posts brought to you by the category “jessamyn”
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.
A friend in New York City : "I saw that tag about 600 times before
my son told me it was his."
rue Roy, Montréal, October 2003
Lin, Yung-Chung : PerlIO::via::Babelfish.pm
Leo Lapworth : SVG::TT::Graph.pm
Why I'm doing this 3 days before my wedding is anyones guess!
Sarah Vowell : Trail of Tears
I'm so free of history I have to get in a car and drive seven
states to find it.
Me : Net::ITE.pm 0.03
Me : rels-to-unordered-lists.xsl 1.0
This stylesheet defines a single public template named ListAllRels
which will create one, or more, unordered lists based on the
<link> element in the source document.
SkiCal - an extension of iCalendar, draft 06
Your friendly, but backwards, neighbour
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : twice
pipes
Dual exhaust on a vehicle.
ex. Check out that Cavalier, it's got twice
pipes.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : torpid
Torpid \Tor"pid\, a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff,
numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.] 1. Having lost motion, or the
power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray. 2. Dull; stupid;
sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.
web1913
torpid adj 1: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert";
"a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: {inert},
{sluggish}] 2: (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended
animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn:
{dormant}, {hibernating(a)}]
wn
Ryo Sode : rss2fmp.xsl
Petr Cimprich : XML::Directory.pm 0.96
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : somniferous
Somniferous \Som*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. somnifer; somnus sleep
+ ferre to bring.] Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as,
a somniferous potion. --Walton.
web1913
somniferous adj : sleep inducing [syn: {soporific},
{soporiferous}, {somnific}, {hypnogogic}, {hypnagogic}]
wn
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 cold or hot.
ex. That is a nice shacket.
The Gazoo : Revenge of the bloggers
Roy's creation - titled
Blogue Out: Portraits of a
Conflict
- is aimed at Radio-Canada's audience, people wondering why their local
programming has been interrupted. It started as a way to "tell the story
of the lockout from a personal standpoint," Roy says. "But during the
first weekend, I saw the opportunity to tell stories." ... "I wanted to
let the public know that we're not a bunch of fat cats," Roy said. "There
are fat cats within the CBC, but it's really not the majority of
employees locked out right now."
Joanna Briggs : Haikoo! - the haiku-based directory
Canada burned it,
Bushes live inside of it,
Shrubbery outside
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
firkytoodle
(n) Foreplay. Not my original word, but a wonderful word
to say. Try it. Firkytoodle. Probably got it from Mrs. Byrne's
Dictionary.
ex. As in a song lyric: Momma don't 'low no firkytoodlin'
'round here.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : claque
Claque \Claque\, n. [F.] A collection of persons employed
to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.
web1913
claque n : a group of followers hired to applaud at a
performance
wn
Randal L . Schwartz : Word of the day for PostgreSQL
"And to celebrate the successful installation of
PostgreSQL on my system, I wanted to tackle a little project. While
poking around for one, someone mentioned on the Perl IRC channel about
having a ``word of the day'' program, and that inspired me to create one
with PostgreSQL. ... If the dictionary is stale, the other readers see
the dictionary instantaneously change from the old dictionary to the new
dictionary, without blocking. Try that with MySQL."
Ever since I started the perlblog
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is
tatterdemalion
| source : web1913 | Tatterdemalion
\Tat`ter*de*mal"ion\, n. [Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes
of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot.
See {Tatter}, and {Mail} armor.] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.
--L'Estrange. | source : wn | tatterdemalion n : a dirty shabbily clothed
urchin [syn: {ragamuffin}]
Paul Krugman : "After the attacks, I found myself wondering
whether some politicians would try to exploit the
horror to push their usual partisan agendas. Then I chided myself for
such an uncharitable thought. But it seems you can't be too cynical; sure
enough, the push is already on to sell tax breaks for corporations and a
cut in the capital gains tax as a response to terrorism."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is milksop
| source : web1913 | Milksop \Milk"sop`\, n. A
piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded
person. --Shak. To wed a milksop or a coward ape. --Chaucer. | source :
wn | milksop n : a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
[syn: {sissy}, {pantywaist}, {pansy}, {Milquetoast}]
Patrick Collins : PerlDAV
"is a Perl library for modifying content on
webservers using the WebDAV protocol. Now you can LOCK, DELETE and PUT
files and much more on a DAV-enabled webserver."
