I was on the phone with one of my brothers the other night. He's a long time computer user and early adopter. Yet he is very early in the learning curve on RSS and weblogs, even though he does read mine from time to time. So now I have a useful resource for him as he starts to explore this space.

Great New RSS Primer.

Fagan Finder provides us with a Great New RSS Primer: “Before you go any further, realize this: RSS is really simple. Just because it is an acronym doesn’t mean that it’s complicated. Don’t get scared away, there’s really nothing to it. I said it was an acronym, but depending on who you ask and what version of RSS you are speaking about, it may stand for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or a variation on one of those. None of that matters to you anyhow…”

By dhenry@howdev.com (Daniel Henry). [Lockergnome’s RSS & Atom Tips]

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Helpful collection of DNS related material.

Handy DNS lookup site.

I just stumbled across http://www.dnsstuff.com, which is a handy site that gives you access to a bunch of functionality from one page:

• Any DNS record
• Reverse DNS lookup
• DNS timing
• Whois
• Ping
• Tracert
• Spam database lookup (150+ DBs searched)
• etc

Nifty.

[KC on Exchange and Outlook]

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