Archive for March, 2005

03.31.05

blog 不是教育用途？

Posted in Blog, Computer, Murmuring, Network at 11:32 pm by gslin

Boing Boing 報導了 Vermont 的一所中學封鎖 blog (從學校內的網路沒辦法看到 blog)，因為 blogging 不是教育用途：Principal bans blogging: “not educational”。原新聞稿在 High school bans blogging：

Principal Chris Sousa said the decision to block the site from school was made because blogging is not an educational use of school computers.

另外，他也要求家長要注意學生在 Myspace.com 這類網站上面要留意個人資料的問題：(沒錯！要注意 slzzp 這種怪叔叔…)

But he’s also urging parents to keep tabs on their children’s blogging, with a particularly close eye to what personal information the student may be posting on sites like Myspace.com.

不過話說回來，blog 不屬於教育用途？我要好好想一想…

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愚人節好像快到了

Posted in Computer, Mail, Murmuring, Network, Search Engine at 7:56 pm by gslin

一年前的愚人節，Google 宣布推出 GMail，打壞 Yahoo! 全球佈局 (Yahoo! 有打算要加大容量，沒想到先被 Google 來一發打沈了)，同時也因為在愚人節公布，而且是以 invitation 的方式加入，造成爭對手反應緩慢… (因為大家都以為是愚人節消息啊！)

一年後，大家來看看這些入口網站會發生什麼事情…

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slzzp 請注意

Posted in Computer, IM, Murmuring, Network at 9:38 am by gslin

標題實在不知道怎麼下，直接點名好了 :p

在 Microsoft Watch 看到「Whatever Happened to threedegrees?」這篇的第一句之後，我馬上就想到 slzzp 啊 XD

AOL launched a blog service aimed specifically at teens on Tuesday.

睡長輩不要亂來啊…

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電腦出包時的反應

Posted in Computer, Murmuring, Science at 9:31 am by gslin

Slashdot 上看到有趣的消息，當電腦出鎚時會有什麼反應 XD Computer Crash Reactions Examined：

Among the numbers, 7% of those surveyed hit the computer, 13% yell at first, and another 13% try to “sweet-talk” their computer.

啥？sweet-talk？XD

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Luxpro 的 Super Shuffle 改名為 Super Tangent

Posted in Murmuring, Music, Recreation at 9:27 am by gslin

Gizmodo 的消息，Super Shuffle 改名為 Super Tangent：Luxpro Changes Super Shuffle Name。

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WordPress Website 的 Spam 問題

Posted in Blog, Computer, Murmuring, Network, Search Engine, Spam at 8:04 am by gslin

Wordpress Website’s Search Engine Spam 提到了 WordPress 的官方網站上的 article/ 目錄下放了一堆與 WordPress 無關的東西，而這些東西都是在 Google Adwords/Adsense 裡面的高價關鍵字：

Wordpress is a very popular open-source blogging software package, with a great official website maintained by Matt Mullenweg, its founding developer. I discovered last week that since early February, he’s been quietly hosting almost 120,000 articles on their website. These articles are designed specifically to game the Google Adwords program, written by a third-party about high-cost advertising keywords like asbestos, mesothelioma, insurance, debt consolidation, diabetes, and mortgages.

於是他就跑到 Support Forum 去問，結果被 close 掉，直到他在 blog 上面提了以後 Matt reopen 並說明：

I stumbled on this issue from a support topic, which was immediately closed without response by an unknown moderator. (After I pointed it out, Matt reopened the thread to add a final comment.)

Matt 在該 thread 的尾端提出的說明，是因為贊助的關係：

The content in /articles is essentially advertising by a third party that we host for a flat fee. I’m not sure if we’re going to continue it much longer, but we’re committed to this month at least, it was basically an experiment. However around the beginning of Feburary donations were going down as expenses were ramping up, so it seemed like a good way to cover everything. The adsense on those pages is not ours and I have no idea what they get on it, we just get a flat fee. The money is used just like donations but more specifically it’s been going to the business/trademark expenses so it’s not entirely out of my pocket anymore.

於是 Andrew Baio 提出了下面的問題：

This poses some interesting questions. First, do organizers of open-source projects need to disclose how they’re making money off the project? Matt isn’t disclosing anything about this activity to the community. I don’t think anyone would be upset about Matt trying to support Wordpress with outside sources of revenue, but as an open-source project, they should be held to a higher level of transparency. Without the users and developers all working for free, it wouldn’t exist.

如果你想知道更詳細的情況 (譬如，你要想發表評論)，請務必看完原來的文章。

PS：寫到最後面剛好看到 ForeverGeek 上也對此發表了意見：WordPress Making Money The Wrong Way。

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長輩解決問題的方法與 Greasemonkey

Posted in Browser, Computer, Murmuring, Network at 6:04 am by gslin

在 Simon Willison 的 Greasemonkey as a lightweight intermediary 這篇文章裡提到：

In The architecture of intermediation, Jon Udell discusses the need for a mechanism for a high-level tool for adding custom features to web applications. In Jon’s case, he wants to add a private bookmarks feature to del.icio.us. Jon thought about using a web proxy to intercept and modify del.icio.us pages, but ruled it out as too low-level.

沒錯，為了在 del.icio.us 增加新功能，有些天位大長輩就會去弄 web proxy，然後修改 proxy 的程式碼，透過 proxy 修改 del.icio.us 的 web html…

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