posts brought to you by the category “painting”
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.
Kristi Ropeleski : Blood Harmony
I used to think that there was no fashion faux-pas worse than the pant-skirt.
Does anyone want to port this 'zooming photo album generator' to use SVG
Shouldn't that be /usr/sbin/god ?
Martine Pagé : Je t'aime, me neither
Apparently, the Internet is just a giant piece of installation art
Ron Hill : Astro::Sunrise.pm
Norm Walsh : Generalized Metadata in your Palm
Thirteen years ago, Marc Lepine shot his way in to an engineering class at the University of Montréal.
Dubya on not eating the broccoli:
I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.
Michael Schilli : Google-Hupf
Wie in[3] schon einmal im Linux-Magazin erörtert, schreiben sich SOAP-Anfragen in Perl ganz einfach mit Pavel Kulchenkos »SOAP::Lite«-Modul. Aber es geht sogar noch billiger: Mit »Net:: Google« liegt von Aaron Straup Cope eine schöne objektorientierte Abstraktion des Google-Webservice vor, die unter der Haube freilich SOAP::Lite nutzt.
Sigi Moeslinger : "Since cities are so strange and dense and anonymous,
you are driven to surround yourself with things that have personality. Things become like pets."
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : pelf
Pelf \Pelf\, n. [OE. pelfir booty, OF. pelfre, akin to pelfrer to plunder, and perh. to E. pillage. Cf. {Pilfer}.] Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. ``Mucky pelf.'' --Spenser. ``Paltry pelf.'' --Burke. Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry? --Fuller.
web1913
pelf n : informal terms for money [syn: {shekels}, {gelt}, {dough}, {bread}, {dinero}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {cabbage}, {kale}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : renascent
Renascent \Re*nas"cent\ (-sent), a. [L. renascens, p. pr. of renasci to be born again; pref. re- re- + nasci to be born. See {Nascent}.] 1. Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced. 2. See {Renaissant}.
web1913
renascent adj : surging or sweeping back again [syn: {resurgent}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : insensate
Insensate \In*sen"sate\, a. [L. insensatus. See {In-} not, and {Sensate}.] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. The silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things. --Wordsworth. The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. --Buckle. -- {In*sen"sate*ly}, adv. -- {In*sen"sate*ness}, n.
web1913
insensate adj 1: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: {insentient}] [ant: {sentient}] 2: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: {cold}, {cold-blooded}, {inhuman}]
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Real World Styles : Floating Thumbnails
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : relegate
Relegate \Rel"e*gate\ (r?l"?-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relegated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relegating}.] [L. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See {Legate}.] To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of the scholar. --Milman.
web1913
relegate v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: {pass on}, {submit}] 2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up" [syn: {demote}, {bump}, {break}, {kick downstairs}] [ant: {promote}] 3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: {banish}, {bar}] 4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?" "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn: {classify}]
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : shortspeak
Spoken language that omits articles and unnecessary elements, as in shorthand
ex. She said, "Kiss, fool" instead of "Kiss me, you fool" and I knew she was the one for me because I prefer shortspeak over monologue any day.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : cynosure
Cynosure \Cy"no*sure\ (s?"n?-sh?r or s?n"?-sh?r; 277), n. [L. Cynosura theconstellation Cynosure, Gr. ????? dog's tail, the constellation Cynosure; ????, ????, dog + ???? tail. See{Cynic}.] 1. The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed. 2. That which serves to direct. --Southey. 3. Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction. Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighboring eyes. --Milton.
web1913
cynosure n : something that strongly attracts attention (as the north star attracts mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : cupidity
Cupidity \Cu*pid"i*ty\ (k?-p?d"?-t?), n. [F. cupidite, L. cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long for, desire. See {Covet}.] 1. A passionate desire; love. [Obs.] 2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness. With the feelings of political distrust were mingled those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. --Prescott.
web1913
cupidity n : extreme greed for material wealth [syn: {avarice}, {avariciousness}, {covetousness}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : hirsute
hirsute adj. Occasionally used humorously as a synonym for {hairy}.
jargon
Hirsute \Hir*sute"\, a. [L. hirsutus; prob. akin to horridus horrid. Cf. {Horrid}.] 1. Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy. 2. Rough and coarse; boorish. [R.] Cynical and hirsute in his behavior. --Life of A. Wood. 3. (Bot.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs. --Gray. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
web1913
hirsute adj : having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar" [syn: {hairy}] [ant: {hairless}]
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hirsute Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for {hairy}. [{Jargon File}]
foldoc
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : senilosopher
A combination of "senile" and "philosopher." Used to describe a computer that constantly sits and proccesses information for no reason at all.
ex. Mark finishes booting computer and moves mouse, causing computer to sit and "think." "Dangit! I haven't even opened anything yet!! Stupid Senilosopher..."
Me : An interesting project would be to write a MT object driver to read and write wblgml....
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : staboogie
When you walk up to a cute nose and squeeze it, you say staboogie.
ex. Hey, come here and let me staboogie your nose!
