1.	There's new activity in RSS, the syndication format designed by UserLand and Netscape. And XML-RPC now has a validator to be sure the implementations interoperate.
2.	SOAP, which is the descendent of XML-RPC that we worked on with Developmentor and Microsoft, and then IBM, has a new supporter, Sun Microsystems. This one blew me away. Has hell frozen over too? Seriously, welcome Sun and thanks for the support!
3.	Manila users now have Themes so even if you're not a great designer you can still have a site that was designed by one. And Frontier 6.2, which is totally ISP-ready, is inches from shipping.
4.	I'm still doing a lot of traveling, three trips remain in June, Seattle twice and New York once.
5.	As always the daily news is on www.scripting.com. Your participation is welcome.