From Dave Winer, inventor of RSS, who will be speaking at Gnomedex on Friday along with Microsoft. RSS is what what makes blogs and podcasting happen.

On Friday you’ll see how deeply integrated RSS is in the architecture of the browser. But that’s just the tip of what may turn out to be a very big iceberg.

There’s a lot more to what they’re doing, but I wanted to say in advance that I think what they’re doing is cool.

I hope everyone who’s interested in RSS listens carefully. I know I will.

Sounds like Microsoft will be doing much more than just integrating RSS into the browser. I’ll blog it real time on Friday from Gnomedex.

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By Scott Ritter

The reality is that the US war with Iran has already begun. As we speak, American over flights of Iranian soil are taking place, using pilotless drones and other, more sophisticated, capabilities.

The violation of a sovereign nation’s airspace is an act of war in and of itself. But the war with Iran has gone far beyond the intelligence-gathering phase. 

The most visible of these is the CIA-backed actions recently undertaken by the Mujahadeen el-Khalq, or MEK, an Iranian opposition group, once run by Saddam Hussein’s dreaded intelligence services, but now working exclusively for the CIA’s Directorate of Operations.

It is bitter irony that the CIA is using a group still labelled as a terrorist organisation, a group trained in the art of explosive assassination by the same intelligence units of the former regime of Saddam Hussein, who are slaughtering American soldiers in Iraq today, to carry out remote bombings in Iran of the sort that the Bush administration condemns on a daily basis inside Iraq. 

To the north, in neighbouring Azerbaijan, the US military is preparing a base of operations for a massive military presence that will foretell a major land-based campaign designed to capture Tehran.

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Yes, I’m serious. A podcasting robot will be launched at Gnomedex. I don’t mean “bot,” I mean a real mechanical, moving, PODCASTING ROBOT.

Here’s the Gnomedex schedule. Check the site for live feeds and podcasts as it is happening.

In addition to talks and panels focusing on blogs and podcasting, there will by a reception sponsored by Google tomorrow night and the “Seattle Public Library Networking Bash” from Microsoft and Audible Friday night.
 
Polizeros will be there at what Sue is calling “Christmas for Geeks.” It’s looking like Gnomedex will get serious major media attention with many calling it THE conference of the year. (I’m unclear why Sue thinks this is a geek affair, I’m only bringing my notebook computer, mp3 player, digital camera, cell phone with camera, and about a zillion cords and chargers, plus the conference hall has wi-fi so everyone can blog real time as it happens… Tragically though, my cell phone won’t handle the live feed of the conference schedule.)

And it’s only 300 people!

PS Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome is the organizer and has responded quickly and personally to every email I’ve sent, a nice touch indeed.

PPS If you understand this joke, then you too are an uber-Geek.

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