posts brought to you by the category “palmos”
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.
Dispatches : Should peacekeeping be privatized and for profit?
Thank you science, for ruining one of life's more colourful sexual metaphors.
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Me : Eatdrinkfeelgood Markup Language 1.1b2
John R. Smith : mt.pl
[is a] a command line client that I wrote which talks to the MT MySQL backend.
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What the hell is a "bunny-hugger" ?
Me : XML::Filter::Glossary.pm 0.2
Added hooks to specify keyword phrases with
singleton elements that are the property of a user-defined
namespace
. There's also a copy of the tarball
over here
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Johann Hanne : php_writeexcel
"is a port of John McNamara's excellent
Spreadsheet::WriteExcel
Perl package to PHP."
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : dhinchak
Adjective used when you see really weird clothing on nice people.
ex. Remember Smita's dhinchak tiger skirt?
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Daniel Yacob : Convert::Braille.pm
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : silicon alley
"n. - The competitive technology sector based in New York, NY."
ex. "Although San Francisco continues to draw new business, more and more technology graduates are migrating to Silicon Alley."
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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.
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Me : XML::Filter::XML_Directory_2::Base.pm 1.0
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : eschew
Eschew from old French eschever, "to flee from" (Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 1 Pet. 3:11). easton
Eschew \Es*chew"\ (es*ch[udd]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eshewed} (-ch[udd]"d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Eshewing}.] [OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See {Shy}, a.] 1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. --Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.] He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. --Sandys. web1913
eschew v : avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: {shun}] wn
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Gen Kanai : "For to us, pho is life, love and all things that matter."
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 up; e out, from + bullire to boil. See 1st {Boil}.] Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing. ``Ebullient with subtlety.'' --De Quincey. The ebullient enthusiasm of the French. --Carlyle. web1913
ebullient adj : joyously unrestrained [syn: {exuberant}, {high-spirited}] wn
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Me : [RFC] wblgml.dtd 0.1
Resource Synchronization Framework (RSF)
"provides a simple, lightweight mechanism for
replicating files and other resources between remote hosts. RSF is meant
to accommodate centralized models (client/server) and decentralized
models (peer-to-peer). RSF is based on two XML files: a master
fingerprint file and a resource history file. The master fingerprint file
contains all the data necessary to execute basic synchronization between
two separate versions of the same files. The resource history file
contains data on a specific resource to facilitate a rollback or a
restore from a pervious version."
It sounds interesting, I guess, but wouldn't
it be better to write an
XML-RPC/SOAP framework for CVS
? via
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Me : WWW::Dictionarydotcom.pm 0.1
116 ->perl -I/home/asc/lib/perl -e '
use WWW::Dictionarydotcom;
use Data::Dumper;
print &Dumper(WWW::Dictionarydotcom->new()->wotd());'
$VAR1 = {
'etymology' => SCALAR,
'definition' => SCALAR,
'permalink' => SCALAR,
'word' => SCALAR,
'usage' => ARRAY REFERENCE
};
note : the example, above, displays result
types
only because of annoying formatting issues I don't feel like dealing
with right now. Must learn to use
Text::Autoformat
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Dave Pawson : DocBook FAQ
"This is a collation of some Frequently Asked
questions regarding Docbook. The initial focus will be on the XML version
of the DTD, and the XSLT based stylesheets. Over time I may add faq's for
SGML and DSSSL. I will need help there though! I doubt if its possible to
keep up with the latest revision of the stylesheets, so please excuse me
(and let me know) if you find content that is out of date."
Authored by the excellent fellow who brought
us
XSLT Questions and Answers
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Simson Garfinkel : "Understanding the uses and power of sync is vital
for accurately predicting the direction that the
Internet and e-commerce are likely to grow. Most people like the safety
that comes from having data in multiple locations, and the speed that
comes from having the data immediately available on their own computers.
Products and services that offer sync, therefore, will probably fare
better in the marketplace than similarly priced services that offer
high-speed access to data stored on remote systems. People don't want to
just tap into a data stream; they want to have their own copy of the
information, and they want it kept up-to-date.
