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OCLC has been running the PURL service with only minor outages since 1995. PURLs (Persistent Uniform Resource Locators) provide a level of indirection allowing the bic click stick separation of the name of a Web resource from the location of it. We have made the source code available so that others can run PURL systems, and several organizations do so. OCLC has contracted with Zepheira to reimplement the PURL code which has become a bit out of date over the years. The new code will be in written in Java and released under the Apache 2.0 license . We expect it to be embeddable, opening up many new uses. We frequently run into situations where an easy way to manage HTTP redirects within an application would be useful, so I imagine others do to. Eric Miller is the president of Zepheira. Eric used to work in the Office of Research here at OCLC before taking a job at MIT for the W3C . All three organizations are excited about the possibilities of the new software and we just issued a joint press release about it. Our schedule is to have the reimplementation completed this fall. --Th

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On this day in 1867, the Republican-controlled Congress overrode a veto by Democrat President Andrew Johnson to pass the Second Reconstruction Act. This civil rights legislation authorized U.S. troops in the South to register African-Americans to vote. Republicans had to enact such drastic legislation because the Democrats, who had been Confederates just two years before, refused to permit African-Americans to exercise their right to vote. Thanks to the Republicans, African-Americans would soon be elected to Congress and state legislatures. Michael Zak is a popular speaker to Republican organizations around the country, showing office-holders, candidates, and activists how they would benefit tremendously from knowing and appreciating our Party's heritage of civil rights achievement. See www.republicanbasics.com for more information about the Republican Party and about the book, Back to Basics for the Republican Party , which shows Republicans how to campaign against fun ship Democrats more effectively .

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After its dismal showing last month in Greenpeace's queen size lingerie " Guide to Greener Electronics ," Apple announced some sweet news : a phase-out of two particularly nasty types of chemicals, brominated fire retardants and polyvinyl chloride, in all of its products by 2008--a year before Dell and other competitors have planned to get BFRs and PVC out of their PCs. While heralding the move, Greenpeace plans to keep up its campaign until Apple gets even greener.

OCLC has been running the PURL service with only minor outages since 1995. PURLs (Persistent Uniform Resource Locators) provide a level of indirection allowing the separation of the name of a Web resource from the location of it. We have made the source code available so that others can run PURL systems, and several organizations do so. OCLC has contracted with Zepheira to reimplement the PURL code which has become a bit out of date over the years. The new code will be in written in Java and released under the Apache 2.0 license . We expect it to be embeddable, opening up many new uses. We frequently run into situations where an easy way to manage HTTP redirects within an application would be useful, so I imagine others boat launch ramp do to. Eric Miller is the president of Zepheira. Eric used to work in the Office of Research here at OCLC before taking a job at MIT for the W3C . All three organizations are excited about the possibilities of the new software and we just issued a joint press release about it. Our schedule is to have the reimplementation completed this fall. --Th

OCLC has been running the PURL service with only minor outages since 1995. PURLs (Persistent Uniform Resource Locators) provide a level of indirection allowing the separation of the name of a Web resource debt consolidation programs from the location of it. We have made the source code available so that others can run PURL systems, and several organizations do so. OCLC has contracted with Zepheira to reimplement the PURL code which has become a bit out of date over the years. The new code will be in written in Java and released under the Apache 2.0 license . We expect it to be embeddable, opening up many new uses. We frequently run into situations where an easy way to manage HTTP redirects within an application would be useful, so I imagine others do to. Eric Miller is the president of Zepheira. Eric used to work in the Office of Research here at OCLC before taking a job at MIT for the W3C . All three organizations are excited about the possibilities of the new software and we just issued a joint press release about it. Our schedule is to have the reimplementation completed this fall. --Th

The (food)bloggosphere has been rolling dumplings like there's no tomorrow... I am really amazed at the variety of dishes out there, and even more to see that so many people ventured into creating something that is completely (if not alien then) new to them. I felt that dumplings was a fitting theme for our blog event " Waiter, there's something in my... " after stew , bread , pie , Easter basket , stuffed fruit/vegetable: just as all-encompassing, inviting a host of local and regional varieties, leaving lots of freedom to interpret, experiment and share with the community. It was felt that stricter rules were in order, so you got them... resulting in slightly lower participation, but boy, what contributions we had! From the unusual to the downright exotic, we had anything from Armenian to Ukrainian dumplings, some were rolled in rather unfamiliar things like amaranth, others were served in a sweet broth... from dumplings to wontons, they came in all shapes and colours and it is a veritable culinary journey you will be undertaking by reading the individual posts. I have split them into savoury and sweet for ease of browsing and they are sorted by the time the entries were received... So without further ado, here's the roundup! Savoury dumplings: pc medical software A tender sweet sixteen only, Le Petite Boulanger (sic) in Singapore is lined up for admission at the Cordon Bleu.

So, I'm writing a new book called "The Age of Manipulation: The Religion of Intelligence and Societal Control through Conversation." It'll be a sweet follow up to the book you're probably already tired of hearing about, The Age of Conversation shop , which is out today. Go buy it here . For old people, we have hardbacks , for the youngin's, we've got the ebook . And for people who just can't commit, there's even a soft-cover , too. Go do it! Also, come over this way, report back your favorite chapters and why. Best response gets a free hardback. If you already have a hardback, you can give it to your best friend. If you don't have any friends, you can at least feel good that your response got some extra money donated to charity. Need responses by August 15. Do it!

After its dismal showing last month in Greenpeace's " Guide to Greener Electronics ," Apple announced some sweet news : a phase-out of two particularly nasty types of chemicals, brominated fire retardants and polyvinyl chloride, in all of its products by 2008--a year before Dell and other competitors have planned to get BFRs and PVC out warez p2p of their PCs. While heralding the move, Greenpeace plans to keep up its campaign until Apple gets even greener.