Connecting to rpc.opml.org port 5337 at endpoint /RPC2
The reply I got back was that metaWeblog was not defined? Hmmmm.. ??Yes it must be. I must be doing something kooky.
I’ll have a deeper look into this when I get back to London.
I have been meaning to learn how to do this for use in the blogHUD for a while I’d like to support as many blogging systems as possible. Hurrah for XML-RPC!
This means I will be
able to set up the abilty to post from Second Life directly to your blog, if it supports the metaWebLog API!!! w00000Tt!!! This is
a truly momentous moment for me. I have never tried this before! Happy ! happy Joy! Joy!!!! Stay tuned!! I’ll give you the HUDsUP,
just as soon as I have it ready!!!
I noticed Dave mentioned he was interviewed by Andrew Keen, who I have met through podcast.com activities. I’m glad to see he called it an interview and not a podcast. Why? No RSS feed at all containing the ability for me to subscribe to a series.
To quote Andrew in the interview “RSS is so simple – so elegant”
Andrew’s ‘AfterTV’ did have someone doing a feed for him a while back, but now it looks like Andrew is creating content now for some set up called Pajamas Media. They call themselves the best in global blogging, podcasts and opinion. Blogs? Check. Podcasts. Nope. MP3s to download from the site? Yes. Opinion? No doubt.
They say there are podcasts there – and in their Politics Central section – but I cannot find any at all. Sure, there are some MP3 which have had alot of time and effort put into the them to produce them, but no podcasts.
No feed = Not a podcast (IMHO)
To quote Dave in the interview : “Podcasting is another thing I invented”
I really wish people would do that final last leg of the production effort properly. I also wonder if the hosts etc realise their content is now stuck on a website many people will not have heard of – and not out there being freely aggregated all over the world, while telling anyone who sees it about that website and production team.
This happened few weeks back from Andrew, where he had interviewed Philip Rosedale from Linden Lab (which I now can’t find – no search results for Linden on PM or PC) . I like Andrew’s style and interviews, but he should get someone to sort out his feeds.
He’ll be glad to know the publishing system over at podcast.com is just about ready to roll.
Radio silence from support.opml.org (ie: no reply – server down too)
Hope it gets fixed soon. It’s frustrating when things go down – probably to Dave the most, mind. But he’s able to blog to SN ok though and go to parties.
Well, the world is still going completely mad. Not only are Apple trying to own anything that starts with a ‘i’, they are now taking steps to stop products and brands with the lettters POD in it.
“… As set forth below, Apple is concerned that the application for and use of the PROFIT POD mark infringes its trademark rights and dilutes Apple’s famous IPOD brand…
…We believe there is confusing similarity between Apple’s IPOD mark and the PROFIT POD mark. PROFIT POD is a POD-formative mark and incorporates a substantial portion of Apple’s IPOD mark. The products are likewise related. Both devices receive and transmit data and are used with computers, both are used in connection with video games, and both have other similar components. Moreover, it has not gone unnoticed that, like Apple’s IPOD device, the PROFIT POD product is a small, flat, round corned rectangular device with a display screen. In addition to the likelihood of confusion between the products, because Apple’s mark is famous, it is entitled to protection from dilution attributable to the PROFIT POD mark.”
For f*cks sake – what’s the bloody point? It’s idiocy if you ask me. No bloody wonder people have to make up such stupid names without vowels etc to create a new brand! I had to say it – “piss off Apple!”
It reminds me of whem Sun decided to stop all things j-a-v-a, which annoyed me years ago when I owned vajava.com
How will this nonsense fare for the likes of PODcast.com, PODshow, PODnet, PODtech etc, etc, etc.
Expect more swearing.
I’m the proud owner of an Apple MacBookPro and a MacMini (along with 8 Windows 8 PCs), but now I just remembered why I hate Apple so much. They LOCK YOU IN – they take away your FREEDOM. Sure, they have cute design, but can you build your own Mac? NO! Never. Arse!
I’d like to support as many blogging systems as possible. 
Hurrah for XML-RPC!
Well, the world is still going 