Boring Programming Stuff

For the past couple of months my greatest annoyance about Bloglines was that it stripped out all <object> and <embed> tags for security reasons. This is fine and good, except that most feeds embed videos using these tags instead of as RSS attachments. Google Reader has supported a whitelist of sites for over a year now. I finally got around to fixing the Bloglines security filter so that videos will show up. Below is the current whitelist. Any <embed> or <object> from these domains will not be stripped:

blip.tv
blogtv.com
blowery.org
break.com
brightcove.com
castfire.com
cnet.com
cnn.net
collegehumor.com
dailymotion.com
dotsub.com
ehow.com
google.com
gametrailers.com
gamevideos.com
glumbert.com
grouper.com
ifilm.com
jumpcut.com
kontraband.com
liveleak.com
metacafe.com
mobatalk.com
monstersandcritics.com
motionbox.com
myspace.com
podtech.net
podshow.com
revver.com
reuters.com
sapo.pt
singshot.com
slideshare.net
ustream.tv
verycd.com
videoegg.com
vimeo.com
vsocial.com
youtube.com

I made this list by asking my co-workers for video sites. If I’m missing something, post a comment and I’ll throw it on the TODO list.

Oh, and the obligatory demonstration of this feature:

I recently finished taking the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s basic rider course and got my M1 endorsement. The next week-end I bought a brand-new (well it’s a year old but it had zero miles on the odometer) 2007 Kawasaki Ninja 250R. I got a decent deal since Kawasaki redesigned the bike for 2008. Although considered a beginner bike, it’s a ton of fun to ride. Even going in a straight line on the freeway is entertaining. Keeping up with traffic means the engine revs to almost 10,000 rpm and sounds like it’s about to explode. Still, it’s not exactly slow. The top speed is almost 110mph and it can go from 0-60 in less than six seconds.

Will just got a Canon Rebel XTI and was testing it out today:

Yes, the flames do make it go faster.

Edit: I rode to San Francisco and back today.