You will soon have some new methods for adding your events to listings sites like spraci.com thanks to the use of

microformats /

I've had a look at the wordpress plugin.

I think I could set it up so that when an event is posted to a blog via this plugin it is recognised as an event and posted to the event listings under the correct date, categories, city, etc.

In simple terms:

The use of microformats like hcalendar could provide lots of interesting ways for people to syndicate data such as event details, locations, contact details, etc to to other sites using standard blogging software while still keeping the data in seperate machine-useable fields.

The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Monday key amendments to the regulation of United States sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan. The new provisions give a blanket license for the export of "certain services and software incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, provided that such services are publicly available at no cost to the user." This clarification is just what EFF called for last June, and will go a long way to allay concerns that online service providers based in the U.S. cannot offer their services in those countries. Previously, despite the well-known freedom-enhancing capabilities of services like Twitter and Facebook in repressive regimes like Iran, it was unclear whether those companies could even offer their services there without falling foul of the United State's broad prohibition on the export of goods and serv

Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines comments on today's appeal court ruling upholding the sentencing of video blogging youth activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli. Adopted as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, the blog posts two video tributes and says that both men are "ordinary people with extraordinary talent" and ...

Bloomberg TV proclaims that, just as Amazon.com reinvented itself as a megamart, former Amazon.com bull Henry Blodget has reinvented himself as Blogger King. Hey, if Blodget's blogs do as well as his Amazon.com call, Perez Hilton should watch his tiara. More »

Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging (videologging, podcasting, comic drawing etc.!) to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science. Womens contributions often go unacknowledged, their innovations seldom mentioned, their faces rarely recognised. We want you to tell the world about these unsung heroines, whatever they do. It doesnt matter how new or old your blog is, what gender you are, what language you blog in, or what you normally blog about " everyone is invited. Just sign the pledge at Finding Ada and publish your blog post any time on Wednesday 24th March 2010.

San Francisco - Twelve years after the passage of the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the law continues to stymie fair use, free speech, scientific research, and legitimate competition. A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) collects reported examples of abuses of the DMCA and the ongoing harm the law continues to inflict on consumers, scientists, and small businesses. The U.S. Copyright Office is currently mulling proposed exemptions to the DMCA's ban on "circumventing" digital rights management (DRM) and "other technical protection measures" used to restrict access to copyrighted works. The Copyright Office is empowered to grant exemptions to the law every three years to mitigate the harms that DRM otherwise would impose on legitimate, non-infringing uses of copyrighted materials. The triennial Copyright Office rulemaking, however, has not been enough to prevent abuses of the DMCA. EFF's report details the numerous harms stemming from the DMCA's ban on circumventin

Tony Bourdain drops a few new details about the rest of the current season of No Reservations: "We're also doing a bunch of really cool specials, one of which is sort of instructional, with an amazing, amazing line up of chefs. You know, ridiculously over-qualified great chefs of the world teaching you how to do really simple things like make an omelet or roast a chicken, which is going to be shockingly awesome. There’s a special about people obsessed with making food, people obsessed with eating food, blogging about food. " TV.com via Eater National

Bloggers Cry Foul in Google Music Blog TakedownsDavid Abrams, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, February 17, 2010 Abstract: Music bloggers are up in arms over Google's removal of six popular music blogs. Google claims it deleted the blogs after receiving multiple Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices alleging that the blogs allowed readers to download copyrighted works without the owner's permission. The dispute appears to arise partially from an aggressive stance taken by Google in response to industry takedown notices and partially from a lack of understanding of DMCA takedown procedures by the blog owners. Music bloggers are up in arms over Google's removal of six popular music blogs, I Rock Cleveland, It’s a Rap, Living Ears, To Die By Your Side, Masala and Pop Tarts, from blogging sites it owns Music bloggers are up in arms over Google's removal of six popular music blogs, I Rock Cleveland, It’s a Rap, Living Ears, To Die By Y

Blogger Bill Lipold of I Rock Cleveland RespondsAs they did last year, Google has without warning deleted a number of established music blogs hosted on its Blogger service this week. In an email sent to I Rock Cleveland, Pop Tarts, Masala, To Die By Your Side, It's a Rap, Living Ears and perhaps others, Google said that it had been sent multiple copyright infringement notices from record labels. Each blogger awoke to find years of posts deleted and a notice from Google's Blogger team, "We'd like to inform you that we've received another complaint regarding your blog." said Google. "Upon review of your account, we've noted that your blog has repeatedly violated Blogger's Terms of Service. Given that we've provided you with several warnings of these violations and advised you of our policy towards repeat infringers, we've been forced to remove your blog. Thank you for your understanding.""I do admit, Ive been accused of infringement before, but in each and every case it happened after posting an mp3 pre-

Imagine that you want to sue someone for what they wrote, anonymously, in a web-based online forum. To succeed, you'll first have to figure out who they really are. How hard is that task? It's a question that Harlan Yu, Ed Felten, and I have been kicking around for several months. We've come to some tentative answers that surprised us, and that may surprise you. Until recently, I thought the picture was very grim for would-be plaintiffs, writing that it should be simple for "even a non-technical Internet user to engage in effectively untraceable speech online." I still think it's feasible for most users, if they make enough effort, to remain anonymous despite any level of scrutiny they are practically likely to face. But in recent months, as Harlan, Ed, and I have discussed this issue, we've started to see a flip side to the coin: In many situations, it may be far easier to unmask apparently anonymous online speakers than they, I, or many others in the policy community have appreciated. Today, I'll tell a sto

Goldman Sachs' disdainful mouthpiece, Lucas Van Praag, is blogging for the Huffington Post. We know he's 'head of communications' but there are limits. What's wrong with throwing an illuminated manuscript out of a sedan chair for the poors? Van Praag, to be fair, is being his usual withering self in pushing back on the assertions in a New York Times article from Sunday on Goldman Sachs' relationship with AIG. But still. Pic via