Content Management Systems
Blogger
Google Blogger Software.
Analytics and Tracking
StatCounter
The website uses StatCounter a free yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly configurable hit counter and real-time detailed web stats.
Widgets
Lightbox
Lightbox JS is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.
Aggregation Functionality
Atom
Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds very similar to RSS.
RSS
A family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts.
Really Simple Discovery
Really Simple Discovery is a way to help client software find the services needed to read, edit, or "work with" weblogging software.
Document Information
XHTML Strict
The website claims XHTML strict. XHTML Strict is the same as HTML 4.01 Strict but follows XML guidelines. See the link for more information.
Javascript
JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development. Its proper name is ECMAScript, though "JavaScript" is much more commonly used. The website uses JavaScript.
MS Smart Tag Prevention
Prevents Microsoft from embedding smart tags on your content via their applications.
Canonical Content Tag
Public specification of a preferred URL for a page allows search engines to understand the original location for content.
OpenID
The website supports openid single digital identity via the use of OpenID.
Conditional Comments
The website uses conditional comments that are supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer. They allow web developers to show or hide HTML code based on the version of the viewer's browser.
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML
Encoding
UTF-8
UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode. It is the preferred encoding for web pages.