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14Feb/070

Posting via Blackberry

Have this annoying problem of having emtpy messages when they come through the Blackberry.

I think I know where the problem is: Blackberrys (or in combination with Exchange) seem to encode everything in Base64.

Will try and fix this.

There is a post from Michael Scott with a fix:

http://www.michaelscott.me.uk/2006/04/handling-base64-encoded-emails-in-wordpress.html

and David Morris' little tweak:

http://www.brassedoff.net/wp/?p=33.

Wish me luck.

PS: Didn't work of course. Will try again later.

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14Feb/070

Just upping the stats to 4 entries

I wonder whether my attitude towards blogs, both writing and reading, has changed according in direct relation to the rise in their popularity.

However, the web is full of abandoned blogs. Sad little sites showing latest entries from August 2003. Their authors might even have moved on to other, better blogs; oblivious to the evolutionary trail of destruction in their wake.

I shall go out there; collect and publish their URLs, so that they won't be forgotten!

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14Feb/070

Nice use of Flash 3D and videos

Brilliant little Flash site from Korea:
http://www.cyborg2006.co.kr/

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14Feb/070

Dutch Accessibility Law

In effect since September 2006, it requires all Dutch government websites to adher to accessibility guidelines.

Sooner or later accessibility guidelines will become law in other countries - either by local government initiatives, or by European decree.

Read the post at 456 Berea St:
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200702/the_dutch_accessibility_law_is_awesome/

The original post by Peter-Paul Koch:
http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2007/01/new_dutch_acces.html