Morbus Iff comments on the Subscriptions Harmonizer and brings up good points about using OPML as the transfer formats. This just focuses on the aggregator possibilities, and doesn’t consider OPML sniffers that could create blog “six-degree” communities (based on XML, as opposed to scraping blogroll HTML). Is there a standard convention for linking to your site’s blogroll and/or subscriptions list? I’ve seen some discussion about this but need to dig a little further. In my case my blogroll and subscriptions list are the same, but I can see where they might be different.
Dave Winer is sketching out a concept for a Subscriptions Harmonizer web service. The idea is to keep your aggregators in sync with each other when run from multiple locations (home, office, laptop, etc.). I commented that my old FTPStore hack for AmphetaDesk is quite similar. Cool, Dave linked to my comment. If anyone arriving here from Dave's site wants to give FTPStore a try, go for it.
Getting caught up on things… Home broadband usage survey shows that 31% of home Internet users have a broadband connection at home, up from 21% a year ago. That's not too bad. In my neighborhood, our only choice is still DSL because the cable system is antiquated. [Via Phil Windley] Firebird Extras — bookmarking this list of cool Firebird addons for when I finally get around to trying it out URL run-down — great list of articles related to best practices for URL design; I've ready most of the articles he points to, but there are some new ones worth…
Lots of people pointed to the online Wired story Slammed!, but I found the detailed Analysis of the Sapphire Worm to be more helpful for understanding the details. Plus, this report came out on February 4th (the worm attack itself started on January 25). The Wired story is in their July issue. It seems that Ethernet turned 30 in May (I missed it). The Internet Society has a good detailed story.
My aging Motorola phone finally gave it up when its battery died. Not quite ready for a brand new phone (still waiting for the Sony Bluetooth phone on the Sprint network), I planned to just buy a new battery. Sticker shock ensued when I saw that Sprint charges $60 for a replacement — that's before tax & shipping. A quick web search later brought me to PhoneBatteries.com. The same exact battery (made by Motorola) was only $27. Even considering $10 for 2nd-day delivery, this is a bargain. They're hooked in through Yahoo Stores and I'd highly recommend these guys if…