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World
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Canadian relief sites clogged
The Globe and Mail listed five sites accepting donations to help ease the horrors occuring as a result of the South Asian earthquake and tsunami, half are slow or not responding. Although it could be coincidental, I’d like to believe Canadians are flooding humanitarian aid sites. -
Tiananmen at 15
Fifteen-years ago today a pro-democracy protest was brutally suppressed as the world watched in horror. Hundreds or thousands died demanding reforms that China is finally, but slowly, making -
Normandy at 60
Sixty years ago this weekend, thousands of soliders (including my grandfather) prepared for a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy. The CBC’s online team imagines what its coverage would have been like had they been there. The clever project is not only a unique way to present a well-known story, but also a brillant way to tap into its archives (including a long-lost CBC recording of a broadcast by the late Katharine Hepburn) -
Rwanda, ten years on
We need look no further than our own backyard to see why it’s so important to remember what happened in Rwanda ten years ago. -
Buzzing: XFN, delicious, RSS and Atom; IE accessibility toolbar; hiking gas prices; year ending
XFN is starting to build some momentum, but I haven’t really bought into the concept for use on this site. Who knows, maybe in the next version… What I do like is proposed method — XMDP — for marking up profiles though. -
War coverage
Want to know the price of lay-offs? The Globe and Mail’s Crisis in Iraq section still has a large graphic suggesting the war is still to come (it reads “Countdown to war”) and the latest news story is from March 15, 2003. Although breaking news is appearing on the homepage, what’s the point of having a special section and linking to it, if it is not being updated? At least the site is fast loading (as are most news sites). -
Spell-checking; CSS; war
Simon Willison has done a PHP translation of Sam Ruby’s Python-based spell checking tool. While that in-and-of itself is impressive, Willison has also added a function offering suggested corrections to the misspelled word. This I will be added to my slowly-developing CMS. -
Where I stand
A brief explanation of the editorial guidelines for this site during the war (hint: this site has always been about Web building and online journalism). -
“Big idea” essays; war and online journalism
Two “big idea” essays today: -
Tweaking the layout; Stop the War
A little over a year after my template started getting some public attention, I’m tweaking it ever so slightly. The changes are very minor, but before I “officially” release it, I’d like to ask you to test it out. Please report any problems to me (including the browser and operating system). Thanks in advance. -
Hechtman a hostage; Kandahar; reputation managers; writing well
Bunch of stuff today that has been collecting over the past few days:
