Hello. I am Paul Kinlan.

My recent blog posts seem to be using trackback links automatically. Apologies to Blogger for the unintended behavior, however, I maintain my earlier criticism regarding the insufficient documentation provided for this newly launched feature.

I'm developing a complex new version of the AJAX Tagger (2.0) with enhanced features for adding data to journal entries. However, I'm curious if there's still interest in a simpler version like the original AJAX Tagger. Please share your thoughts and comments!

Blogger has a new Trackbacks feature, but enabling it with custom templates is tricky due to incomplete documentation. While new features are appreciated, completed documentation upon release is essential.

I'm planning to transform my AJAX Tagger into a WinFX application to experiment with its potential and integrate various web services.

My blog, Ping Goat, is having trouble getting indexed by Technorati, similar to the issues I've faced with Tagger.com. It seems Technorati might remove blogs from their index if their crawler encounters unresponsive parts of a site. I'm unsure how to resolve this besides raising the issue publicly, as their email support is very slow or non-existent.

I found a cool tagging website, Tagyu, that suggests tags based on other people's discussions. I'm working on my own version, which I believe will be even better when it's finished!

I've added Wikipedia document retrieval to my application, but there's a design flaw. Tags currently operate in isolation, unaware of each other's related Wikipedia articles. This can lead to duplicate content in the "related articles" section. To fix this, I need to implement a system that allows tags to share information and avoid redundancy, ultimately improving the user experience. Check out the current version here: http://www.kinlan.co.uk/AjaxExperiments/AjaxTag2

I just got Burnout Revenge for Xbox, and it's a huge step up from Burnout 3! The music, graphics, speed, and new levels are fantastic. The AI is good but a little predictable; I can foresee the first 30 seconds of one level perfectly. Minor variations aside, the other cars stick to very similar routes. Still, no game is perfect!

The related Wikipedia articles feature in AjaxTagger v1 is temporarily broken due to an update in one of the Yahoo Perl Proxy Scripts for AjaxTagger v2. I plan to fix it soon.

Quick update on the AJAX Tagger 2 development. Priority queues are working well, but might need some tweaking on queue numbers and polling intervals. Querying Technorati for tag counts is proving slow (around 2 seconds per query). Any tips on speeding this up, perhaps by limiting the number of blogs returned? Currently working on improving the related documents results, which now includes counts for all selected tags, not just the last search. Need to refine this area. More updates to come!