mnot’s Web log

Design depends largely on constraints.” — Charles Eames

Tuesday, July 29 2003

Subversion

Ted Leung points out that caching PUT (and other WebDAV methods) would suit Subversion - probably the most interesting WebDAV application under open development - quite well. The only thing...

httpRange-14

Mark Baker is the latest in a series to weigh in on the TAG issue regarding what a HTTP URI can identify. I haven't followed the debate closely, but it...

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Saturday, July 26 2003

Caching PUT

If we WebDAV-enable Web applications, people will be able to interact with them like filesystems. To blog something, you'd be able to write an entry in the text editor of...

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Blogging with WebDAV

One of my personal background tasks in the last couple of months has been finding sample applications to excercise Tarawa with. Although my load is high and I've only got...

Dude

I spent more time today saying "dude" than I ever have before (proportionally), because I took a little drive. As you may have guessed, Antibes left me a little cold,...

Friday, July 25 2003

Profiling HTTP

Mark Pilgrim is starting to think about issues surrounding the transport, transfer and general moving around of the Format Formerly Known as Echo (nee Pie). This feels suspiciously like a...

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On Antibes

Pros * Makes everybody jealous when you say you're going there * Great beaches and the Alps nearby * Sailing! Cons * Very hot and humid, especially when you're used...

BosBlog

Adam Bosworth gives us a small taste of his thoughts re: Web services, with a promise of more. Glad to see the writer's block has broken!...

Monday, July 21 2003

RSS Profile Testbed

Back when we were exploring the possibity of a profile of RSS, I set up a wiki on the topic and promptly let it run wild, to see what would...

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Friday, July 18 2003

The RSS Advisory Board

Dave Winer has announced a few changes to RSS, which seem positive at first glance, but need a little closer inspection. It appears that the copyright for RSS 2.0 is...

Tuesday, July 15 2003

Switcher

I'm very happy to say that, after using Windows on the desktop for about a year, and various flavours of Unix on the desktop for about six years, I've Switched...

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Friday, July 11 2003

Hey Dave

This is exactly what namespaces are for....

Thursday, July 10 2003

Too much money, not enough sense

Adam Curry explains how he's bought placement in RSS aggregators. Trouble is, RSS isn't universally supported, as evidenced by the echo project, and he feels cheated. Now, I'd understand this...