Alternative Rewrite Rules result in a significantly simpler .htaccess, especially one that doesn't constantly need to be updated by WordPress. This is particularly practical if you also use the .htaccess for other purposes. Additionally, Apache is not necessarily faster with the complex Rewrite-Rules from WordPress. I have activated them myself, let's see how WordPress 1.5 performs with these entries. If there are no problems, they will stay that way, because I like them much better than the other variant. And they don't have the problems that the others have - old mod_rewrite can only do greedy matching, which makes creating complex lists of rewrites quite hairy ...
Archive 17. February 2005
Canon EF-S 60 mm F2.8 macro lens - could be a replacement for the 50/2.5 macro at the right price. Not that I wouldn't like the 50mm, but the 60mm is just the necessary bit longer in focal length and above all it goes directly without adapter down to 1:1. The 50mm only down to 1:2.
The Hypocrite of the Evening?
Höhn unter Beschuss - cute how Rüttgers suddenly discovered his alleged heart for women in forced situations. I have not heard that he has ever advocated for women and their rights during the regular forced deportations that also take place in NRW. Simply hypocrisy and political calculation. So much for the topic of cynicism ...
heise online - When Computer Oldies No Longer Want to Work [Update]. Great, the C64 was a duck and in reality it's something much worse ...
Introducing sIFR: The Healthy Alternative to Browser Text
Introducing sIFR: The Healthy Alternative to Browser Text describes a method based on JavaScript, CSS, and Flash to free text styling from the limitations of CSS and use any fonts.
The technique works similarly to CSS image replacements, except that the replaced text can grow with the page (e.g., if the user has set a larger base font). If a visitor has Flash and JavaScript available, correspondingly marked text areas are replaced by a Flash rendering.
If the visitor has no Flash or JavaScript is disabled, they will see normal text content via the browser's capabilities. Accessibility is thus largely preserved - the HTML remains semantic, and screen readers for text browsers as well as semantically controlled HTML readers should have no problem with it. Visually impaired users with large fonts can also benefit - for example, by disabling Flash, the user's chosen font size will be selected.
It is definitely better than CSS image replacement for headers, as it can adapt to the dynamic environment much better. Image replacements are not zoomed and do not support copying and pasting of content (which is also supported by Flash).
The Technorati Plugin Beta provides a similar list to regular comments - except the links and text excerpts come from the Technorati link cosmos for an article. I'm currently wondering whether something like this couldn't also be done meaningfully with blogger.de - this way you could also catch those who aren't automatically linked via Trackback or Pingback. Of course, you'd have to check for duplicates against the regular trackbacks and pingbacks. Hmm.