DJ Adams : Summarizing Jabber-RPC
Me : Jabberdict
"is a Perl script that logs on to a Jabber server
and hangs around waiting to define words to people. Jabberdict queries a
Dict server with the body of incoming messages and returns the results to
the sender."
Using the Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir Attack to Break WEP
"We implemented an attack against WEP, the
link-layer security protocol for 802.11 networks. The attack was
described in a recent paper by Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir. With our
implementation, and permission of the network administrator, we were able
to recover the 128 bit secret key used in a production network, with a
passive attack. The WEP standard uses RC4 IVs improperly, and the attack
exploits this design failure. This paper describes the attack, how we
implemented it, and some optimizations to make the attack more efficient.
We conclude that 802.11 WEP is totally insecure, and we provide some
recommendations."
www.freshports.org
Dan Clowes : "The saying 'You can't judge a book by its cover' is
one of the most untrue phrases ever uttered.
You can absolutely judge people by the way they
choose to present themselves, and although you can't be completely
accurate in your judgment, you can discern lots of information. And we
all do, whether we're conscious of it or not. My tendency to deconstruct
people with just one look is a defense mechanism, and although I don't
really need one at this point in my life, it's not easy to shake the
things you grew up with. ... I recently went through my work to put some
things together for an art show, and I was struck by how frequently I've
drawn the image of the back of a guy's head walking through a city. I've
drawn it over and over again, and I can't think of another artist who's
drawn that image. I guess I draw the back of the head because it's more
anonymous, nonconfrontational and fearful."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is obstreperous
| source : web1913 | Obstreperous
\Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise
at; ob (see {Ob-}) + strepere to make a noise.] Attended by, or making, a
loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. ``The
obstreperous city.'' --Wordsworth. ``Obstreperous approbation.''
--Addison. Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B. Jonson. --
{Ob*strep"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*strep"er*ous*ness}, n. | source : wn |
obstreperous adj 1: noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"
2: boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor"
The Perl-XML kids on RSS and DTDs : "So, ignore the slashdot
idiots
is the only conclusion I can say for this. Oh,
and implement a catalog system. I know I'm going to look into doing one
for AxKit, after this debacle left AxKit.org dead in the water for a
couple of days."
"Writers and Company" interviews Art Spiegelman,
parts
one
and
two
(real audio)
What else can you get for ten bucks?
How about a second-hand book on computer
programming.
Quote
: "[T]he average computer user can typically only change a limited set of
options configurable via a "wizard" (a lofty word for a canned dialog),
and is dependent on expert programmers for everything else. ... We
compare mass ability to read and write software with mass literacy, and
predict equally pervasive changes to society."
Mark H. Levine : A Layman's Guide to the Supreme Court Decision in
Bush v. Gore
Michael G Schwern : foundation.pm
"Haven't drunk the OO Kool-Aid yet? Think
object-oriented has something to do with Ayn Rand? Do you eat Java
programmers for breakfast? If the answer to any of those is yes, than
this is the module for you! foundation adds the power of inheritance
without getting into a class-war! Simply use foundation and list which
libraries symbols you wish to "inherit". It then sucks in all the symbols
from those libraries into the current one." I'm tempted to think that
this module was written simply to give the author a chance to ask whether
you eat Java programmers for breakfast. Sounds like something that will
make it into a lot of obfuscated Perl to me...
Talking to Americans : Do you, the American people,
actually care whether your political candidates
are sitting at a desk or standing behind a podium? In the short day that
I've been back, it seems to be the only thing the media circus talks
about when they discuss this evening's presidential debate.
Meanwhile, my friend Justen wrote a poem about dessert
I confess poetry, like dance, is one of those
things I rarely "get". I know there's something there, but I never seem
to find it.
Naomi Klein : When is a moose just a moose?
"There are many other intertextual moose projects
in the works: the Great Canadian Moose Hunt (rules TBA), and mass moose
pie-ings (inspired by the much-maligned tart-slingers in PEI). And while
it's hard to find a moose that still has its antlers attached, virtual
antlers have begun sprouting up around Toronto in the oddest of places --
for instance, drawn onto the heads of models in bus-shelter billboards.
(If corporate advertisements are transformed into works of art when
painted onto moose statues, then surely all ads can similarly be
transformed into impromptu moose.)" see also :
Charles Pachter : Moose Factory Gallery
John R. MacArthur : French Toast
"In the United States, capitalism has become the
raison d'être of the elites; in France, it seems to be only a means to an
end -- living better than the competition and maybe converting a few
foreigners to their way of life."
