• Monday, April 01 2002

    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : vunrable   When one could not be bothered to pronounce the word "vulnerable." ex. That cow's vunrabl...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : lachrymose   Lachrymose \Lach"ry*mose`\, a. [L. lacrymosus, better lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (al...

  • Tuesday, April 02 2002

    • Robin Berjon : Search CPAN Mozilla sidebar
    • John, you could make an equally plausible argument   that you are, in fact, the one who feels threatened by articles like the one you've pointed to b...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : teotwawki   Absolute disaster--derived from "The End Of The World As We Know It" ex. Every election y...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : abscond   Abscond \Ab*scond"\, v. t. To hide; to conceal. [Obs.] --Bentley. web1913 abscond ...

  • Wednesday, April 03 2002

    • N.Y. Times : The Brave New Kitchen (No Room for Cooking)   "I studied [the design] a long time before saying: "It's beautiful. But where do we put the ug...
    • 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 : write-only   Unreadable or indecipherable. Something of sufficient complexity that it is incomprehensible...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : probity   Probity \Prob"i*ty\, n. [F. probit['e], fr. L. probitas, fr. probus good, proper, honest. ...

  • Thursday, April 04 2002

    • Oh look, I'm in USA Today   singing into a hair dryer. It's nice to know that The Firm, without which this moment would neve...
    • Karl and I spent some time talking about email again, last night.   Specifically, we were talking about how to deal with filtering and blacklisting spammers. The mo...
    • Jon Udell : The Protean Power of Textual Transformation
    • Oyama Hiroyuki : Net::MySQL .pm   "is a Pure Perl client interface for the MySQL database. This module implements network pro...
    • Robin Williams : "George almost died from a pretzel   — almost took the cab. Gilligan's down! Gilligan's down! Even his own dogs don't give a shit. ...
    • Aaron Schwartz : The Semantic Web for Web Developers   Rule number one : If you expect a web designer to care about anything you have to say, don't mak...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : genericise   To write or design something in a way that is generic or to change something to become gener...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : taciturn   Taciturn \Tac"i*turn\, a. [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See {Tacit}.] Habitually...

  • Friday, April 05 2002

    • Donald A. Norman : Just because it's funny doesn't mean it isn't real   "The New 7 series BMW no longer has all those knobs and buttons that clutter up the dashboa...
    • Bill Kearney has created a bunch of cool weblog maps   "based on the site URL's IP address."
    • The Drupal-gang discuss the "Collaborative book and Instant Outlining".   I don't want to piss on everyone's parade, but this is really not a new idea. It has been around...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : dilligaff   Short for "Do I look like I care?" When someone tells you something you are uninterested in,...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : proclivity   Proclivity \Pro*cliv"i*ty\, n. [L. proclivitas: cf. F. proclivit['e].] 1. Inclinatio...

  • Saturday, April 06 2002

    • Soon, unless I decide to fuck it and go read my book   for the rest of the afternoon... <xref xlink:href = 'http://radio.weblogs.com/0001...
    • W3C : Speech Synthesis Markup Language
    • From the "I didn't need to picture that" department : We were ripping on Sheilagh Rogers again   this afternoon. My friend was complaining about her faux intellectual literary pretensions and g...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : dint   Did not.ex. "You stole my candy!" "No I dint!"see also : dint dict-ified
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : demagogue   Demagogue \Dem"a*gogue\ (?; 115), n. [Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular leader; commonly in a bad s...

  • Sunday, April 07 2002

    • Me : XML::Filter::OTLML::IO.pm   my $outline = "/path/to/io.otlml"; my $output = IO::File->new("+<$outline"); my $writ...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : slazzy   Poorly attempting to dress nicely. Possible origin: Combination of snazzy (nicely dresse...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : demagogue   Demagogue \Dem"a*gogue\ (?; 115), n. [Gr. dhmagwgo`s a popular leader; commonly in a bad s...

  • Monday, April 08 2002

    • Simon Cozens : Mail::Miner   "Suppose every mail you receive gets sent through a little program before delivery. This littl...
    • Michael S. DeGraw-Bertsch : Configuring a FreeBSD Access Point for your Wireless Network
    • 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 d...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : recalcitrant   Recalcitrant \Re*cal"ci*trant\, a. [L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; ...

  • Tuesday, April 09 2002

    • From the "I don't have time for a fancy website" department : OTLML 1.1b1   and XML::Filter::OTLML::IO.pm 0.1. The DTD is basically done but I continue to have mixed feelin...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : trustafarian   "someone who has adopted the style and demeanor of one who eschews financial success, but wi...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : quondam   Quondam \Quon"dam\, n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] ``Make th...