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George Sanderson : Apache::RedirectDBI.pm
"allows you to create a virtual path in your
document hierarchy. All requests for access to this virtual path should
require a username and password to access. When the user attempts to
access this virtual path their username is looked up in one or more
database tables. The table in which the username is found in determines
the physical path from which files are served."
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N.Y. Times : The Lure of the Roof Is More Than Just Tar Beach
Samantha Power : Bystanders to Genocide
It doesn't get much better
than sitting on the roof eating dinner, watching game seven, with the
mountain in the background, and seeing Ray Bourque win the Stanley Cup
after 22 years in the league. Well, maybe finding an English announcer
who can pronounce Patrick Roy's name correctly --
Oh, it's another great save by Errrr-waaaaaa-aaaaaaaaah!
-- but just think of the party they'll have in Boston when Ray brings
the Cup home! see also :
Bran Van
3000, Montreal
and
The
Quebec Nordiques Preservation Society
.
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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is comely
| source : web1913 | Comely \Come"ly\
(k[u^]m"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Comelier}; superl. {Comeliest}.] [OE.
comeliche, AS. cyml[=i]c; cyme suitable (fr. cuman to come, become) +
l[=i]c like.] 1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned;
good-looking; handsome. He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely
was very beautiful when he was young. --South. Not once perceive their
foul disfigurement But boast themselves more comely than before.
--Milton. 2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable. This is a happier
and more comely time Than when these fellows ran about the streets,
Crying confusion. --Shak. It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it
is pleasant; and praise is comely. --Ps. cxlvii. 1. | source : web1913 |
Comely \Come"ly\, adv. In a becoming manner. --Ascham. | source : wn |
comely adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
"comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be
constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn:
{becoming}, {comme il faut}, {decent}, {decorous}, {seemly}] 2: very
pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a
comely face"; "young fair maidens" [syn: {bonny}, {bonnie}, {fair}]
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maki: serving XML via Apache and Python
"maki is an attempt to glue together a simple,
flexible framework that allows you to use these technologies together to
serve web pages. It is a mod_python handler for Apache that is intended
to handle requests made to your server for XML files. When maki receives
such a request, it determines the path to the file, then searches through
its configuration to find the first rule that matches that path. Each
rule specifies one or more steps that are then to be executed."
Pretty cool, but the only problem is that if
you want to run Zope behind Apache, [Zope] requires, and mod_python can't
deal with, a threaded Python. I suppose, since Zope still uses Python
1.5.2 you could build mod_python against a threadless installation of
Python 2.0. No more complicated than any other Apache install, I
guess...
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Jon Udell : Managing Web Images
"Combining ImageMagick, JavaScript, and Perl"
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bk2site
"will transform your Netscape bookmarks file into
a yahoo-like website with slashdot-like news. ... My goal is to enable
the user to establish zero-maintenance high-value (small) websites. I am
now using all the information in the bookmarks file, as well as some
simple recommender system techniques. ... It can also download (http)
other people's channels (RSS files) and display their contents in the
generated web pages." I don't remember whether or not you can manipulate
the bookmarks file with the Netscape Java/JavaScript hooks. If you could,
though, and were running Apache you could hack bk2site into a mod_perl
handler and manage your whole weblog, locally, with bookmarklets.
Interesting.
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NY Times : A Happy, Scary New Day for Design
"Environmentalists use the term ecotone to
describe the area where two adjacent ecosystems — a wetland and a
forest, say — overlap. The ecotone has an ecology of its own. It
can support forms of life not found in either of the adjacent systems.
Today there exists the cultural equivalent of an ecotone between the old
and new economies, between the culture of industrial production and that
of informational exchange. Design today is flourishing in this region.
Its symbol is the veil, a graphic device that conveys the conflicting
desire to conceal and reveal."
