{
  "attachments": [],
  "comments_archived": true,
  "date": "2002-05-29T18:51:23.000Z",
  "layout": "post",
  "title": "Of metalinks, linkbacks, and Cocoa AmphetaDesk",
  "wordpress_id": 145,
  "wordpress_slug": "oooaff",
  "wordpress_url": "http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=145",
  "year": "2002",
  "month": "05",
  "day": "29",
  "isDir": false,
  "slug": "oooaff",
  "type": "entry",
  "postName": "2002-05-29-oooaff",
  "html": "<p>Still busy busy, but had to drop in for a minute to try out the <a href=\"http://www.thinkblank.com/metalinker/\">Metalinker</a> code here.  Two wishlist items: 1) Maybe use a micro-icon for the metalink, and 2) some indication of the number of links to the link on Blogdex would be hot, maybe even a green-through-red series of micro-icons for the link.  Could maybe count the links on the blogdex page via some sort of scraping, but that would require some server-side stuff since I doubt the client-side can do it.  (Or I just don't know enough modern browser scripting lately.)</p>\n<p>Because of the obvious connections, this makes me want to get back to my <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/ShowReferersNextGen\">new-and-improved linkback implementation</a> very soon.  That'll be next after I tie up this Cocoa <a href=\"http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk\">AmphetaDesk</a> wrapper.  (Actually got it 2/3 done last night, yay!)</p>\n<p>Back to work.</p>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>shortname=oooaff</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087731\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.10500bc.org\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2a158ec6895b9af4ce255febfe69ffee&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.10500bc.org\">Josh Cooper</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087731\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2002-05-29T20:43:46\">2002-05-29T20:43:46</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">You've got some nice Ideas on the wish list. I just wanted to say thanks for inspiring my to create my own linkback hack. I just finished it up last night, and was 100% inspired todo it after i say it in action here.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087732\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://IAwiki.net/EricScheid\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=92ffcf37d534a7e60938bc270f750979&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://IAwiki.net/EricScheid\">Eric Scheid</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087732\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2002-05-30T07:59:57\">2002-05-30T07:59:57</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">I'm seeing a \"null is not an object\" javascript error when visiting the individual post pages. Not seeing it on the main blog.\nIE 5.1/Mac</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "<p>Still busy busy, but had to drop in for a minute to try out the <a href=\"http://www.thinkblank.com/metalinker/\">Metalinker</a> code here.  Two wishlist items: 1) Maybe use a micro-icon for the metalink, and 2) some indication of the number of links to the link on Blogdex would be hot, maybe even a green-through-red series of micro-icons for the link.  Could maybe count the links on the blogdex page via some sort of scraping, but that would require some server-side stuff since I doubt the client-side can do it.  (Or I just don't know enough modern browser scripting lately.)</p>\r\n<p>Because of the obvious connections, this makes me want to get back to my <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/ShowReferersNextGen\">new-and-improved linkback implementation</a> very soon.  That'll be next after I tie up this Cocoa <a href=\"http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk\">AmphetaDesk</a> wrapper.  (Actually got it 2/3 done last night, yay!)</p>\r\n<p>Back to work.</p>\r\n<!--more-->\r\nshortname=oooaff\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087731\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.10500bc.org\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2a158ec6895b9af4ce255febfe69ffee&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.10500bc.org\">Josh Cooper</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087731\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2002-05-29T20:43:46\">2002-05-29T20:43:46</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">You've got some nice Ideas on the wish list. I just wanted to say thanks for inspiring my to create my own linkback hack. I just finished it up last night, and was 100% inspired todo it after i say it in action here.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087732\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://IAwiki.net/EricScheid\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=92ffcf37d534a7e60938bc270f750979&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://IAwiki.net/EricScheid\">Eric Scheid</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087732\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2002-05-30T07:59:57\">2002-05-30T07:59:57</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">I'm seeing a \"null is not an object\" javascript error when visiting the individual post pages. Not seeing it on the main blog.\r\n\r\nIE 5.1/Mac</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
  "parentPath": "./content/posts/archives/2002",
  "path": "2002/05/29/oooaff",
  "summary": "Still busy busy, but had to drop in for a minute to try out the Metalinker code here.  Two wishlist items: 1) Maybe use a micro-icon for the metalink, and 2) some indication of the number of links to the link on Blogdex would be hot, maybe even a green-through-red series of micro-icons for the link.  Could maybe count the links on the blogdex page via some sort of scraping, but that would require some server-side stuff since I doubt the client-side can do it.  (Or I just don't know enough modern browser scripting lately.)\nBecause of the obvious connections, this makes me want to get back to my new-and-improved linkback implementation very soon.  That'll be next after I tie up this Cocoa AmphetaDesk wrapper.  (Actually got it 2/3 done last night, yay!)\nBack to work.",
  "needsBuild": true,
  "prevPostPath": "2002/05/28/oooafe",
  "prevPostTitle": "Not dead yet, just resting",
  "nextPostPath": "2002/05/30/oooafg",
  "nextPostTitle": "The kuro5iv3 force of the wiki"
}