Today I caught a couple of good links for people new to weblogging (or “blogs”): Newbie FAQ 101 – How to make a blog What's a Blog?
PHP Complete points to Colours on the web which looks like another good resource for understanding design choices and choosing complementary colors for web sites. PHP Complete also has an RSS feed. Subscribed. [Found via Scott Johnson] Update 2003-09-01: Another useful tool is Color Blender by Eric Meyer [Via Phil Gyford]
Getting Started with RSS Recently I discovered goodthatway, a tech news site whose tagline is “better living through better technology”. I suggested that the site offer an RSS feed to help people keep up with the latest links and stories. Scott from goodthatway was interested in the details, so I’ve put together this article with some details. There are a lot of different choices and options when assembling an RSS feed for your site. The path I’ve taken here is but one way to do it. Looking at goodthatway.com, it appears to be the perfect site for RSS. The home…
Just subscribed to the PVRBlog (PVR = Personal Video Recorder like TiVo or ReplayTV). This new blog was created by Matt Haughey who runs (among other things) MetaFilter and A Whole Lotta Nothing. Good stuff.
The latest issue of Crypto-Gram just came out today. If you're interested at all in computer security, this is a great resource that comes out once a month. His archives are also worth browsing through. Good site to learn from. Crypto-Gram is a free monthly e-mail newsletter on computer security and cryptography from Bruce Schneier (author of Secrets and Lies and Applied Cryptography, inventor of Blowfish and Twofish, CTO and founder of Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., general crypto pundit and occasional crypto curmudgeon).