Tag Archives: tilting at windmills

Issue while changing Netflix account reactivation date.

Sat 30 Oct 2010 – 10:11:38

(Because I’d rather rant on my blog than call Customer Service, that’s why.) Expected behavior: The ability to select any date from October 30 to January 28 (i.e., the earliest to latest allowed dates) via the month and day drop-downs when changing account reactivation date. Actual behavior: Was unable to select January 28, 2011 (the [...]

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WorldCat’s new canonical URIs are ugly and stupid

Wed 10 Mar 2010 – 13:13:44

WorldCat is now permanently redirecting straightforward, hackable identifier-based URIs, to new, absurdly long canonical URIs . This means that a link to something like: http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780060817084 now becomes: http://www.worldcat.org/title/marley-me-life-and-love-with-the-worlds-worst-dog/oclc/58431841 Besides being longer and uglier, the new canonical URI forces a loss in semantic precision. It’s no longer sensible for me to reference multiple editions of the [...]

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