http://www.webraw.com/blog/ Web Cult(ure) commentary, news, links and nuggets of joy provided by a Massive Super Computer in an undersea lab. 2004-06-12T01:38:14Z en-US http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108603088793760219 I've set up an MT template for this blog and I found this groovey dotComments Import script but things are amiss in the conversion process. For some reason MT chokes on this entry about Homer Simpson. I think I know why too. In that entry I used a bunch o Eric J 2004-05-31T19:14:15Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108576983303639503 I am now a professional blogger... sort of. My new blog, called Plug In, is an "(almost) daily exploration of the Web, technology and how they impact our culture." What makes this blog different for me is that updating it is now part of my job. This i Eric J 2004-05-28T18:43:53Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108553375354973368 I just set up my Silly Blogger Profile and realized (or was reminded) that I've been a Blogger member since June 2001. I didn't actually start blogging until a year later but I was a "blogger" back in the early days. Oh yeah, another cool point for good Eric J 2004-05-26T01:09:13Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108553313498475686 Well, I've had a bit of experience with Gmail so here's my humble addition to the horde of reviews. 1. Gmail and Privacy There's a lot of concern about Gmail and customer privacy. According to Gmail's own Privacy Policy customer emails are automatica Eric J 2004-05-26T00:58:05Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108546471745015556 Another blogger gives up the blogging ghost. Eric J 2004-05-25T05:58:37Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108519081203831339 I have Gmail. I am still testing it out for my "big review" (to add to the hundreds of other reviews) but an idea just hit me like a thunderclap yesterday. More on my idea in a bit. Anyway, with every Gmail "beta-membership" you get two "invites." This me Eric J 2004-05-22T01:53:48Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108517257953774137 Some of you know Shaw Izikson from StrugglingYoungMan.com and AmericanFeedMagazine but most of you don't know Dwight Cenac. Dwighty produces an "internetionallly syndicated talk-show" and agreed, along with Shaw, to debate five hot topics. The result o Eric J 2004-05-21T20:49:39Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108509939886410536 Have you heard of gaim? I know I hadn't before reading something in WIRED or PC World last month. It's a Trillian-styled multi-network messaging application that just happens to be 100% open-source. I've used Trillian on and off for a couple of years b Eric J 2004-05-21T00:29:58Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108501139833782579 I just can't help myself. I must inject some of my political frustration here, just for a moment. I'm absolutely SICK of all the Democrats "Don't Vote for Nader" campaign. Republicans did something similar when Perot ran and it drove me nuts then too. Eric J 2004-05-20T00:03:18Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108422318414244371 Well, as you may or may not know I've been spending a LOT of time at my other site, Quixtar Blog. What have I been doing there? Well, the first thing is that I took the entire site and redesigned it using XHTML and CSS. I'm scared to validate it but it sh Eric J 2004-05-10T21:06:01Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_05_01_export_archive.php#108417273862075698 Well, Blogger's finally been upgraded and the big knock on them has been remedied, Blogger now has comments. No idea how they work but they're a feature now. Eric J 2004-05-10T07:04:38Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_04_01_export_archive.php#108325412318607131 I thought we'd gotten past all the browser incompatibility mess but apparently NOT. I was developing an XHTML standards-compliant site and was horrified to see that Mozilla browsers seemed to ignore my style sheets. It's like .css just didn't exist. Did a Eric J 2004-04-29T15:55:23Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_04_01_export_archive.php#108308871548320931 Google Search: micropundit Eric J 2004-04-27T17:58:35Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_04_01_export_archive.php#108302966458239150 In the new issue of WIRED, Steve Wozniak (of Apple fame) answers questions about his new business venture called Wheels of Zeus (wOz). Wozniak (or Woz) says his startup offers low-cost GPS-based tracking systems that lets consumers keep up with keys, car Eric J 2004-04-27T01:34:24Z http://www.webraw.com/blog/2004_04_01_export_archive.php#108291605108710888 I'm like Charlie Brown. More precisely, I'm like Charlie Brown when Lucy invites him to kick the football and, after much internal debate, falls for her scheme time and time again. If I'm Charlie Brown, then Blogger is Lucy. Blogger keeps teasing me with Eric J 2004-04-25T18:00:51Z