Halllllllllllllooooooooooooooo

Did I mention, I like Halo?

Apparantly, Halo 2 has been out since April 11... I didn't know... WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME!!!!!!! *screams and runs in circles*

Now I'm on a quest. I must obtain Halo 2... It is a matter of life and death. If I don't get it, well... Um... The pie dies!!

Okay, enough randomness. I saw Pirates of the Caribbean last week, it was pretty good. Very action, but I thought the storyline was basic; even though a friend assures me it isn't. But parts of the story just feel tacked on too me. Though all the action was cool, and those rock-crabs were cute, and the extra Jack's were hilarious.

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RSS and XML. Just what are they?

So, what is RSS and XML?

What is XML?

XML is a markup language for documents containing structured information such as words, pictures etc. A markup language is a mechanism to identify structures in a document. The XML specification defines a standard way to add markup to documents.

In order to appreciate XML, it is important to understand why it was created. XML was created so that richly structured documents could be used over the web. The only viable alternatives, HTML and SGML, are not practical for this purpose.

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What is RSS?

RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content, such as blogs, news feeds or podcasts.

Users of RSS content use software programs called "feed readers" or "feed aggregators". The user subscribes to a feed by entering a link of the feed into the reader program. The reader can then check the user's subscribed feeds to see if any of those feeds have new content since the last time it checked, and if so, retrieve that content and present it to the user.

The initials "RSS" are variously used to refer to the following standards:
Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0)
RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)
RSS formats are specified in XML (a generic specification for data formats). RSS delivers its information as an XML file called an "RSS feed," "webfeed," "RSS stream," or "RSS channel".

So why is RSS important? Its important as it allows us to see the most recent up to date information on a website. Also, with using an RSS feed it is possible to jump to a site without having to go through a bunch of websites just to get there, so you avoid all those little annoying things (Like pop up adds).

We were asked to either choose bloglines or Google Reader, I went with Reader. I went with reader since I already have a Google account and thus I don't have to register with another web service. Quite handy really.

MPI104 assessment

Hi everybody. Before you begin to read this, I would like to say this is for my class MPI104 and thus if you are just browsing around, you don't have to read it.

So, I'm meant to describe just how interesting my blog, del.icio.us and Flickr accouts are.

With my Blog I have met the all the points in the MPI104 checklist. I have actively seeked out new forms of life, and civilizations, er... I mean webpages, and topics to discuss on my blog. Although my attempts have seemed to have fallen short. I do update the page and try to make it interesting, I look through other peoples pages to see if they have found anything interesting (By the way, do you use Instant Messangers? If you would like to try something different go to IMVU a new 3D chat program who's constant advertising is driving me insane). Also if any one can direct me to blog templates compatible with Blogger I would be grateful as whatever I have found has failed. I have experimented with templates, fonts and colours as well. But I like the colour scheme of this template so much I loathe to change it. Although that Minima dark I tried to work with, I gave up on it. Okay, so my blog isn't that interesting, its functional.

My del.icio.us account thankfully is much more entertaining. With it I have once again completed all the points in the MPI104 checklist (I'm so proud), and have continued to put in interesting links. By the way, webcomics rule! You must read Ubersoft! Unfortunately I have not grown my network that much, and seldom look at it. Although the other day I got a link for the forum cinema, so I'm starting to look more often at my network.

With Flickr I'm disappointed. I have put in only a few images and have met only a few of the checklist points. I have tried to look for interesting groups and pools, although I seem to fall short each time. (Search for stargate, I get stargate haters) Also, I find I have little to post. I mainly draw not take photos, and I put all my drawings up on Deviantart (I'm afraid if I post them on Flickr I main find lawyers knocking on my door one day).But I have taken a risken and submitted my beloved chibi grims. Also I have found a few images that I've liked, the cute apples by Vivalin I adore.

Ultimately, I have posted some more interesting things. But I could have done more.