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Mordecai Richler : O, woe is Montreal
"In Montreal, only Schwartz's is capable of
warning us of the horror that could be coming our way. So, if you should
drive past and see a FERMÉ/CLOSED sign in the window, start your cars,
Montrealers. Quit town. The end is nigh." To his long list of accolades,
Mr. Richler can now add the much sought after and prestigious Aaronland
Shut the Fuck Up Award. This is either just incoherent gibberish about a
couple of professional sports teams or nostalgic pining for the olden
days when everything was better; atleast better than it is now. Worst
case, it is both. The 60's and 70's are over, kids. Montreal and Quebec
are different places now, and we don't all think singing
Gens
du pays
or going to the pubs on Crescent Street will solve all our problems.
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Vodka espresso?
The iBall Project
"is a Distributed Production, MultiThreaded
video. It is called a Distributed Production because anyone with an
interest is encouraged to contribute a video clip to continue and extend
the story line. It is MultiThreaded because each producer can choose
where to attach their clip allowing multiple story lines, or threads, to
develop from the root scene." via
macintouch
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I've decided that all OS reviews should end
with the reviewer blasting the hard drive -- zot!
-- and telling me instead how hard it's going to be to put back all [my]
carefully crafted tweakage after it's been laid to waste.
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Wired : The Medium is the Community
"Most information that people might find useful
is not considered to be newsworthy, [Preecs] said, because it stretches
over a longer period than the daily news cycle most of the press adheres
to. He recommended using lots of volunteers working over the Internet to
cover local issues and events, and delve into subjects that do not follow
a daily news cycle."
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Beam-back
"is a simple Python script to save streaming
mp3's so you can use them on your portable mp3 player."
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Brian J. Reardon : Laundry, A Quantum Mechincal Approach
or "Why You Should Never Empty the Lint Trap"
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Notes on surfmenu
I did some work with
peterme
adding some features to surfmenu to work more gracefully with
bookmarklets he wrote for the code. The changes have not yet been added
to any of the documented files on the
aaronland
site
. [We] have people visiting, so I haven't had much time for anything
after work. I hope to have everything updated sometime on Friday
afternoon.
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Apocalypse Countdown Clocks!
requires java.
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Wired on The Digital Pecking Order
There have been a lot of these stories lately. I
wonder if it's the just the feature of the week or if things will
actually change.
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netomat
"netomat is a meta-browser that engages a
different Internet - an Internet that is an intelligent application and
not simply a large database of static files. netomat dialogues with the
net to retrieve information that is unmediated and independent in form.
With netomat, the user has a dialogue with the Internet. You can ask the
net a question using natural language. netomat responds by flowing text,
images and audio from the net to your screen. You respond or ask further
questions or write keywords and the flow of data to your desktop is
altered in response. The data is not constrained by a web page or site
but free floating and independent. netomat can retrieve almost all types
of data that resides on the Internet: jpegs, gifs, aiff, wav, html, xml
and plain text. netomat dialogues with you as well. It memorizes your
session to further enable your search and exploration of the Internet."
Available for download at 17:00 EST. Requires Java.
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Groove Collective, live in Chicago
real audio
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That Void In Cyberspace Looks a Lot Like Kansas
"The simulation has a way of going blank -- while
underneath it lies not a void but human flesh, raw and insistent. Much as
the characters try to live in a mental world, evidence of their organs
keep poking clownishly into the picture. "
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Charles Taylor: De la nation culturelle à la nation politique
"Au lieu de chercher une sécurité illusoire dans
la belle totalité d'une législation définitive, nous ferions mieux
d'admettre que notre situation nous posera une série de dilemmes sans
fin, que nous devrions affronter avec la plus grande créativité. "
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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
1.1-to-xhtmlstylesheet before blessing it; I will also bless the1.0-to-1.1stylesheet at the same time. After that I'll write a1.1-to-indexcard-fostylesheet and consider making version 1.2 RDF-friendly , mostly because I think directed graphs of recipes might be pretty to look at. see also : docs and changes