posts brought to you by the category “shut the fuck
up”
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.
Know you know : The only thing more fun that riding your bike up
the mountain in the rain
Jon Udell : The Document is the Database
It's handy that the "database" is a self-contained package that
can be updated using any text editor, emailed, read directly from a
file system, or served by any web server. But it's awkward to share
the work of updating with other people or to isolate and edit parts
of the file as it grows. When we convert to a database-backed web
application in order to solve these problems, we trade away the
convenience of the file-oriented approach. Can we have our cake and
eat it too?
John E. Simpson, the XML Q&A guy, has some nice things to
say about the XML Résumé extensions I wrote.
Scott Wiersdorf : Term::Twiddle.pm
Always fascinated by the spinner during FreeBSD's loader
bootstrap, I wanted to capture it so I could view it any time I
wanted to--and I wanted to make other people find that same joy I
did. Now, anytime you or your users have to wait for something to
finish, instead of twiddling their thumbs, they can watch the
computer twiddle its thumbs.
Luke Andrews on the Canadian hinterland and Hogtown
Meanwhile, David "I'm just waiting for my application for U.S.
citizenship to be processed" Frum chastises Americans for not being
Canadians.
Me : Eatdrinkfeelgood 1.1b4
Mike Steinberger : Why it was decided to make the region's humblest
juice
—a wine mainly borne of its worst vineyards, a wine barely
removed from the fermentation vat, a wine that is nothing more than
pleasantly tart barroom swill—its international standard bearer
is a question that will undoubtedly puzzle marketing students for
generations to come.
Claire Harrison : Hypertext Links - Wither Thou Goest and Why
I began to ask myself questions about my intuitions regarding
linking. Was this behavior completely idiosyncratic? Or was I making
decisions based on principles that I had not articulated? If so, what
were these principles and what did their application mean for
hypertext authors and users?
Michael Kinsey : Deliver Us From Evil
If the subjective basis for terrorists hating America is off
limits for consideration, that would seem to leave the objective
basis: Is it something we did, or didn't do, to them or theirs? But
this violates the ancient conservative taboo (c. 1984, styling by
Jeane Kirkpatrick) against "blaming America first." So, check and
mate: Terrorism is evil, evil, evil—gosh, it's evil—and
there's nothing else to discuss.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : concomitant
Concomitant \Con*com"i*tant\, n. One who, or that which,
accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an
associate; an accompaniment. Reproach is a concomitant to greatness.
--Addison. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness.
--South.
web1913
concomitant adj : following as a consequence; "an excessive
growth of bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to the
changeover in management" [syn: {accompanying}, {attendant},
{incidental}, {incidental to(p)}] n : an event or situation that
happens at the same time as or in connection with another [syn:
{accompaniment}, {co-occurrence}]
wn
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : ameliorate
Ameliorate \A*mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better; to
meliorate; as, wine ameliorates by age.
web1913
ameliorate v 1: to make better; "The editor improved the
manuscript with his changes" [syn: {better}, {improve}, {amend},
{meliorate}] [ant: {worsen}] 2: get better; "The weather improved
toward evening." [syn: {better}, {improve}, {meliorate}] [ant:
{worsen}]
wn
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : autodidact
Autodidact \Au"to*di*dact`\, n. [Gr. ? self-taught.] One
who is self-taught; an automath.
web1913
autodidact n : a person who is self-taught
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : the dog's
"The dog's bollocks," meaning the very best. British
Slang.
ex. Did you see Dave's new car? It's the
dog's.
XML::Comma
"is an information management platform. Comma
speeds the development of content-heavy applications, and was designed to
solve some of the problems that make managing extremely large web sites
so expensive, difficult and tedious."
Ed Hawco : Bullet holes, Tokyo Restaurant, Montreal
I've added the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup to the Perlblog
Edward Bilodeau : The PaperPDA
"As you can see, the form factor of the PaperPDA
has several advantages to it. It is highly flexible. You can bend it,
fold it, crumple it up, and it still works. It weighs almost nothing. And
it fits perfectly in a pocket. If you encounter a smaller pocket, you can
just fold it over again. Power consumption is zero."
Do you like to live on the edge
UVM : ProcBuilder
"is a basic web interface to creating and editing
Procmail recipes."
American Airlines flight #587 information : 1.800/ 245.0999
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is acuity
| source : web1913 | Acuity \A*cu"i*ty\, n. [LL.
acuitas: cf. F. acuit['e].] Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit,
etc. | source : wn | acuity n 1: the visual ability to resolve fine
detail [syn: {visual acuity}, {sharp-sightedness}] 2: a quick and
penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired
the keenness of his mind" [syn: {acuteness}, {sharpness}, {keenness}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is abeyance
| source : web1913 | Abeyance \A*bey"ance\, n.
[OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to
look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape.] 1. (Law)
Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. Note: When there is no
person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is
said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it
as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner
appears. --Blackstone. 2. Suspension; temporary suppression. Keeping the
sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of
abeyance. --De Quincey. | source : wn | abeyance n : temporary cessation
or suspension [syn: {suspension}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is forcible
| source : web1913 | Forcible \For"ci*ble\, a.
[Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable that may be forced.] 1. Possessing
force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful;
efficacious; impressive; influential. How forcible are right words!
--Job. vi. 2?. Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when
broken. --Bacon. But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak. That
punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. --Hooker. He
is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. --Lowth (Transl.
) 2. Violent; impetuous. Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
--Prior. 3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction. In
embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust. --Swift. {Forcible
entry and detainer} (Law), the entering upon and taking and withholding
of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong
hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter. Syn:
Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent; weighty;
impressive; cogent; influential. | source : wn | forcible adj : impelled
by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a
real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics" [syn: {physical},
{strong-arm}]
Village Voice : Wish You Were Here
Elliotte Rusty Harold : "Until the U.S. is willing to honestly
address why we're hated, no security measures will be sufficient."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is arbiter
| source : web1913 | Arbiter \Ar"bi*ter\, v. t.
To act as arbiter between. [Obs.] | source : web1913 | Arbiter
\Ar"bi*ter\, n. [L. arbiter; ar- (for ad) + the root of betere to go;
hence properly, one who comes up to look on.] 1. A person appointed, or
chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them. Note: In
modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word. 2. Any person who has the
power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one
whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. For Jove is arbiter
of both to man. --Cowper. Syn: Arbitrator; umpire; director; referee;
controller; ruler; governor. | source : wn | arbiter n 1: someone with
the power to settle matters at will; "she was the final arbiter on all
matters of fashion" [syn: {supreme authority}] 2: someone chosen to judge
and decide a disputed issue [syn: {arbitrator}]
Matt Segeant's slides from his AxKit presentation at TPC5
Stas Bekman : [T]aking mod_perl to the commercial world
Geeks R Us : "The file is locked!
Yes it seems that the Finder locking is in a
layer lower than the Unix POSIX layer, so not even root can muck with
files that are locked. Simply select the file in the Finder, choose Show
Info from the File menu, and uncheck 'Locked'. "
see also :
man chflags
Pyrex Body Art
"Pyrex brand glass has recently become a notable
contender in the race to fill newly enlarged holes."
Ian Brown : "We hired Human Barbie."
PHP Builder : Graphing with Flash
Do androids dream of renting electric sheep?
Todd Gitlin : "On Earth, the only land ahead is the compromised
land.
Politics means satisfactions and
dissatisfactions, not redemptions. There is this truth: We are condemned
to share the Earth with people we dislike, even despise. In a democracy,
we are condemned to share power with them."