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : ambimoustrous
Equally adept at using a computer's mouse with either hand - often in reaction to early-onset RSI.
ex. Oh, Paul's mouse is always on the wrong side of the PC - he's not a leftie though, he's ambimoustrous.
Andrew Wilson : Mail::Address::Tagged.pm
"This module implements an object that can generate and validate tagged email addresses. These are designed to be used primarily in anti-spam applications. The addresses generated all carry extra information, such as the date when they expire, who may use them to send you mail etc. A cryptocraphic hash of this extra information is also included in in the address. This Hashed Message Authenticaion Code (HMAC RFC 2104) is your guarantee that the information contained in the address has not been tampered with."
Fredric L. Rice : FBI may not appreciate the risks with Carnivore sniffing E-Mail
The GooseWorks.org Toolkit for Topic Map Information Processing
"is an implementation of the "Topicmaps.net's Processing Model for XTM" by Steven R. Newcomb and Michel Biezunski, referred to as PMTM4. It is a toolkit that provides the major building blocks to assemble topic map applications of various kinds such as command line tools, CGI applications, web browser plug-ins, and large-scale editing and processing applications."
Jon Udell : The Event -Driven Internet
"If you and I happen to be monitoring that topic in our browsers, the paragraph element will change interactively. But nothing says that the parties interested in that topic are always, or only, people running browsers. Of more general interest is the notion of a computing fabric in which processes subscribe to events, are notified of changes, and then take appropriate actions."
Ameni Rozsa : "Radio was made for the lonely,
the displaced and the out of touch. Its sound is our guardian angel, ubiquitous but unassuming. We move about our business while radio patiently follows. Its persistence soothes even our most sudden and sharp-edged isolations, softens the spaces between our souls and the ever-distant walls. In these ways, radio is forgiving, and the lonely are in need of forgiveness."
IETF : Whois Export and Exchange Format
The Rhino Book 4.0, beta chapter
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is starveling
| source : web1913 | Starveling \Starve"ling\, n. [Starve + -ling.] One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. --Shak. | source : web1913 | Starveling \Starve"ling\, a. Hungry; lean; pining with want. | source : wn | starveling n : someone who is starving (or being starved)
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is potentate
| source : web1913 | Potentate \Po"ten*tate\, n. [LL. potentatus, fr. potentare to exercise power: cf. F. potentat. See {Potent}, a.] One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch. The blessed and only potentate. --1 Tim. vi. 15. Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones. --Milton. | source : wn | potentate n : someone who rules unconstrained by law [syn: {dictator}]
Dave Cross : Tie::Hash::Cannabinol.pm
"is a completely useless demostration of how to use Tie::StdHash to pervert the behaviour of Perl hashes. Once a hash has been tied to Tie::Hash::Cannabinol, there is a 25% chance that it will forget anything that you tell it immediately and a further 25% chance that it won't be able to retrieve any information you ask it for. Any information that it does return will be pulled at random from it's keys."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is tattoo
| source : web1913 | Tattoo \Tat*too"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tattooed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tattooing}.] [Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand ta to tattoo, tatu puncturation (in Otaheite).] To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out. | source : web1913 | Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n.; pl. {Tattoos}. An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors. | source : web1913 | Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n. [Earlier taptoo, D. taptoe; tap a tap, faucet + toe to, shut (i. e., the taps, or drinking houses, shut from the soldiers).] (Mil.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp. {The Devil's tattoo}. See under {Devil}. | source : wn | tattoo n 1: a drumbeat of bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters 2: a design on the skin made by tattooing 3: the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining v : stain (skin) with indelible color
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is agon
| source : web1913 | Agon \Ag"on\, n.; pl. {Agones}. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to lead.] (Gr. Antiq.) A contest for a prize at the public games.
Calling Frontier from the command line
Roberto Guingato : book.php
"[is a] simple PHP script to parse a bookmark file written according to the XBEL format."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is undulant
| source : web1913 | Undulant \Un"du*lant\, a. Undulating. [R.]
Oooh!
Oreillynet : IrDA HotSynching for Older Palms and Visors
"I can toss the cradle and sync wirelessly. And I'm not just talking about IrDA for those lucky sods who have Palm OS 3.5 with necessary libraries built-in. Fortunately, even if you have an older Palm or Visor with OS 3.1, you too can impress your friends and coworkers by HotSyncing via the IrDA port. Here's how."
It's not online yet
but the latest issue of
The Perl Journal
has an article by Lincoln Stein titled "An IP Telephone in 74 Line of Perl", in case you needed another reason to subscribe.
Here's me,
looking for god in all these fucking details...
