posts brought to you by the category “age of
access”
Das eez kaput! Sometime around 2002 I spaced the entire database
table that mapped individual entries to categories. Such is life.
What follows is a random sampling of entries that were associated
with the category. Over time, the entries will be updated and then it
will be even more confusing. Wander around, though, it's still a fun
way to find stuff.
We are looking for a volunteer with a passion for documentary films
and experience with Perl
We are looking for a volunteer with a passion for documentary
films and experience with Perl and MySQL database programming. We
will rent a dedicated server for the project so you can play around
with the mod_perl module and create a cool site for your resume. We
cant pay you anything but we will mail shade grown coffee to keep you
going.
Elliotte Rusty Harold : Remember Mixed Content
What's really telling in this example is that the community
promptly hacked their own uglier version of mixed content back into
RSS, even though the original developers had tried to avoid it.
FreePAN, The Free Programming Archive Network
From the "This is My Cross to Bear" department : this bit about the
chronological ordering of posts is a crock of shit.
The bendypig on the depths of our wishes.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : acronyze
(verb) The process of shortening phrases, via an acronym,
for the purpose of simplifing statements. Typically used in technical
data reporting or inter-office e-mails. (IE "FUBAR" or
"KISS")
ex. I didn't realize that phrase had been
acronyzed.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : allugot
All you have; everything.
ex. How much do you think this marriage will cost?
Allugot.
Soon, unless I decide to fuck it and go read my book
Hockey Night in Canada
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : loquacious
Loquacious \Lo*qua"cious\, a. [L. loquax, -acis, talkative,
fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. ? to rattle, shriek, shout.] 1. Given to
continual talking; talkative; garrulous. Loquacious, brawling, ever in
the wrong. --Dryden. 2. Speaking; expressive. [R.] --J. Philips. 3. Apt
to blab and disclose secrets. Syn: Garrulous; talkative. See
{Garrulous}.
web1913
loquacious adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from
her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {garrulous},
{talkative}, {talky}]
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Kip Hampton : Introducing XML::SAX::Machines, Part One
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : needing a
taco
The state of being in which a person is taking him- or
herself wayyyyy too seriously. Most commonly used in the context of
love and romance. (Taken from the South Park cd "Chef Aid" in which
Chef gives Meatloaf a taco because he gets carried away singing about
Meredith Baxter-Birney.)
ex. Now that is a man in dire need of a
taco!
Jon Udell : Quick and Dirty Topic Mapping
Me : Blogger.pm 0.6
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : incipient
Incipient \In*cip"i*ent\, a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of
incipere to begin. See {Inception}.] Beginning to be, or to show
itself; commencing; initial; as, the incipient stage of a fever;
incipient light of day. -- {In*cip"i*ent*ly}, adv.
web1913
incipient adj : only partly in existence; imperfectly
formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague
inchoate idea" [syn: {inchoate}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : hauteur
Hauteur \Hau`teur"\, n. [F., fr. haut high. See {Haughty}.]
Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
web1913
The Ping Indentity Bill of Rights and Principles
"assumes that someday, everything that
communicates electronically will have a globally unique digital identity.
This Bill of Rights captures the fundamental rights and privileges that
should be enjoyed by each digital identity, and the principles by which
these identities are created and shared."
I don't really know if I think the iLamp will be a hit
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is fiat
| source : web1913 | Fiat \Fi"at\, n. [L., let it
be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere
to make. Cf. {Be}.] 1. An authoritative command or order to do something;
an effectual decree. His fiat laid the corner stone. --Willis. 2. (Eng.
Law) (a) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. (b) An authority for
certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature. {Fiat
money}, irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but
deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government
issuing it. | source : wn | fiat n : a legally binding command or
decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);
"a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
[syn: {decree}, {edict}, {order}, {rescript}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is turbid
| source : web1913 | Turbid \Tur"bid\, a. [L.
turbidus, from turba tumult, disturbance, akin to turbare to disturb. See
{Trouble}, and cf. {Disturb}, {Perturb}.] 1. Having the lees or sediment
disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any
kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine. On that strong, turbid water, a
small boat, Guided by one weak hand, was seen to float. --Whittier. 2.
