Life is seldom simple so we must make sense of the twist and turns
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Public outcry may have caused Time Warner Inc. to drop for now it’s plans for metered internet services but it’s not about to let the citizens in the small town of Wilson, NC, get a fair deal.
Time Warner, Embarq Fight to Outlaw 100 Mbps Community Broadband in Wilson, NC [From DailyTech - Time Warner, Embarq [...]
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Yesterday I restructured our home network to included separate 802.11n and 802.11b/g wireless segments. I had two main reasons for doing this:
Over the last several months there has been a wireless boom in our neighborhood. Where I once could pick-up three wireless networks I now, on a good night, can locate six to eight. These [...]
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A new browser, Google Chrome, (based on WebKit and with Google Gears) will enter the Internet Browser fray tomorrow.
You might ask “Why Google is Releasing a Browser?” Om Malik gives his answer to that question here.
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{ Folding Down, Reading The Details Of A Story) At the moment I don’t know if this newsreader format is a step forward or backward, but it’s definitely interesting! Times v1.0 was just released and there’s a free 15 day demo available for download at the Acrylic site .
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The Omni Group has released OmniWeb 5.7, the latest version of their web browser which uses the Webkit framework from Apple to handle page layout. OmniWeb 5.7 uses basically the same version of Webkit as Safari 3.0, but the folks at The Omni Group are working at upgrading it to the version of Webkit that [...]
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Over a year ago I signed up for the Encyclopedia of Life ( EOL ) portal newsletter and this morning I received an email notice that the site had gone live with more then one million species pages.
Being curious to see how this interesting and promising EOL portal has matured, I tried to visit the site URL only to receive the following html message page. 
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PRESS RELEASE: Apple and Think Secret have settled their lawsuit, reaching an agreement that results in a positive solution for both sides. As part of the confidential settlement, no sources were revealed and Think Secret will no longer be published… (December 20, 2007)
For Nick Ciarelli of Think Secret this is may be a winning situation [...]
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There were no doubt more, as my feed reader only retains between 10-25 posts per subscription, some may have already dropped off…. So, if all this hype is not being driven by Facebook’s greatness, we must be on an incredibly boring web plateau with nothing of greater interest to write about. I don’t agree with Mark Cuban that the Internet is dead, but I would agree that some of the major conversation topics recently have been boring.Where’s the innovation and the excitement…I don’t think it’s Facebook.
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so when I read Alex Iskold’s post on Read/WriteWeb titled “How JavaScript is Slowing Down the Web (And What To Do About IT),” it struck home.With Meandering Passage I’ve experienced the slower page loads and the sometimes page load hesitation or halts due to suspected javascript issues…. In other words create an HTML page containing just the widget tag, and in the page you want the widget displayed you include an iframe tag pointing to the HTML page with the widget code.This method solves two problems:- the javascript code of the widget (3rdparty) does not slow dow the display of your page…. JavaScript does not restrict cross domain scripting – so if you place a script src on your tag pointing to a 3rd party, that third party can see the referrer of your page, collect any data the user types, and who knows what.The iframe solution has been used by advertising companies and more respected publishers since Microsoft first introduced it.
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One of the advantages of using WordPress for blogging is that with the proper plug-ins you can add a huge amount of functionality and features.When I see a function or capability on a WordPress site I’m always curious if it’s being provided by a plug-in and if it’s something I could merge into Meandering Passage.Since I’ve often borrowed plug-in inspiration from others, I though I would share my own selection of plug-ins.Current WordPress Plug-ins:Plug-in: 404 NotifierVersion: 1.0Author: Alex KingDesc: This plugin logs 404 hits on your WordPress powered site and will notify you of them via e-mail or in an RSS Feed…. Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.Plug-in: Better FeedVersion: 1.01Author: OzhDesc: Allows you to enhance your feeds with several highly customizable features such as copywrite notice, etc.Plug-in: Comment RelishVersion: 1.0Author: Justin ShattuckDesc: Helps to Increase your readership and RSS subscription rate by simply sending a short ‘thank you’ relishing type message to users when they first comment on your weblog.Plug-in: DoFollowVersion: 3.0Author: Kimmo SuominenDesc: Disable the “nofollow†tagging for comments.Plug-in: Embedded Video with LinkVersion: 3.4Author: Stefan HebDesc: Filter for embedding videos from various portals with the corresponding direct link into a blog entry.Plug-in: FAlbumVersion: 0.7.0Author: Elijah CornellDesc: A plugin for displaying your Flickr photosets and photos in a gallery format on your Wordpress site.Plug-in: FeedStatsVersion: 2.2Author: Andres Nieto Porras, Frank BueltgeDesc: Simple statistics for WordPress FeedsPlug-in: Google SitemapsVersion: 2.7.1Author: Arne BrachholdDesc: Creates Google compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog.Plug-in: Imageless Alt FeedVersion: 1.0Author: Kaf Oseo, modified by Shelley PowersDesc: Removes images from full text feed, insereting the alt text as replacement.Plug-in: Link HarvestVersion: 1.0Author: Alex KingDesc: This will harvest links from your WordPress database, creating a links list sorted by popularity.Plug-in: Now ReadingVersion: 4.4Author: Rob MillerDesc: Allows you to display the books you’re reading, have read recently and plan to read, with cover art fetched automatically from Amazon.Plug-in: Optimal TitleVersion: 3.0Author: Aaron SchaeferDesc: Mirrors the function of wp_title() exactly, but moves the position of the ’separator’ to after the title rather than before.Plug-in: Page Links ToVersion: 1.4Author: Mark JaquithDesc: Allows you to set a “links_to†meta key with a URI value that will be be used when listing WP pages…. They are gathered in descending order (newest at the top), but then group them together by post title, so that comments from the same post are listed together.Plug-in: Related PostVersion: 2.02Author: Alexander Malov & Mike LuDesc: Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches.Plug-in: Smart CommentsVersion: 2.0Author: Ryanne Lai & Patrick O’LearyDesc: A plugin which prints “comments off†instead of “no comments†if comments are turned offPlug-in: Sphere Related ContentVersion: 1.3Author: Watershed Studio, LLCDesc: Automatically show related blog posts and news articles from Sphere.Plug-in: Subscribe to CommentsVersion: 2.1Author: Mark JaquithDesc: Allows readers to recieve notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry.Plug-in: Text Link AdsVerion: 3.0.1Author: Justin Klemm & Matthew Drouin & Alex KingDesc: Really Simple Web/RSS Advertising For Personal or Commercial UsePlug-in: Tiger Style AdministrationVersion: 3.0Author: Steve SmithDesc: Makes administration area feel more like an application, and less like a traditional website.Plug-in: Ultimate Google AnalyticsVersion: 1.5.3Author: Wilfred van der DeijlDesc: Enable Google Analytics on your blog.
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Meandering Passage is hosted with (mt) Media Temple and I received a product enhancement noticed today about a new web hosting control panel for the iPhone.(mt) Media Temple is proud to introduce the world’s first iPhone web hosting control panel. Buy a domain, reboot your server, add emails, pay your bill, get support and more – all from your iPhone, only at (mt)From the photo it looks like it’s still in BETA.Now, I just need that iPhone.
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SoFoBoMo '09
