posts brought to you by the category “poetry”
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.
Meanwhile, the street continues to find its own use for
things.
The thing that makes The Habeas Warrant Mark so unique is that it
is written as haiku, an ancient Japanese poetic form. Since our
headers are actual works of art, Habeas can use the powerful legal
tools available for copyright and trademark protection to prosecute
violators. In fact, Habeas has already shut down some spammers in
successful court actions.
Any guesses on what the RSS <deck> element is supposed
to represent?
Libby Miller : Examples of marking up geographical information in
RDF
Darren Chamberlain : DBD::google.pm
Jeremy Beker : Figuring out how iSync interacts with .Mac
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.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : proponent
Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, n. 1. One who makes a proposal, or
lays down a proposition. --Dryden. 2. (Law) The propounder of a thing.
web1913
proponent n : a person who pleads for a cause or propounds
an idea [syn: {advocate}, {advocator}, {exponent}]
wn
Michael Ignatieff : Nation-Building Lite
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}]
wn
hirsute Occasionally used as a humorous synonym for
{hairy}. [{Jargon File}]
foldoc
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : turpitude
Turpitude \Tur"pi*tude\, n. [L. turpitudo, from turpis
foul, base.] Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or
actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. --Shak.
web1913
turpitude n : a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or
practice: "the various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: {depravity}]
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
wn
Me : What have I done to anger the symbol table?
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : vociferous
Vociferous \Vo*cif"er*ous\, a. [Cf. F. vocif[`e]re.] Making
a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds. --
{Vo*cif"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*cif"er*ous*ness}, n.
web1913
vociferous adj : conspicuously and offensively loud; given
to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident
demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: {blatant}, {clamant}, {clamorous},
{strident}]
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : insomnism
The belief that when world leaders give up sleeping, the
world will become a peaceful place--because people will spend their
time talking and solving problems rather than wasting their time
sleeping.
ex. I am a follower of insomnism.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : dint
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, instead of saying I don't care,
just say "dilligaff."
ex. Joe: Nice weather today. Mary:
Dilligaff!
Leon "Acme::" Brocard on pipelines
"But luckily pipelines seem to only go through
very beautiful places."
Dave Winer : "Now imagine an outliner that works on the
Internet.
In your bibliography, you cite a source. Link to
it. When a reader double-clicks on the headline, the document expands, in
place. Copy the citation into another outline, and you've got another
link. Linking and outlining over the Internet. This is the start of
something big."
Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. : What the Cultural Sector Can Learn from
Enron
"Artistic and cultural products are no longer
objects, like books, paintings, sculpture, with the degree of immanence
that the physics of the natural world imparts; nor are they discrete,
self-contained events in time, like musical performances, dance
performances, and so forth. They will not stand alone, but depend on the
presence of a network of activities, relationships and contingencies,
that must be maintained."
A List Apart looks at Web Services from 30, 000 feet.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : saturdish
About Saturday.
ex. I'll be home saturdish.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : redoubt
Redoubt \Re*doubt"\ (r?*dout"), n. [F. redoute, fem., It.
ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn
back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F.
r['e]duit, also fr. LL. reductus. See {Reduce}, and cf. {Reduct},
{R['e]duit}, {Ridotto}.] (Fort.) (a) A small, and usually a roughly
constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a
temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in
fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile
territory. (b) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another
outwork. See F and i in Illust. of {Ravelin}. [Written also {redout}.]
web1913
redoubt n : a stronghold [syn: {sconce}]
wn
Radio Crankypants #13-15
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is sentient
| source : web1913 | Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, a.
[L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the
senses. See {Sense}.] Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and
perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient
extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
| source : web1913 | Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, n. One who has the faculty of
perception; a sentient being. | source : wn | sentient adj 1: endowed
with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves
just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: {animate}]
[ant: {insentient}] 2: consciously perceiving; "sentient of the
intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
How did it take me two weeks
Paul Millar : abi[word]2html.xsl
Paul Johnson : Shell::Source.pm
"allows arbitrary shell scripts, or other
programs for that matter, to be run and their environment to be inherited
into a Perl program."
Apparently, O'Reilly is prepping a book on Slashcode...
Steve Pepper : The TAO of Topic Maps
"While it is possible to represent immensely
complex structures using topic maps, the basic concepts of the model
– Topics, Associations, and Occurrences (TAO) – are easily
grasped. This paper provides a non-technical introduction to these and
other concepts (the IFS and BUTS of topic maps), relating them to things
that are familiar to all of us from the realms of publishing and
information management, and attempting to convey some idea of the uses to
which topic maps will be put in the future." via
xblog
It's like clockwork.
