• Reopening Mobile and Open

    Posted on January 6, 2005

    Howard has posted a manifesto titled Mobile and Open, so I’m going to take this chance to jump in and reframe some of the stuff I’ve said along these lines before. I think it’s a great topic, and most people misinterpret what I mean when I say that there must... [Read More]

  • Comments Working Again

    Posted on January 4, 2005

    Thanks to Grant Schofield, who informed me that there was something wonky with comments on this blog. I ended up with a typo after my last spam filtering additions. Sorry if there are others trying to comment who haven’t been able. It should be all nice and cooperative now.

  • Trying This Again

    Posted on January 4, 2005

    No Need to Click Here - I’m just claiming my feed at Feedster

  • Feedster Contest

    Posted on December 30, 2004

    I was sad to see that Niall thought that the Feedster contest didn’t go well, especially because I’ve just recently joined Feedster myself. If his sentiment is shared by a lot of others I would like to hear about it. Email me at mrowehl at feedster dot com if you... [Read More]

  • HTML Browser Bookmarks to RSS Populated OPML?

    Posted on December 29, 2004

    Fooling around a bit with the Feedster feed info API I was looking for a way to export Firefox bookmarks as OPML and then use the feed info API to fill in the feeds associated with bookmarked web pages. There’s a bookmark extension which apparently will output in XBEL. But... [Read More]

  • Continuation Based Web Programming

    Posted on December 28, 2004

    There’s a great article on continuation based web programming in general over at DeveloperWorks. I fooled around with Scheme based modal web programming earlier this year, and the model itself was really compelling. It’s nice to see an example given using popular web framework technologies.

  • Linux Bluetooth OBEX and a Nokia 6600

    Posted on December 28, 2004

    I’ve been having trouble with uploads to both Flickr and BuzzNet during this vacation. I uploaded images the day I left for NY, and everything worked at 12:30pm PST. Then I landed in NY and tried an upload using the same phone using the same settings to the same accounts,... [Read More]