Thoughts on SOPA

Digital technology has made copying an intrinsic part of viewing, reading, or listening to content. Because copying and sharing content has become so easy, copyright holders have demanded that private citizens and companies be given more power to enforce intellectual property rights granted by the United States government. The “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) is the latest example of those demands.

Facebook Like button bugs

I’m working on Facebook integration for Field & Stream magazine. I first upgraded to the latest version of the Facebook API and set up Facebook login. I initialized the JavaScript SDK according to the instructions. Then I added the Like button. However, the Like button would not display the comment drop-down when it was clicked. The iframe for the comment drop-down was there, but it was empty. There turned out to be two problems:

What is the bookmark link type?

While reading HTML documentation to make sure I was adding metadata correctly, I came across a link type that baffled me. Here is the description from the HTML 4.01 specification:

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