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The only good thing about the new IE: RSS Feeds

Apr 28, ’06 5:26 PM

So, we all know IE 7 is coming. We know it’s likely to not be much better than anything that came previously.

However, there is one thing to look forward to: With the advent of IE 7, a large portion of internet users will be introduced to RSS for the first time. Plus, it will come in a wrapper they understand (IE), so they are more likely to embrace it.

IMHO, RSS is a total no-brainer: set it, and forget it, how cool is that? The site lets you know when it has been updated — no more treks through bookmarks on the off-chance that a site has new content.

I know, I know, everyone who’s reading this likely has a list of 5000 RSS feeds they read, and RSS ain’t new. But the overall adoption numbers are very small, and the new IE will make that better.

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Bahaha — Safari Lightly Mocks IE

Apr 26, ’06 3:51 PM

For whatever reason, I viewed the source of a 404 page I received in Safari — I thought this comment was lightly amusing:

   - Unfortunately, Microsoft has added a clever new
   - "feature" to Internet Explorer. If the text of
   - an error's message is "too small", specifically
   - less than 512 bytes, Internet Explorer returns
   - its own error message. You can turn that off,
   - but it's pretty tricky to find switch called
   - "smart error messages". That means, of course,
   - that short error messages are censored by default.
   - IIS always returns error messages that are long
   - enough to make Internet Explorer happy. The
   - workaround is pretty simple: pad the error
   - message with a big comment like this to push it
   - over the five hundred and twelve bytes minimum.
   - Of course, that's exactly what you're reading
   - right now.

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Some Weather Confusion

Apr 26, ’06 11:50 AM

Maybe this is my new thing, documenting web sites that irk me. I’ll go with it for now, until the ADD kicks in and I forget.

Anyway, I was checking the weather for the weekend, and noticed an odd thing — is it too difficult to actually pair up the driving tips suggestion with the day that it’s actually going to rain?

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Thanks Discover Card, I’ve got it covered.

Apr 25, ’06 1:14 PM

I recently paid off a bunch of credit cards, and I just spotted this message when I logged in to the Discover Card site:

No payment is due at this time. You have a zero or credit balance. For assistance, please call 1-800-DISCOVER (1-800-347-2683).

Do they think I forgot how to use the card?

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Tim Murtaugh

Month April 2006

The only good thing about the new IE: RSS Feeds

Bahaha — Safari Lightly Mocks IE

Some Weather Confusion

Thanks Discover Card, I’ve got it covered.

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