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<a href="/article/1117"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1117', 'show')">Personal Web Publishing</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1117" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1117">I've heard the term "personal Web publishing" a couple of times recently, and it has started me thinking. I first heard it when Chuck "Mr</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 26 Feb 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1119" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1119">New URL Format -- We've finally bowed to pressure and will be listing URLs with angle brackets around them, starting next week with TidBITS-316. We've resisted making this change because our previous URL style was almost completely unambiguous, and we didn't want to add unnecessary characters to each URL</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 19 Feb 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1128" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1128">We're considering dropping our Reviews column, and we want to know what you think of the idea. The Reviews column is located at the end of each TidBITS issue, and lists product reviews from several major Macintosh magazines</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 19 Feb 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1136" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1136">Apart from an occasional translated issue, TidBITS has been written almost entirely in English throughout our almost six years of publication. That's because, quite simply, we aren't fluent in many other languages, and translation is hard work</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 Feb 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1137" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1137">I wrote in TidBITS-311 about Apple and marketing the Macintosh on the Internet, but - on further reflection - I don't think many companies take Internet marketing seriously</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 Feb 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1140" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1140">I wanted to comment quickly that we're aware of the passage of the Telecommunications Reform Act and of the furor surrounding some of its wording. Until we've had a chance to investigate more seriously, though, we didn't want to write about it</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 Feb 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1145" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1145">And Now, NetPresenz! Peter Lewis has released NetPresenz 4.0, a major upgrade and name change from FTPd 3.0. The name change comes in response to the fact that NetPresenz is now a full-featured Web server that supports CGI scripts in addition to the FTP and Gopher capabilities of past versions</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 05 Feb 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/1155"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1155', 'show')">The TidBITS Server Move</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1155" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1155">We moved our main Internet server on 25-Jan-96. It had been at our old house, connected to the Internet through the 56K frame relay line that we'd set up while we were living there</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 29 Jan 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1162" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1162">We'll be moving our Internet server sometime this week. FTP, Gopher, and Web access to king.tidbits.com will be down at some point, and mail to all addresses at tidbits.com won't be delivered until the machine comes back up</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Jan 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/1164"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1164', 'show')">ShareDevil Now Available</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1164" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1164">ShareDevil Now Available -- Many thanks to the kind folks at ZMac/MacUser for making the late Robert Hess's ShareDevil utility available for free on the Internet</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Jan 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/1167"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1167', 'show')">Internet Marketing the Mac</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1167" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1167">One of the more interesting events I attended at Macworld Expo was a dinner organized by Apple. The goal of the dinner, which was suggested by Chuck Shotton of WebSTAR fame, was to help Apple figure out what to do in terms of Internet marketing</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 22 Jan 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1175" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1175">There is no good way to say this.On January 12th, 1996, at age 29, Robert Hess died from complications due to pneumonia.In lieu of flowers, Robert's family has requested that contributions in Robert's name be made to DQ, 584 Castro St., #560, San Francisco, CA 94114</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 15 Jan 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/1176"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1176', 'show')">Macworld SF 96 Superlatives</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1176" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1176">Every year we try to do some sort of a superlatives article - the people, booths, products, and events at Macworld that in some way struck us as especially good, bad, interesting, insipid, or somehow out-of-the-ordinary</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 15 Jan 1996</div></div>
<a href="/article/1179"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1179', 'show')">Web Issues on Hiatus</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1179" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1179">Web Issues on Hiatus -- Due to life changes and moving on the part of Bill Murphy, who translates TidBITS issues from setext to HTML for posting on the Dartmouth site, recent issues haven't appeared there</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Jan 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1186" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1186">Over the past few months, several interesting events have happened in the world of the Newton, and since no Newton experts have stepped forward to discuss them, I figured I would</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 08 Jan 1996</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1190" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1190">We're taking the next two weeks off, so don't look for TidBITS until the 08-Jan-96 issue. Happy holidays to you all, and may all your wishes come true</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Dec 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1195"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1195', 'show')">More Secure Mac Web Servers</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1195" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1195">More Secure Mac Web Servers -- StarNine recently released the $1,295 WebSTAR SSL Security Toolkit. The Security Toolkit includes WebSTAR/SSL, a version of WebSTAR that uses the open-standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol developed by Netscape Communications and RSA Technologies</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Dec 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1196"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1196', 'show')">It Takes Two to Tango</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1196" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1196">It Takes Two to Tango -- Web site developers may be interested in Tango, a new product from EveryWare Development. Tango enables Mac-based Web servers like WebSTAR to communicate with Butler SQL, EveryWare's relational database</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Dec 1995</div></div>
<a href="/article/1197"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('1197', 'show')">PPP Comments & Updates</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1197" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1197">PPP Comments & Updates -- Travis Butler passed on a summary of the messages he received about his two-part PPP overview starting in TidBITS-306:Many comments concerned the now-defunct MacPPP 2.2.0a</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Dec 1995</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_1199" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_1199">Shopping has changed a bit over the last year thanks to all the retailers appearing on the Web. In 1993, sales via the Internet were estimated to total about $100,000; in 1995, that figure should be over $70 million, and current estimates for 1996 are over $500 million</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Dec 1995</div></div>
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