RE: Levels of abstraction.
Joe Gregorio posted an excellent essay on levels of abstraction and using content:encoded vs. xhtml:body in RSS feeds. While I don't really have a strong preference in this debate, I do find it very interesting that that Mr. Well-Formed-Web takes sides with content:encoded.
I would like to make it possible for Roller users to take either approach with their RSS feeds. BTW, Lance suggested a Roller enhancement today that should make it easier for those who choose the xhtml:body approach (ROL-191: Integrate JTidy into Roller).
Advanced sibling rivalry.
Alex, who is six and who can read, has a little brother Linus, who is four and cannot read. This weekend Alex was asking about names. "Does Matthew have a U in it?" he asked. "What about Leo?" After asking about the presence of the letter U in all of his friend's names and finding that only brother Linus has a U, he went back to his room. Later that day, we noticed the following sign on his door:
no budey cum in if you do have a u in side yor name. go a way u names.
What have I done wrong!