Category: Netscape
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The A to Z of me
I’ve been thinking recently that it’d be fun to see what domains are listed first in the auto-complete for my URL bar for each letter of the alphabet. Shall we? archive.org: a digital library of Internet sites. Most recently, I checked it to get a cached copy of the RSS 0.91 DTD. blog.netscape.com: the official…
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On deprecating RSS 0.91
Our decision at Netscape to stop hosting the DTD for RSS 0.91 has inspired some healthy discussion around the Web on the topics of RSS and DTDs. Since I was speaking for Netscape in the official blog, I wanted to lay out my personal thoughts on the matter. However, as is normally the case, the…
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Netscape and RSS DTDs
We’ve resolved the missing RSS DTD situation at Netscape, but the file won’t be around forever. Read my post at the Netscape blog to get the full details regarding the availabilities of the DTDs for RSS 0.9 and 0.91.
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Who are you? Who, who, who, who?
Apparently, when you post to Slashdot claiming to be someone you may not be, people don’t take your word for it. In the hour after I wrote that post, my access logs show that 10 different people searched Google for “Christopher Finke” and ended up at my site. (This normally happens about twice a month.)…
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A gentleman and a scholar
C.K. announced yesterday his departure from Netscape. It’s really too bad; he’s been an incredible boss and an exciting person to be around. I especially enjoyed the caffeine-fueled afternoon when we created the Netscape Digg Tracker. Good times, good times… He’ll be sorely missed, but I don’t harbor any sore feeling towards him for leaving.…
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Our bad
According to this Slashdot post, my.netscape.com was hosting a DTD file critical for users of RSS 0.91 feeds, but when we closed My Netscape for a much needed redesign, the file got lost in the shuffle. (Why an RSS DTD file was being hosted under the my.netscape.com subdomain is anybody’s guess…) We should have it…
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Where are Digg’s new features?
On November 9, Wired Blogs ran an article “quoting” Digg founder Kevin Rose as saying that 20 new features would be added to Digg over the next month. (I say “quoting” because the phrase was not actually in quotes, but it can be deduced that Kevin said or implied it at some point during the…
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An early Christmas present for Digg
Merry Christmas, Kevin Rose!
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TV Squad Daily: The Smart Choice
If you’re like me and don’t have time to watch a lot of TV, but you still want to be able to speak eruditely on such topics as K-Fed’s latest faux pas or Conan’s latest bon mot, check out the TV Squad Daily Vodcast. Two minutes of TV Squad Daily will leave you refreshed, informed,…
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Syndicate Netscape Videos on MySpace
Until I get this feature added to the site, here is a little tool that will convert a Netscape Video syndication code to work on MySpace and other venues that don’t allow script tags. Paste the Netscape syndication code here: Is the video widescreen? MySpace-compatible syndication code: FYI: If you’re using this code on MySpace,…
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‘Scape-o-lantern
I decided not to do a plain old “3 triangles and a mouth” this year: Instructions for making your very own Netscape jack-o-lantern: 1. Obtain a pumpkin, either by way of purchase or barter. 2. Remove everything that doesn’t look like a Netscape logo, either by way of cutting or stabbing.
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Netscape is Hiring
We’re looking for a designer and a software engineer. (That’s two separate positions, not an all-in-one.) If you’re skilled in PHP/MySQL and/or experienced at hacking the Mozilla Firefox codebase, I strongly suggest that you apply for the latter; I’ve never loved a job as much as I love working for Netscape.
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“Netscape is my portal to nookie.”
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SuperHiro
I am so jealous of Ryan right now it’s not even funny.
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Pedro on Netscape
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Top of the Heap
Rolling out a new video syndication method on Netscape today; top syndicators are now listed below each video (at Netscape). Since I should be the first person using this new code, I better be #1 for at least a minute…
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Comment Voting
One feature of Netscape that I feel doesn’t get much usage is comment voting. Each comment can be voted “Good” or “Bad,” and with enough of either, will be designated as one of “Good,” “Bad,” “Awful,” or “Excellent.” (“Neutral” is the default.) I rarely see anything other than “neutral” comments, but apparently all I had…
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Why not?
Sixteen days ago, I read a blurb about a new resume hosting site called emurse.com. Being the early adopter that I am (except when adopting a blog, apparently), I signed up to make sure that I could get my preferred username; there are a lot of C. Finkes out there vying for the obvious six-character…