Ask most people in Montreal
DevShed : Loading JavaScript Arrays with MySQL Data
M.J. Milroy on bathroom hackers
"The way I see it, it's simple. As a student
taking a piss, I'm bombarded by ads. My environment affects me and I have
a responsibility to respond to that."
Wired interviews Richard Stallman
developerWorks : Personalizing PDF files
Use Web forms and databases to create custom PDFs
on the fly. via
ed's
weblog
Ethernet question
Can anyone recommend a good ethernet card with
drivers for the Mac, Windows *and* xBSD?
send me mail
.
Meanwhile, in France
View Source : The JavaScript Tree Component
"The free-to-the-public JavaScript Tree component
enables you to build customized tree hierarchies made up of pure
cross-browser Dynamic HTML (DHTML) using object-oriented JavaScript. By
providing the tree hierarchy that's common in most graphical user
interfaces (GUIs), this component can improve both the navigation and the
real estate of your web pages." It looks pretty cool, although it
requires that Java be enabled, which seems like a sure-fire way to make
JavaScript even more annoying than it already is.
CBC : Michael Jackson rumoured to play Edgar Allen Poe in film
Happy belated birthday to Bump
What is Openlaw?
"Openlaw is an experiment in crafting legal
argument in an open forum. With your assistance, we will develop
arguments, draft pleadings, and edit briefs online. You are invited to
join the process by adding thoughts to the 'brainstorm' outline, drafting
and commenting on drafts in progress, and suggesting reference sources."
via
dsl
.
NY Times : Capturing Not-So-Still Life
Nothing you wouldn't already know if you've set
up a webcam , but it got me wondering if [we] aren't unwittingly building
the foundations for the
mirror
world
.
Globe & Mail on "green bullets"
"The U.S. Army has developed an environmentally
friendly bullet -- one that will still maim and kill, but not poison the
environment by spreading lead, a dangerous heavy metal." What do you
think: Is the glass half-empty or half-full?
Gavin McNett on "The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace"
"But then, if you look at the notion of
"cyberspace" in rigorously historical terms, the idea that a person
running a Web browser is somehow flying through an ethereal realm of pure
data is just the flip side of the notion that if you open up the TV,
you'll find little people dancing around inside."
Jean-Louis Gassée : Câble contre DSL
"Pour donner une dimension du grouillement,
pardon, du potentiel de cette nouvelle vague d’accès au réseau, une
des mauvaises langues de la Vallée explique qu’ISDN (Numéris)
c’est le socialisme et que les nouvelles connexions à large bande,
DSL et le câble, c’est le capitalisme chevauché par les
entrepreneurs."
Phillipe Queau : Unequal terms of electronic trade
"The "invisible hands" of networks and the market
are naturally at work weaving a single fabric. It is a familiar lesson,
one we have already learned from Microsoft (4). It has turned the
geography of Europe and Asia upside down: America has now become
virtually the heart of these regions. On average, the cost of dedicated
lines between European countries - the famous "information highways" or
"backbones" along which Internet traffic passes - is between 17 and 20
times higher than that of equivalent links in the US (5). A Paris-New
York or London-New York link is cheaper than Paris-London or
Paris-Frankfurt. Virginia has become the hub of intra-European links."
The original piece, written in French, can be found
here
.
Chaos theory can help with crowd control
"The principle behind the software is that, by
using chaos theory, the way large groups of people move is both
predictable and open to subtle steering." I don't know about you, but
I've felt a real lack of 'subtle steering' in my life lately.
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.
wtf?
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dude, where's my car
This document uses
CSS
kung-fu and a small amount of JavaScript for rendering its
contents. Efforts have been made to separate the form from the
content so if you are viewing this in a text-based browser it
shouldn't be an issue.
On the other hand it may look funny if you are viewing it in a
browser with incomplete
CSS
and/or JavaScript implementations. Internet Explorer 6 comes to
mind.
It's not that I don't love you. However, my time is limited and
I no longer feel very good about spending it working around any one
browser's inconsistencies with little, or no, confidence that they
will ever be fixed or otherwise made more inconsistent at some
later date.
On the other hand, if something is down-right
unreadable
please let me know and I will endeavour to fix it.
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yes, we have no bananas
This page may not validate. It's not that I don't care, it's
just that I'm not aware of it yet. Part of the reason that I
rewrote the entire back-end for managing this site is that the old
stuff made it too easy for these kinds of mistakes to slip through
the cracks.
See also :
W3C::LogValidator.pm
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it's the software, stupid
Use the source, Luke.