Disturbed; confused; disordered. `` Such turbid intervals that use to
attend close prisoners.'' --Howell. | source : wn | turbid adj : (of
especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy
coffee"; "murky waters" [syn: {cloudy}, {muddy}, {mirky}, {murky}]
www.foodclub.org
"promote[s] community food-buying clubs. When I
first joined a food-buying club in Alsea, Oregon, I thought it was the
coolest thing ever. I never knew such a thing existed. I decided to use
my programming skills to contribute back to the people who started it and
made it work, and to help this great idea spread. I have written internet
software that makes the administrative and organizational tasks of
running a food-buying club very simple. It allows people to join their
orders together quickly, keeping track of prices for each item, and can
even handle splits, where many people split a single case of something.
It takes much of the headache out of combining orders to send to the
wholesaler, and then figuring out how much everyone owes after the order
comes in. ... Starting with release 0.15 you can run it simply as
standalone CGI scripts, eliminating the need for mod_perl."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is redoubtable
| source : web1913 | Redoubtable \Re*doubt"a*ble\
(-?*b'l), a. [F. redoutable, formerly also spelt redoubtable.]
Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence,
valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also {redoutable}.]
| source : wn | redoubtable adj 1: inspiring fear; "the formidable
prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary
than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something
unnerving and prisonlike about high gray wall" [syn: {formidable},
{unnerving}] 2: having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the
Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family" [syn: {glorious},
{illustrious}, {respected}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is unguent
| source : web1913 | Unguent \Un"guent\ (?; 277),
n. [L. unguentum, from unguere, ungere, to anoint: cf. F. onguent. See
{Ointment}, and cf. {Unction}, {Unctuous}.] A lubricant or salve for
sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. --Cowper. Note: An unguent is
stiffer than a liniment, but softer than a cerate. | source : wn |
unguent n : used for healing or soothing [syn: {ointment}, {balm},
{salve}]
Georgi Georgiev : class.dlist.db.php
is a "simple, not very well writen class, which
manages dynamic double-linked list structure of data."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is pied-a-terre
| source : wn | pied-a-terre n : lodging for
occasional or secondary use; "they bought a pied-a-terre in London"
Perlmonks : And you thought whitespace was easy.
"[S]omeone asked how to scrunch chunks of
whitespace into a single space, unless the chunk was "\n\n" (in which
case it doesn't get altered)."
Damian Conway : More answers (modulo Larry :-) regarding the [
Perl6 ] 'given when' construct.
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is intrepid
| source : web1913 | Intrepid \In*trep"id\, a.
[L. intrepidus: cf. F. intr['e]pide. See {In-} not, and {Trepidation}.]
Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted;
courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit. Syn: Fearless;
dauntless; resolute; brave; courageous; daring; valiant; heroic; doughty.
| source : wn | intrepid adj : invulnerable to fear or intimidation;
"audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid
pioneers" [syn: {audacious}, {brave}, {dauntless}, {fearless},
{unfearing}]
N.Y. Times : The Art World Starts to Pay Attention to Video
Games
NY Times : We have outsourced our brains.
Gregor N. Purdy : A Commentary on the XML-RPC Specification and
Definition of XPC Version 0.1
"These comments are stylistic in nature, and it
is well recognized by the author that style in program and protocol
design are very personal. This commentary will, however, point out the
rationale of the proposed changes to the specification's design."
National Post : CBC accused of pro-Leaf hockey bias
"[I]f it isn't good enough for Ottawa, they can
take a big bite of my a--. You can tell 'em that, too."
I had to walk through the tunnel
Shiny new tunes from Bran Van 3000
NY Times : Workspaces - Products of a Modern Dreamscape
"Like the old
Good Design
shows,
Workspheres
presents a mythology. It couples the idea of the Next with the belief
that we must collectively work our way toward it. The Next will not
descend from above, without our effort. We must toil to get there. On the
other hand, our travel expenses will be paid, and the work will be
performed with tools that have vast sex appeal. Isn't that a good deal?
... To see the work environment in temporal terms is to experience it as
an event more than a place. This experience may be the most profound idea
at the show. The electronic appliances are tools for creating events out
of relationships in space, time and sensibility. An event may be
hierarchically structured, as in a typical management chart, or its
architecture may be free-floating."
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