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Deal and Bargain Feeds

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Jim Malmberg‘s new RSS Bargains list has already seen some good posts. It turns out that Bill Kearney has been collecting this type of feed here, using a Syn...

InkScape SVG Editor

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I don’t currently feel the need to create or edit any SVG files, but if I did, I would use InkScape. InkScape is a free (open source) direct manipulation edi...

Creative Commons Licensing

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Over on the Lockergnome RSS channel, Robin Good calls for an open access directory of RSS feeds, all cleanly marked with the proper Creative Commons licenses.

Blogs About RSS

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There are several new blogs that focus on the business use of RSS, including:

Putty — SSH Client For Windows

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I have been using the PuTTY SSH client for several years. It is fast, reliable, and most of all, it’s terminal emulation is perfect. Emacs runs fine and I ha...

Putting RSS onto Web Pages

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Attention: This page has been superseded by my new Definitive RSS on a Page List document.

MySQL Merge Tables

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The MySQL merge table is a powerful yet finicky and delicate beast. If you don’t feed it just right, it will jump up and bite your hand off, or it will total...

Give me the News, just keep the Paper!

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Wired relates the story of a study done by the Washington Post which discovered that people wouldn’t take their product even if it was free. The background s...