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}]
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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}]
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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."
A.P. : "Data taken from the [body] scans
will be stored on password-protected sites on the
Web and can be used by consumers to help make purchases at affiliated
companies." One word : mischief.
Cowboys demand their pay!
"I'm not too good with left and right or east and west, but north
south isfine, why is that?"
The only way I can remember left from right is
that I draw with my right hand. If you ever see me giving directions,
you'll probably see me raise my hands and then look from one to the
other. In Montreal, South is the water, North the mountain. East and West
has historically been divided into French and English respectively,
separated by St. Laurent Blvd (The Main) which goes down to the water. It
also goes North, at which point the whole scheme falls apart since
Montreal is an island. Some maps of the city even adjust their printed
compass to compensate for the fact that when we point North, we're
actually pointing North-East.
Randal Schwartz : Simple XML Processing and Queries
"So, the strategy is to start with an HTML form
asking the user to input SQL search patterns. When the form is submitted,
our script uses the LWP module to fetch the XML document, and the
XML::Parser module to parse its data. The DBI module will insert the data
into a DBD::RAM database using the SQL queries that were entered in the
original form."
One of the nicest things anyone has ever said about me
was that I "looked for the mystery in computers."
I'm not seeing a whole lot of mystery these days.
Brendan Bernhard : It's Bobo Time
"All I can say is, it must be nice to feel that
good about yourself, to know that every time you sweep into a
neighborhood, driving up the rents, trailing Restoration Hardware stores
and overpriced bakeries in your wake, things will be improved for
everyone — at least for those who can afford to stay."
Morning Becomes Eclectic : Mint Royale
Paul Krugman
"By contrast, if several companies were given the
right to sell Windows, their competition would probably drive the price
of the operating system almost to nothing; this would amount to an
expropriation of intellectual property rights. Maybe you think that
Microsoft deserves that fate; but it is not a precedent to set lightly."
Apparently, happiness can also be had
masturbating
with Tiger Balm
( and other activities you probably shouldn't try unless you're a trained
professional which would, no doubt, beg the question... ) via
wetlog
C'est La Vie talks to Daniel Pinard
This Morning talks to Robert Rabinovitch
president of the CBC, about the future of "The
Corporation". (real audio)
digitalMass : A coder's worst enemy
"But today, in an odd twist, programmers may be
turning that same sword on themselves, creating the killer app that
proves their undoing: Website development tools."
Azby Brown : Aqua borrows heavily from Kai Krause
Meanwhile,
David Every considers The Dock
: "But then we come to a bigger question: Is the Dock for showing running
applications, or is it a launcher? Jobs showed the Dock as both. At
times, he dropped aliases into the Dock, saying it was a great place to
keep things you need to launch regularly. However, the Dock also gained
icons automatically whenever something was launched or opened. To add to
the confusion, icons were constantly reordering themselves, never staying
in a "familiar" place. And what the hell is the Trash doing in the dock?
How does that add clarity to the interface? You don't drag things to the
Dock to delete them. They blew the whole desktop metaphor with that mess.
One behavior per Dock, please." It's starting to sound like OS X might
just be one big disco inferno...
Internet: accord sur les droits d'auteur
Douglas Rushkoff on mandatory technology
I will enjoy watching
I guess if you're too poor
Burn All GIFs Day
Community action at it's best , I say.
In case you needed a reason to get more exercise
office towers in New York, Boston and Chicago
will start airing "content" (read : advertising) on flat panel displays
in their elevators.
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.
