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Loads of news piled up these days, so expect a second wave later tonight.

OREILLYNET: RAISING THE BAR ON RSS FEED QUALITY
"In this article, I provide an overview of RSS's core syntax, then I examine the poor state of RSS feed quality and provide some recommendations for authoring more useful and effective feeds. This examination is not a review of the RSS specification, nor is it an emphatic plea for strict compliance. Instead, this article provides an approach to authoring RSS feeds that is neutral, practical, and conservative. RSS feeds are simply too useful a mechanism for information exchange services. It is imperative that we improve their effectiveness." Article

CATEGORIZING KNOWLEDGE
McGee: "Theoretical discussions of knowledge management typically start with the distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge. Ignore the tacit dimension for a moment and consider a progression of four kinds of explicit knowledge that can shape how I collect, organize, and share knowledge." Blog item

UNITEDLINUX RELEASES VERSION 1.0
"UnitedLinux Version 1.0 is the engine that powers products to be sold by the four [UnitedLinux] companies, each with its own local language support, value-add features, and pricing." Press Release

ORACLE JOINS ECLIPSE
"Oracle announces strategy for promoting tools standards." Article

12 QUESTIONS
12 questions the Happiest Geek on Earth got asked in a programmer's job interview these days.

COUNTLESS ANSWERS
Krzysztof Kowalczyk compiled a list of good programming practices, inspiration to which he drew from a John Anderson mail to Mitch Kapor.

ELLEN FEISS
She speaks. The Brown Daily Herald, the Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island student's newspaper will publish a "first ever" interview tomorrow.

MARK PILGRIM
is back.

SEGWAY
Segway Human Transporter, formerly known as Ginger, will finally become available in March 2003 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon at the special introductory price of $4,950. $495 nonrefundable deposit necessary, decoration (see picture) not included.

PHOTOS
The U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency declassified 50,000 satellite images collected from KH-7 (1963-1967) and KH-9 (1973-1980) satellites and makes roughly 20% of them publically available. Allegedly, some KH-7 pictures still feature a higher resolution that available in commerical satellite imagery today.

SOURCES
Via the usual suspects (Boingboing, Metafilter, Schockwellenreiter, ITW, Vowe, Röll and others) plus own findings.