I’m plugging away at the new version of the site, though in actual fact, surprisingly little has been done with the actual code.? So, what has been done?? Well, I’ve been checking out a few new options for the site, most of which rely on services and APIs provided by other sites.? Yep.? DFE4.0 is going *fully* Web2.0 on your ass.? Among the recent developments:

1. Comments on Articles by HaloScan!? In the current version of DFE, you are able to comment on blog posts (obviously), but you are not able to comment on the full articles in the main sections.? In retrospect, it seems obvious enough to have had HaloScan do the comments, but for some reason this is only just now happening.? The new version will have comment- and trackback-ready articles, which I am hoping to have some fun with.
2. Feeds by FeedBurner!? I’ve had feeds available for a while now, anyway.? However, the difference is what FeedBurner adds to the mix: “email this” links, del.icio.us links, application-aware feeds that provide just the right format for just the right application, and lots more.? All I need to do is provide a feed which will at least validate with an XML parser, and FeedBurner will do the rest.? Plus, if I can get some readership, I can advertise on the feeds as well.
3. Blog Info by Technorati!? If you’ve been at the WaPo in the last six months or so (or a goodly number of other websites), you’ve no doubt noticed the “who’s commenting” boxes that show you blogs that have commented on a given article.? Well, Technorati has provided several methods in an API for the rest of us to do just such types of things!? I had to have it.

Yep, I’m gettin’ pretty ‘cited over here!? Beyond this, I am still continuing to work on an Upcoming.org events calendar and hopefully a combined “Prog Roc” RSS feed.? Anyway, the fiancee is out getting her hair done as a trial for the wedding (three weeks away, holy crap!), and I was supposed to be writing more stuff for the site and not blogging on writing stuff for the site!

Woot!