posts brought to you by the category “only the nose
knows”
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.
Libby Miller & Martin Poulter : Easy Image Annotation for the
Semantic Web
Philemon nodded knowingly.
Joan Starr : "To the uninitiated, the development of a metadata
standard might appear to be a passionless occupation."
Oh god, Karl's going to want these comments embedded as RDF in each
picture...
Steffen Schwigon : pod-mode.el
A major mode for editing .pod-files in (X)Emacs
Me : Acme::Test::Weather.pm 0.2
Laura Holder : Illinois Flatland #5
Andy Milford : As I write this several of my friend sit in police
vans
Me : Net::ITE.pm 0.03
Me : Eatdrinkfeelgood 1.1b4
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : barney
A police officer or police cruiser, from Barney Fife of
_The Andy Griffith Show_.
ex. Slow down, I see a Barney up ahead.
see also :
barney dict-ified
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : apostasy
Apostasy \A*pos"ta*sy\, n.; pl. {Apostasies}. [OE.
apostasie, F. apostasie, L. apostasia, fr. Gr. ? a standing off from, a
defection, fr. ? to stand off, revolt; ? from + ? to stand. See {Off}
and {Stand}.] An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a
total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party;
esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from
Christianity.
web1913
apostasy n 1: the state of having rejected your religious
beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing
beliefs or causes) [syn: {renunciation}, {defection}] 2: the act of
abandoning a party or cause [syn: {tergiversation}]
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : id (ten) t
error
Most common computer error.
ex. Oh, you have a "ID10T" error. (IDIOT)
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : oh
crackerz
When you forget something or are
disappointed.
ex. Oh, crackerz! I wanted to go.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
giggersnort
Snorting sound, produced by laughing through the nose.
Often derisive laughter.
ex. Haha. That was so funny. (giggersnort)
Oh, would that the wunderkinds at Google add a SOAP interface to
their translation tool.
So, do you think Bill Guerin was asking Josie
Me : Net::Google.pm 0.4
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : mincer
Insult. Like jackass or moron, etc.
ex. The blond guy in N 'SYNC is a mincer.
see also :
mincer dict-ified
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : friable
Friable \Fri"a*ble\, a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub,
break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray: cf.
F. friable.] Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.
``Friable ground.'' --Evelyn. ``Soft and friable texture.'' --Paley. --
{Fri'a*ble*ness}, n.
web1913
friable adj 1: easily broken into small fragments or
reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue";
"friable curds formed in the stomach" 2: (used of soil) loose and
large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil" [syn: {light},
{sandy}]
wn
Caterina Fake : "I was astonished, upon moving to this
country,
that Canadians didn't know how to
deface their own currency
."
Leon "Acme::" Brocard on pipelines
"But luckily pipelines seem to only go through
very beautiful places."
Bill Humphries : BlogML and the Semantic Web
"It would be a mitzvah if, when I read something
and wanted to comment on it, that content becomes an entry in my weblog,
and the original weblog could syndicate the responses into their weblog."
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : sinecure
Sinecure \Si"ne*cure\, v. t. To put or place in a sinecure.
web1913
sinecure n 1: a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral
duties are attached 2: an office that involves minimal duties
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : bodgieman
Someone who can 'fix' anything, given the right amount of
inappropriate materiél and sufficient amounts of boundless
enthusiasm. Balanced only by stunning incompetence.
ex. Alice: "Looks like the asbetos nozzle on my favourite
flamethrower has broken off." Bob: "Never mind, I'll call on
bodgieman. Chuck! Over here!" Chuck: "Hmm. I'll Sellotape
(Scotchtape) it back together. No problem." All: "Bodgieman can fix
anything with Sellotape!"
Kip Hampton : "Here's an example of a 'paginator' XSLT
stylesheet
for record-oriented data."
I have nothing bad to say about the XSLT Standard Library
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is transmute
| source : web1913 | Transmute \Trans*mute"\, v.
t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transmuting}.]
[L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See
{Mutable}, and cf. {Transmew}.] To change from one nature, form, or
substance, into another; to transform. The caresses of parents and the
blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster.
Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. --H. Smith. | source
: wn | transmute v 1: change in outward structure or looks; "He
transformed into a monster" [syn: {transform}] 2: change or alter in
form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her
completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture" [syn:
{transform}] 3: alter in nature; of chemical elements in alchemy
Duke Law School : Conference on the Public Domain
Janice Stein : The Cult of Efficiency
"These lectures are about post-industrial society
in the making. There is a growing emphasis on efficiency in this era of
globalization, and the language of efficiency shapes the way citizens
think about their most important shared values. But hidden in the
polemics about efficiency are, I believe, much more important and
enduring conversations about accountability and choice in post-industrial
societies. To discover how these arguments live in practice, to move
beyond the fixed positions of our political warriors, I wanted to look at
what we as citizens are saying about public schools and hospitals. It is
here that citizens engage in the most immediate and practical ways with
the arguments of our times. I think by listening to these very local
debates we can explore the dilemmas of democratic processes in a global
age, where waste is a sin but the public trust remains sacred.
Surprisingly, I find that citizens want to see both less and more of the
state. Although citizens in post-industrial society are less deferential,
more distrustful of authority, and more confident of their capacity to
make the important choices, the escape from the state is more apparent
than real." (real audio)
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is copse
| source : web1913 | Copse \Copse\, v. t. 1. To
trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc.
--Halliwell. 2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. --Swift. | source :
web1913 | Copse \Copse\, n. [Contr. from coppice.] A wood of small
growth; a thicket of brushwood. See {Coppice}. Near yonder copse where
once the garden smiled. --Goldsmith. | source : wn | copse n : a dense
growth of bushes [syn: {brush}, {brushwood}, {coppice}, {thicket}]
Like many people, I am eager to see what Moveabletype is like,
Steve Pepper : The TAO of Topic Maps
"While it is possible to represent immensely
complex structures using topic maps, the basic concepts of the model
– Topics, Associations, and Occurrences (TAO) – are easily
grasped. This paper provides a non-technical introduction to these and
other concepts (the IFS and BUTS of topic maps), relating them to things
that are familiar to all of us from the realms of publishing and
information management, and attempting to convey some idea of the uses to
which topic maps will be put in the future." via
xblog
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is exhort
| source : web1913 | Exhort \Ex*hort"\, v. i. To
deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
With many other words did he testify and exhort. --Acts ii. 40. | source
: web1913 | Exhort \Ex*hort"\, n. Exhortation. [Obs.] --Pope. | source :
web1913 | Exhort \Ex*hort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhorted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Exhorting}.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite,
encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See {Hortative}.] To incite by words or
advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable
conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise,
warn, or caution. Examples gross as earth exhort me. --Shak. Let me
exhort you to take care of yourself. --J. D. Forbes. | source : wn |
exhort v 1: urge on or encourage esp. by shouts; "The crowd cheered the
demonstrating strikers" [syn: {cheer}, {inspire}, {urge}, {barrack},
{urge on}, {pep up}] 2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I
urged him to finish his studies" [syn: {urge}, {urge on}, {press}] |
source : devils | EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the
conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown
discomfort.