The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

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Wednesday, February 13, 2002

Here, we do permalinks right.

Dave Winer is critisizing Cam about not having “permalinks.” First off, what right does Dave Winer have saying how Cam should or shouldn't run his website? Second, about those “permalinks” you have Dave … what purpose does a 33 character anchor have in making a permanent link? The permanent link I'm referencing here is:

http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/02/12#le4674e474d473132a28becd906a93d74

Meanwhile, here at The Boston Diaries, the permament link for this entry is:

http://boston.conman.org/2002/2/13.1

With the added bonus of not shoving you to some random spot in a much longer page. If you're going to bother doing “permalinks” at least make them short and intelligable.

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