Topic plug-ins (More like this from others)

In Archive by Fredy Ore

I came across the creating Interoperable Data. This topic has some interesting areas that allows for content to be transmitted across the internet.

The first post I came across was this one by David Raynes where he commented on the idea of “More like this from others”. After reading a bit more about it I came across this post by Six Apart which toyed and commented more on the idea.

Ben Hammersley has built a plug-in which uses Trackback and RSS well.
http://www.benhammersley.com/archives/003371.html

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Microsoft to reveal Windows source code to China

In Archive by Fredy Ore

CNet comments on a recent move by Microsoft to reveal it’s Windows source code following the need to find the inner workings of software for primary security concerns.
The nature of this, makes you wonder of the possible concerns over software security and opened back doors, particularly when windows has recently been affected by malicious virus attacks to it’s software products.
The more interesting point of this, is the whole open source debate and more particularly the Chinese military & governments previously stated preferences to Linux open source.
More can be found here ::: http://news.com.com/2100-1007-990526.html?tag=fd_top

Daypop searches by Word Bursts

In Archive by Fredy Ore

Daypop has a useful series of search engines which both search for keywords and links, but also by “Word Bursts” which I commented on last week and was published in New Scientist.
The ability to search by word bursts allows you the chance to look at areas of particular interest, without relating it necessarily by links or hits etc. It is an interesting way of searching and will definetly be an area which will be commented more in the future. ::: http://www.daypop.com/
CNet reviews of alternative new search engines.
Here are some other interesting search tools out there:
WiseNut: www.wisenut.com
Teoma: www.teoma.com
Vivisimo: www.vivisimo.com
Daypop: www.daypop.com
Mamma: www.mamma.com

Referal link using Waxy Links

In Archive by Fredy Ore

I came across this post in Waxy.org on a referal type script called Waxy Links v0.05. This script lets you add referal urls and associate them with a post. The article is dated last June ::: http://www.waxy.org/archive/2002/06/29/waxy_bac.shtml
I also came across this MT forum post on a David Raynes plug-in which grabs additional data from a trackback, such as title, link, and excerpt/description :::
http://www.movabletype.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=3e03b2d00201ffff;act=ST;f=20;t=11945 and http://mt-plugins.org/archives/entry/pingedurl.php

Instinctive behaviour of children attributed to creative thinking

In Archive by Fredy Ore

An interesting article on BBC News titled “What made Darwin a creative thinker” which comments on how instinctive behaviour can be attributed on having older brothers and sisters.
A study of 120,000 people concluded that the instinctive behaviour adopted by younger children to help get them noticed can stay with them for life.
More at the BBC science site ::: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2400447.stm

Differences between DIV and SPAN

In Archive by Fredy Ore

I recently went back and re-read an article which explained the differences between the <SPAN> and <DIV> tags in HTML.
One thing I seemed to forget was that when using the <DIV> tag it consequently breaks paragraphs. The tag predominantly acts as a paragraph start/end and while you can have paragraphs within a <DIV> you can’t have a <DIV> inside a paragraph.
The primary attributes of the <DIV> tag are:
align (left|center|right|justify)
style
name
More info can be found here: http://webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa011000a.htm

Netscape DevEdge gets redesigned with Accessibility in mind

In Archive by Fredy Ore

The Netscape Developer website DevEdge, which has been around for as long as I can remember, has been redesigned with an emphasis on Accessibility and standards compliance.
The site contains a useful tool where it is possible to increase the size on all fonts/typefaces in the page. This tool serves as an advantage to users with visual impairments and it created using styles. It is great to finally see things such as this online. ::: http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2003/devedge-redesign/

Differences between ISSN and ISBN

In Archive by Fredy Ore

What is the difference between ISSN and ISBN ?
ISSN are assigned to serial publications; ISBN are assigned to monographs (“books”). An ISSN can be assigned to a series of monographs as such; and an ISBN will be assigned to each separate book of the series.
ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number.
More information can be found at The ISBN system website. ::: http://www.isbn.spk-berlin.de/

Getting an ISSN license

In Archive by Fredy Ore

Some useful articles and links on getting an ISSN license. An ISSN is the standardized international code which allows the identification of any serial publication independently of its country of publication, of its language or alphabet, of its frequency, medium, etc. The ISSN is a numeric code which is used as an identifier. ISSN stands for “International Standard Serial Number”.
Applications in Australia can be made to the Australian ISSN Agency, National Library of Australia. Canberra ACT 2600. Phone: 61-2-6262 1213 Fax: 61-2-6273 4492 E-Mail:issn@nla.gov.au and WEB site: http://www.nla.gov.au/services/issn.html
More info can be found here [1] http://www.issn.org and [2] http://ezine-tips.com/articles/strategy/20000127.shtml and [3] http://ezine-tips.com/articles/strategy/20000127.shtml