Me: Blogger.pm 0.4.5
Larry Wall : State of the Onion 2001
"The CPAN is Perl's killer-app."
Mark-Jason Dominus : TRS80.pm
"At present, there is no port of Perl to the
TRS-80 Model I computer. Until there is, this module is provided to
simulate the TRS-80 environment."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is hobbledehoy
| source : web1913 | Hobbledehoy
\Hob"ble*de*hoy`\, Hobbletehoy \Hob"ble*te*hoy`\, n. [Written also
{hobbetyhoy}, {hobbarddehoy}, {hobbedehoy}, {hobdehoy}.] [ Cf. Prob. E.
hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire,
E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of
to-day.] A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm.
--Dickens. . | source : wn | hobbledehoy n : an awkward bad-mannered
adolescent boy
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is nepotism
| source : web1913 | Nepotism \Nep"o*tism\ (?;
277), n. [L. nepus, nepotus, nephew: cf. F. n['e]potisme. See {Nephew}.]
Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's
family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather
than of merit or of legal claim. From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for
he was without kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps more
fatal nepotism, which turned the tide of popularity against him -- the
nepotism of his order. --Milman. | source : wn | nepotism n : favoritism
shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them
jobs) | source : devils | NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to
office for the good of the party.
CNET : Better DHTML Through Object Oriented Design
...most [ cross-platform DHTML libraries ]
include the code for all different browsers in each script, creating
bloated, complex code that must be updated whenever a new browser is
released. We think we've found a better way to approach reusable
components that addresses these issues. via
whump
National Post : "Another Heritage ministry spokesperson suggested
an actor such as Mr. Douglas
could be designated a person of "national
historic significance," which is driven largely by nominations by the
Canadian public. ... To be declared of national historic significance, an
individual must make "an outstanding and lasting contribution to Canadian
history" and prove "a representative example of an important aspect of
Canadian history."
National Post on the Ladies Afternoon Art Society
"The problem with the word performance is that it
implies a distance from the audience, and we're just not like that. We
want to be out and talking to people and getting to know them. We don't
call it performance because we find it deters people from paying
attention, and then they won't think of it in any other way. We are not
artists, we are the Ladies Afternoon Art Society, out to help other
people and to make things look nice."
CBC : "The M2A Swallowable Imaging Capsule
is a tiny video camera that examines the human
intestine. The capsule, which is 2.5 cm in length and 1 cm in diameter,
is swallowed and naturally excreted about four hours later. A miniature
video camera, a battery, a tiny light and a transmitter that provides two
images per second, are all built in to the pill."
Spider Robinson : Mugging the poor for their own good
"Tobacco's secret, magic gift is solace. Simple
solace. Smoking doesn't make you feel good, exactly; there's rarely any
real pleasure in it. What it does is make you feel just a little better.
Not quite as bad as a moment ago. Reliably, 100 per cent of the time, 20
to 60 times a day, you can light up a cigarette and maybe your problems
and sorrows will all remain, but at least you've scratched that one
urgent itch for the next few minutes. You've taken action, and bettered
your lot, however briefly or illusorily. ... O World Bank and World
Health Organization -- ye patricians in grey suits and United Nations
politicians in phony white medical coats -- here's a news flash for you:
The poor have the greatest need of that kind of solace. They have damn
little else. You make your living on their backs: You cannot convince me
you honestly believe that raising the cost of that pitiful solace will
brighten or lengthen their lives. You cannot convince me 42 million poor
people will quit smoking, abandon the only comfort you have left them, if
you raise the price by 10 cents a pack. I resent the implication that I
look that gullible."
Noah Richler : "But even as it is true that our economy depends on
'renewal',
that accumulation of stuff -- and our throwing it
away to make room for more -- it is also true that there is no more
dynamic system than capitalism to create value where previously there was
none at all. Our garbage problem, after all, is nothing a little
legislation wouldn't fix: Make landfills like those at Kirkland Lake
illegal (and exporting the stuff to other countries), and put the onus on
recycling or reducing the stuff at home -- within the metropolitan areas,
factories or communities that generate the stuff -- and you'll see
ingenuity applied to the problem in no time. It's nowhere near as
alluring as the smell of sex, but there's nothing like the whiff of
garbage to prompt an equal frenzy."
PHPBuilder : PHP Extension and Add-on Repository (PEAR)
"is an effort to develop a repository similar to
perl's CPAN and TeX's CTAN for the PHP community."
