.

Ben Sinclair has posted a funny response (via Kottke) to everyone who complains about sites that don't use the orange XML button.

Shawn has made a movie that any ex-Comark employee would appreciate.

It looks like I'm not the only one (via Scripting News) who feels that Atom is a waste of time. And this guy's a million times smarter than me, so I feel better now.

AKMA's homily on the end of Revelation is good stuff.

Andrei Herasimchuk's Design Eye for the Usability Guy (via Boing Boing) is an inspired piece of blogging.

Jon Stewart's commencement address (via Scoble) at William and Mary is funny stuff. It reminds me of Conan O'Brien's brilliant speech at Harvard.

Josh Marshall writes (via Lawrence Lessig):

Not only does he record Obama's public appearances, he tails Obama in his car; he follows him into restrooms; he stays a couple feet behind him when he's walking in public; he waits outside his office and pesters his secretary. And he heckles Obama at public appearances.

If you're a Republican and value your privacy, you should think long and hard before voting for Jack Ryan.

The title of one of Robert Scoble's recent posts asks, “Why can't you all use the XML icon?“

I don't use it because I think the XML label is misleading. If the button is supposed to be used solely for linking to RSS files, it ought to say RSS, not XML. If the point is to make things as easy for the user as possible, then let's change the button.

It has been discovered that the telnet URI protocol is a security risk in Mac OS X. It is recommended that you disable it.