Archive for December, 2006

Microsoft Outlook 2007 Supports OPML

21 December 2006

Not that I'll ever use it, but it looks like Microsoft is supporting the use of OPML subscription lists in Outlook 2007. I tried NewsGator's Outlook extension, and I think Outlook is the worst conceivable way to consume the large volume of information I have in my modestly sized subscription list. But at least Microsoft is going to let Outlook users get their subscription lists out of Outlook (and into a better aggregator). They even have a step-by-step guide for exporting your RSS feeds from Outlook.

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Alex King WordPress Plugin Roundup

14 December 2006

Alex King, a WordPress über-hacker (and formerly a b2/b2evolution hacker), is writing a series of posts about his recent redesign of alexking.org. His latest post describes the numerous WordPress plugins he's using, many of which he wrote.

I'm not using any of these right now, but I steal Alex's ideas and code all the time for my own hacking. ;)

P.S. Oh yeah, I'm using WP Grins. Thanks, Jeff.

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BlackBerry Browser User Agent

11 December 2006

FYI: My BlackBerry's Web browser identifies itself (i.e., "User Agent") as: BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1

So in PHP, an inexpensive check would be something like:

if ( 0 === stripos($useragent, 'blackberry') ) {
    echo "True";
}

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UPDATE: Washington Post Fixes Website for Mobile Users

10 December 2006

After about two weeks of unresponsiveness, I finally found yet another way to contact the Washington Post to complain about their broken website (see my previous post for more info). This time, they promptly responded to my complaint, and within three or four days, the website was fixed.

My contact person, Sarah Lumbard, was courteous and helpful. Thank you, Sarah.

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