Matt Neuberg's Frontier : The Definitive Guide
has been "open-booked". When did that happen?
Ars Technica : MacOS X DP4
Speaking of the Mac, I wish I could "tabify"
application windows like I can folders...
Alright, it's not quite done
-- specifically the category listings, but I'm
more interested in knowing if and where it breaks. If it happens to you,
please let me know
. Thanks. If you're using IE4.5 for the Mac, I'm sorry. I know that the
layout renders all wacky, but 4.5 *sucks* and there's is a new version
coming out in a couple days so it's not going to happen.
Ray Thomas, RTMark
I would have never thought
to make <a href =
"http://www.tamaraskitchen.com.au/books/risotto.asp">risotto with
plums and kangaroo meat</a>. Then again, I wouldn't have
thought to make <a href =
"http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/food/gar-ice-cream.html">roasted
garlic ice cream</a> either.
painting monkey girl
"This is worth the hassle of fetching the
plug-in, please see
this
URL
and select 20th Century."
iCab 1.9 has limited JavaScript support
with a caveat : "At the moment no security policy
is implemented in InScript, i.e. every frame in one window can access all
other frames in that window without any restrictions. Who (sic) considers
this too dangerous has to switch off InScript in 'Preferences -
InScript'." mmmmm....
standards
.
Morning Edition talks to Mark Crispin Miller,
Nuala O'Faolain on spending Christmas alone
real evil g2 (starts 29:49)
Stop typing amazon.com
"Amazon.com managed to bluff their way into a
patent on one-click ordering, a technology used by every Internet
commerce site. It is a simplistic, obvious technology that no one
should've been allowed to patent. If we permit them to continue suing
Barnes & Noble and their other competitors, they will achieve a
technology monopoly across all Internet commerce sites. Not only is this
unscrupulous and immoral, but it will mean higher prices everywhere. To
put this patent in perspective, it is as if someone were allowed to
patent the process of taking a credit card order over the phone."
I had no idea
Luscious Jackson, live in Toronto
Bill Humphries : Using a Glossary to Unwind Comments from
Links
"Automating WebLogs that are more than a list of
links presents a challenge when representing them in XML. One way to
solve the problem is to unentangle links from narrative in the XML
representation."
Globe and Mail : Chrétien considering gamble on referendum law
Let me tell you a story: During the last
referendum campaign, I was studying in
Toronto
. At the start of the debate, I had no questions about voting No. Because
I was living out of province, I had to vote 2 weeks early and I wish that
I hadn't because by the day of the vote I wasn't so sure of my decision.
Okay, it's unlikely that I would ever vote for a pig as insolent and
arrogant as Jacques Parizeau, but after two months of listening the The
Rest of Canada's take on the sovereignty debate I had real questions
about who I wanted to live with. Two months of moaning about "my" country
being destroyed and, mean-spirited discussion of sticking it to Quebec
and finally the brain-dead, self congratulatory
love-in
without a word towards any of the legitimate greivances led to the
sovereignty movement. It was like trying to talk to a child in the middle
of a temper tantrum. I would still have voted no --I like to think Canada
mostly works, most of the time, for most of the people-- but I went home
on the night of the vote and, like many others, I will stay in Montreal
if Quebec chooses to secede.
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
.
GiveQuick!
"GiveQuick's directory allows website owners to
earmark their [e-commerce affiliate program] commissions to the nonprofit
of their choice ... We take no money out of any referral fees generated.
We are doing this because it needs to be done."
Patrice Garant : L'élément le plus novateur de l'arrêt:
l'obligation de négocier
"La Cour peut être considérée comme ayant tout
fait pour maximiser les chances d'un arrangement négocié et pacifique, et
éviter les risques de désordre social qui pourraient accompagner une
déclaration unilatérale de souveraineté. Elle a, à juste titre, reconnu
une légitimité certaine aux aspirations des Québécois, si celles-ci
s'expriment selon les règles démocratiques et sans ambiguïtés. [...]"
Michael Yaki: Setting Federal Policy One Town at a Time
"Has the stalemate that characterizes today's
devolution-crazed Republican Congress resulted mainly in just passing the
buck to the local level? Are companies, frustrated with inaction on
Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to let them slug it out in an arena far
easier and cheaper to control?"
Must...fight...inner...consumer
If for no other reason, than that we all hold out
hope there will be
something
better
to blow our money on next week.
Joaquin Rodrigo 1901-1999
Thanks to Dave for the mention
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.
I feel dirty.