Day: October 12, 2002

Ian Hickson has been going on for a while about Pingback. The spec says there are six known implementations; one of these is a server for Movable Type by Stuart Langridge, but I defy anyone to find it on his site. If it’s only for private use, I don’t mind, but in that case why advertise it… and if it’s already written, what does this mean?

(If it sounds like I want something for nothing… well, I guess I do, although I’ll provide whatever I can in return in the form of bug reports, patches, etc. As a friend’s e-mail signature says, humans are tool users, and I’m nothing if not human.)

Not that it matters, of course–trackbacks and pingbacks are just a big popularity contest anyway, right?

We’ve decided to start writing our entries in first person plural (the royal we). Those who find our new style annoying, we believe, need to deal with it and move on. At least we don’t have meaningless graphics and snarky references to others all over the place.

We aren’t XHTML and CSS experts. (We don’t mind taking potshots at those who are, however.) While we’re not above a little self-promotion, our primary goal is simple: to learn about and use Web standards correctly and effectively. We enjoy reading others’ opinions as much as our own, but we won’t fail to call them out on the (rare) occasions when we disagree.

We’re about finished for now, because our head hurts. We know now that this affectation is why some people produce an off-putting holier-than-thou impression. If we write any more like this we’re afraid we’ll freeze this way.