  • Wednesday, April 10 2002

    • David Vaught : "The whole coffee thing is a lot more negative   It's like the difference between a mountain stream running over rocks and a stagnant pond. Cok...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : baggapple   Used when you stub your toe or hurt yourself. Scream this in place of a curse word. ex. B...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : pellucid   Pellucid \Pel*lu"cid\, a. [L. pellucidus; per (see {Per-}) + lucidus clear, bright: cf. F....
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  • Friday, April 12 2002

    • Michael Boyle : Can someone please tell me why, or if, I should care about the newly-beta-released Google Web APIs?   Despite the fact that I've spent a good chunk of the last 24 hours writing Perl code to deal wit...
    • Me : Net::Google.pm 0.2   Finished adding all but one method (restrict) and rigged things so that you can request more tha...
    • This, presumably, is how one learns to become a Libertarian   or atleast a Republican...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : space phone   Q wireless telephone.. ex. Honey, where's the space phone?
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : apposite   Apposite \Ap"po*site\, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to set or put to; ad + ponere t...

  • Saturday, April 13 2002

    • Me : Net::Google.pm 0.3   Fixed a bunch of bugs and added a Makefile. I will upload this to the CPAN shortly.
    • Joanna Briggs : Haikoo! - the haiku-based directory   Canada burned it, Bushes live inside of it, Shrubbery outside
    • genehack rightly points out that the perlblog isn't really a weblog.   But being loathe to rename it "Perl-hoo", I have decided the next best thing is to sick WWW::Mem...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : regurgiburp   The expulsion of gas from the stomach through the mouth, accompanied by the taste of sto...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : jocund   Jocund \Joc"und\, adv. Merrily; cheerfully. --Gray. web1913 jocund adj : fu...

  • Sunday, April 14 2002

    • Me : Net::Google.pm 0.4   Added hooks to the spelling and cache interfaces. Please note that Net::Google now has a home on...
    • Well, recent changes to the perlblog don't look like they will work   as well as I had hoped. While I was debugging, I memepool-ed the (title + description) for every...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : senilosopher   A combination of "senile" and "philosopher." Used to describe a computer that constantly...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : firmament   Firmament from the Vulgate firmamentum, which is used as the translation of the Hebr...

  • Monday, April 15 2002

    • From the "Thinking out loud department" : Subscriptions and APIs   Every few days, I peek at the front page for the O'Reilly website. I used to do it largely becau...
    • Alex Ulmanu : What about SMS journalism?   "What better use can one get for the old inverted pyramid? Since journalism students learn tha...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : schreibtischfuhrer   An expression of disbelief, anger, or dismay. ex. When Bob found out he got ripped off fo...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : spoonerism   spoonerism n : transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words wn

  • Tuesday, April 16 2002

    • The Connection : Behold the Power of Cheese   "Medieval monks counted it among the pillars of civilization, along with art, scholarship, and...
    • Chris Nandor : Perl 6 scares me
    • Adobe : Photoshop 7.0 Scripting plug-in   Well, that's pretty huge news (although I haven't read the docs yet, so we'll see...) dampened o...
    • 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. ...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : perfunctory   Perfunctory \Per*func"to*ry\, a. [L. perfunctorius, fr. perfunctus dispatched, p. p. of pe...

  • Wednesday, April 17 2002

    • From the "Oh, the duh-ness..." department : Net::Google.pm 0.4.2   It helps to remember to include all your .pm files in the MANIFEST. Enough said.
    • The Internet Dictionary Project   "[Our] goal is to create royalty-free translating dictionaries through the help of the Interne...
    • I will update the long neglected xml-rss.js library, accordingly   see also : xml-rss.js
    • Did the Earth move?   I don't have any issues with how my comments were reported, but just for thoroughness' sake, thi...
    • Me : google2blogger 1.0   Because it's true : all foo2bar utilities should be written in Perl. Maybe it's time to write a ...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : philish   Used to describe something that bothers you to no end and makes you wish you had a gun to sh...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : beholden   Beholden \Be*hold"en\, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simp...

  • Thursday, April 18 2002

    • The Gazoo : Revenge of the bloggers   Roy's creation - titled Blogue Out: Portraits of a Conflict - is aimed at Radio-Canada's audie...
    • XML::Comma   "is an information management platform. Comma speeds the development of content-heavy applicat...
    • Me : www.otlml.org
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : singleton   Non gender specific term somewhat akin to "spinster," with less negative connotations (as popula...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : polyglot   Polyglot \Pol"y*glot\, n. 1. One who speaks several languages. [R.] ``A polyglot, or ...

