Mon 21 Feb. 2005

XQuery Experiments

Jon Udell has been doing some interesting stuff with XQuery

Must check into it.

Global Blogger Action

BBC NEWS reports:

The global web blog community is being called into action to lend support to two imprisoned Iranian bloggers.

Reporters Without Borders is calling…

Meutya Hafid and Budiyanto“for a campaign to free two Indonesian journalists kidnapped by an unknown group that has asked the Indonesian government to explain why Meutya Hafid (left) and Budiyanto (right), of the station Metro TV, were in Iraq.

Curt Hopkins, Committee to Protect Bloggers:

If you have a blog, the least you could do is put nothing on that blog except ‘Free Mojtaba and Arash Day’

See also:

The Blogger’s Bill Of Rights:

We, the inhabitants of the Blogosphere, do hereby proclaim that bloggers everywhere are entitled to the following basic rights:

FREEDOM TO BLOG.

FREEDOM FROM PERSECUTION AND RETALIATION BECAUSE OF OUR BLOGS…

Bloggers at the Gates…

Pat Oliphant

Ha!

(Hat tip to the Schockwellenreiter)

Update 22 Feb 05:

Again!

Free Mac Blog Tools

Must check these out:

Daikini Software: Photon :

manage your Movable Type™, TypePad™, Blojsom and WordPress photo-blogs in the familiar surrounds of Apple iPhoto.

It’s the missing link between the world’s greatest photo management software and the world’s favorite blogging platforms.

Freshly Squeezed Software: Recent Tunes:

stores a list of recently played iTunes songs in your menu bar for quick access. Choosing a recently played tune from the list immediately plays the song in iTunes. Version 2.0 adds the ability to upload files to your Web server (via FTP, SSH1, or SSH 2) or to a database (via HTTP GET) - perfect for bloggers looking to post a list of their Recent Tunes online!

(via wpram.com)