looking to get into the wild, wild world of strict xhtml and css 2.0? builder.com has a handy template that makes it easy. it’s a little wiggety in i.e 5.2 for mac, but who uses that beast anymore anyway? [ via dangerousmeta ]

neat. it seems that sputnik’s new access point communicates with the control panel using the jabber protocol:

“Central Control and the Sputnik APs interact using the open-source Jabber IM protocol. Using XML streams, the controller and APs exchange authenticated, encrypted messages that allow the controller to sense the presence of newly installed access points, pass them configuration info, and detect problems on the WLAN. Proxim and Cisco are also looking at including XML communication protocols in future versions of their controllers.”

put enough space on the ap to offer a few other lan services, throw in some multicast dns [ a.k.a rendezvous ] and you’ve got something interesting.

“Client/Server Rendezvous on the LAN” reminds us to not forget about security while we’re sipping the rendezvous kool-aid:

” The moral is this: only use broadcast/response-based rendezvous mechanisms when security is really, truly of no concern to your application–in environments where either the physical network is secure, or applications where no sensitive information can possibly be transmitted, no harm can be caused by missing or tampered messages, and the protocol is robustly validated (on both sides).”

uh, oh. potential bad news for all those people who take delight in telling runners that walking is just as healthy:

“But a new study published today said moderate exercise such as a brisk walk five times a week has no impact on the risk of dying from heart disease.

Only vigorous exercise such as jogging and hiking seems to make a difference, says Dr John Yarnell of Queens’ University in Belfast.”

those with an eye for detail will note that the study designers defined “moderate” exercise as, “…golf, digging and dancing.”

a bit of jobsian buzz mastery or a sign of something big to come? either way, apple did indeed purchase appleuniversal.com recently.

update: indeed, if i had bothered to check the dns record before posting, i would have found the answer to all questions:

“Hahahah!!! Tricked You!!!

April Fools
Tricked You!, HA HA HA HAHAHA
US

Domain Name: APPLEUNIVERSAL.COM

Administrative Contact::
NOC Apple: Apple-NOC@APPLE.COM
Apple Computer, Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
US
Phone:: 4089961010″

i need to spend some quality time with eclipse, since amongst other things it has some handy xml development plugins:

“This article gives you an overview of how the Eclipse Platform supports XML (Extensible Markup Language) development. Eclipse does not support XML code editing right out of the box. However, because Eclipse is a platform-independent framework for building developer tools, you can add support for new languages relatively easily.”

i forgot to mention that snipsnap is also officially in the running during my little personal, private wikki for self organization test. some people seem to like it and looks like a fruitful combination of the blog thing and the wikki thing.