  • Friday, April 19 2002

    • Boston Globe : Too Many Memories   5-2, baby! 5-2!
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : borejoysy   If you are a spoil-sport, you are borejoysy ex. I dont want to go to the barn dance, I'm ...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : abjure   Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. i. To renounce on oath. --Bp. Burnet. web1913 abjure ...

  • Saturday, April 20 2002

    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : a'stake   A mistake, (Thanks, Erin.) ex. I'm sorry, I made a'stake.
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : collude   Collude \Col*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Colluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Colluding}.] [L. col...

  • Sunday, April 21 2002

    • 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 ca...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : dissolute   Dissolute \Dis"so*lute\, a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See {Diss...

  • Monday, April 22 2002

    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : perugal   To stare at someone for no particular reason ex. Why are you perugalling at me?
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : mendacious   Mendacious \Men*da"cious\, a. [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf. mentiri to lie.] 1. Give...

  • Tuesday, April 23 2002

    • Ed Hawco : Manifest Destiny in a cup   I would only add that my complaint includes the coffee. And since we're on the subject, can some...

  • Wednesday, April 24 2002

    • Saku Koivu,ladies and gentlemen.   Saku Koivu. Meanwhile, word on the street has it that ratings at SRC have gone up since the last...
    • Perlmonks : Some Pure-Perl SVG applications
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : cheerleading   One word: Athletes. Girls (and guys!) who lead cheers for popular American sports such as fo...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : ebullient   Ebullient \E*bul"lient\, a. [L. ebulliens, -entis, p. pr. of ebullire to boil up, bubble u...

  • Thursday, April 25 2002

    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : murderlize   Commonly used in old cartoons. A silly way of telling someone you are going to beat them up...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : propitious   Propitious \Pro*pi"tious\, a. [L. propitius, perhaps originally a term of augury meaning, ...

  • Friday, April 26 2002

    • I have a somewhat irrational dislike of the other teams in the Original Six,   and I have always hated the Bruins only slightly less than the Leafs (sic). But, you know, Bosto...
    • Michel Bergeron : "Rien ne va battre la rivalité entre le Canadien et les Nordiques.   Ça allait au delà des équipes. C'était deux villes, deux brasseries et des journalistes des de...
    • Greg Radzykewycz : Setting up a FreeBSD firewall with an IPSec uplink
    • Abigail : Acme::Time::Baby.pm   "gives you the function babytime, which will return the time in the form The big hand is on th...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : ramping like a hose   Going crazy; over-processing; suffering from too much work and poor support. At least, th...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : indolent   Indolent \In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p. pr. of dolere to feel pai...

  • Saturday, April 27 2002

    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : photoshopped   "an image that has been touched up or modified using an image editing program, esp. Adobe Ph...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : adamant   Adamant (Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond. This stone is...

  • Sunday, April 28 2002

    • Fear not Bostonians.   You may have only been able to score 1 goal on 43 shots (and let in 2 on 13) but Kellan will sho...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : jsssk   Just Kidding. Usually follows an insult made in jest towards a friend or something stupid th...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : bonhomie   Bonhomie \Bon`ho*mie"\, Bonhommie \Bon`hom*mie"\, n. [F.] good nature; pleasant and easy m...

  • Monday, April 29 2002

    • Dan Brickley : RDF for mail filtering - FOAF whitelists   "Other folk have been using whitelist based filtering, which is based on the idea that you kee...
    • "People literally will not cross the street to get coffee."   Which sort of says it all, don't you think?
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : shacket   A piece of clothing that is both a shirt and a jacket. Perfect for nights that are not too ...
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : depredation   Depredation \Dep`re*da"tion\, n. [L. depraedatio: cf. F. d['e]pr['e]dation.] The act...

  • Tuesday, April 30 2002

    • So, do you think Bill Guerin was asking Josie   to sign his stick? "Penalties," sighed former Nordiques coach Michel Bergeron. "Five for Boston, ho...
    • Ben Hammersley : Content Syndication with XML and RSS   "My aim is for the book to cover most of the xml-ish syndication standards, but to concentrate on...
    • Blogue-Out : L'impact du lockout sur l'économie du quartier.   Stick that in yer weblogging as journalism pipe and smoke it.
    • XBELette   "is a client-server solution for managing your bookmarks. It uses the XBEL (XML Bookmark Exchange...
    • www.spamradio.com   This one is not exactly new but it is both a great example of why the Internet is so much fun and a...
    • The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : torrible   mixture of terrible and horrible ex. I feel so torrible today
    • The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : lissom   Lissom \Lis"som\, Lissome \Lis"some\ (l[i^]s"s[u^]m), a. [For lithesome.] 1. Limber; supple; ...