Daniel Richler : Stolen Tunes
"There are many indications that a similar change is in the works for all forms of replicable art: novels, pictures, movies, and any futuristic form of creative expression you can think of - weather arranging, say, or teledildonics. It won't be the end of the world, and it won't happen overnight, but it does appear to signal the end of the intellectual copyright system upon which so many people's livelihoods depend today. ... Under people like Edgar Bronfman, Jr., movie and record companies are morphing into armies of lawyers, even threatening to sue their artists' fans. Geddy Lee of Rush knows musicians who've actually proposed encrypting their CDs with hostile viruses. Now there's a scenario I'd like to share with William Gibson: in the twenty-first century the relationship between musician and fan will be one of war." Interestingly, this article will only be archived for three months. I'll leave it to the audience to decide if this merely demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of the Net on the part of the publisher, a piss-poor attempt at copyright protection or both.
This American Life : In Dog We Trust
Theodore R. Marmor : An American diagnosis
"[A]s long as anecdotal and political stories are the way we get our coverage of medicare, we'll see distortion of the program's true performance. ... For all the criticism of Canada's medicare program, I for one would be delighted to have its manageable problems in place of those in the United States.
Butthole Surfers : buttlegs
"By the mid 80's there were a bunch of bad sounding live bootlegs of the band in the shops. In '87 we felt we could bootleg the band as well as everybody else, so we joined the crowd and released our own crappy bootleg too. ... Since it's doubtful we'll ever reissue this again, here all the songs in the MP3 format, for those who want it but are reluctant to cough up the 100 bucks or so for an original copy on Ebay."
You'd think I'd won an award or something
I'd like to thank
Grim Skunk
for making music that helps on days when your hands hurt and your eyeballs are all tingley and you keep clutching your face like it's melting. I'd also like thank
symbolic links
for many of the same reasons. Finally, I'd like to thank spring for making an impromptu appearance today so that I could take a walk and cool off. Most people thought I was nuts to move back to Montreal in February, but it's worth it to be here when the warm weather finally comes. (It's only March, I will be surprised if it doesn't snow atleast once more.) The leaves are on the trees and people are outside and happy and giddy and psyched and it's great to be around. When I lived in Halifax, I used to wonder
how many times I could say
"I hate this place." Now, it's pretty much the opposite. Hee hee hee hee...
Macintouch : Jorg Brown on MacWorld SF 2000
"Then Steve talked a bit about the foundation of OS X being BSD Unix, very similar to the foundation of Linux. This produced a few chuckles from the crowd... it's a bit like saying that the PalmPilot has similar foundation to the original Mac, based on its use of the 68K processor, and a programming trick known as A-Traps. The reality is that the BSD foundation is well hidden (as it should be) from users of Mac OS X. And in any case, anyone who has ever used Unix/Linux knows that it's the antithesis of the Mac experience - extraordinarily difficult to set up and learn, command-line driven at its heart, runs best when it's set up as a server and stuffed in a closet. Sure, there are movements afoot to change this - UIs with poor names like KDE allow Linux to look like Unix stuffed into Windows. It's ugly and non-standard. So why mention the similarity of OS X's underpinnings to Linux? One has to wonder. Perhaps to drive up Apple's stock price? "Internet! Linux! Internet! Linux!"
Bob Metcalfe : What if I-commerce were restricted on weekends?
You know, I tend to agree that trying to regulate the hours an e-commerce site is "open" is pretty goofy on a global level. I do not, however, think that the efforts of people to try and insure a quality of life we have come to expect and enjoy need to be subject to this kind of petty sarcasm. [These] are complicated and important issues that need to be addressed because we all still breath the same air. Just because I might want to be a keener doesn't make me more special and someone else a loser. To think otherwise, from what I've seen, is often just ego-fucking.
Bernard Buffet 1928 - 1999
"C'était l'un des peintres français les plus connus, et probablement le plus contesté. Bernard Buffet s'est suicidé, lundi 4 octobre, dans sa propriété de Tourtour (Var), à l'âge de soixante et onze ans."
The Nando Times on the Chair Wars
Jesus of the Week
"I used to work with someone in the food and beverage industry who had a cocaine problem that left her nasal cavity in roughly the same state as this unfortunate Christ's. As I recall, she sought treatment, but Betty Ford doesn't offer help to Sons of God carved on palm trees."
Upside on IPIX
"Ipix has patented the use of a camera and a fish-eye lens to capture two images that [are] combined via software algorithms, to produce an image that can be viewed on a computer to simulate an immersive environment," says one member of the
International QuickTime VR Association ( IQTVR )
, an international group supporting the Apple technology. "This is like Crayola patenting the use of paper and drawing instruments to produce art and then charging people for each sheet of paper used."
Le bal des cerfs-volants
My friend JB's father is a kite-maker in Montreal. The story goes that the
SRC
asked him to do a kite-show in the parking lot of their Montreal studios some years ago. He showed up at the
Maison Radio Canada
, got a kite up and soon someone came along and commented on the kite and [Claude] asked him he'd like to fly it. Now there were two kites in air, and after the next person stopped there were three. Eventually, the whole sky was full of kites!
Mondo Canuck Trivia Applet
Mondo Canuck,
the book
, was co-written by a guy who to used to deconstruct American sitcoms on national radio, but it's still worth reading. Requires Java.
