Blogging Roller

I'm supposed to be wrapping up Blogs, Wikis, and Feeds In Action, Chapter 14 (Blog Your Build Process) today, but instead I've been experimenting with Blogger.com's updated support for the Atom Protocol (via Robert Sarye). Looks like they have changed at least a couple of things since the last time I tried it:

• WSSE authentication is gone, replaced by BASIC HTTP authentication over HTTPS
• Individual entries are now returned as <entry> documents rather than a <feed> wrapping an entry

I haven't updated Roller or BlogClient's Atom support to match. I think I'll wait until the Atom Protocol list arrives at consensus on collection handling.

AIM Terms of Service: "Although you or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title and interest in Content that you post to any AIM Product, AOL owns all right, title and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by AOL using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the Content or to be compensated for any such uses. "

So, basically, don't say anything on AIM that you would not like to see displayed on the jumbotron or (perhaps, someday) re-enacted on Time Warner's new AIM-dialog based reality TV show.