posts brought to you by the category “speak now”
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.
I don't know either Anil or Paul personally though they seem like
perfectly nice fellows.
Passepartout is not a word processor
You do not use Passepartout for writing text, because it is only a
layout editor. Basically speaking, Passepartout is in the business of
taking the different parts that make up a page, such as text, photos,
graphics, and "gluing" them on piece of paper. Passepartout can
import from several different bitmapped image formats as well as EPS
files. You write the text in your favorite text editor (e.g. Emacs or
VI) in an XML-based format. The XML file is then typeset using a
typesetting engine called xml2ps.
Norm Walsh : Vicious Circle
I maintain however, that using [URLs] as names is confusing
because it violates the niave users expectation that they're
addresses.
Kake Pugh : How to Avoid Writing Code
The reason that Class::DBI and the Template Toolkit work so well
together is simple. Template Toolkit templates can call methods on
objects passed to them--so there's no need to explicitly pull every
column out of the database before you process the template--and
Class::DBI saves you the bother of writing methods to retrieve
database columns. You're essentially going straight from the database
to HTML with only a very small amount of Perl in the middle.
I've been thinking about wearing suits, these days.
Michael Schilli : Net::Amazon.pm
Net::Amazon provides an object-oriented interface to amazon.com's
SOAP and XML/HTTP interfaces. This way it's possible to create
applications using Amazon's vast amount of data via a functional
interface, without having to worry about the underlying communication
mechanism.
Me : sql-abstract-_recurse_where-order-by.diff
Rodrigo Loyola : Subway...
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
noassitall
No ass at all.
ex. My man has noassitall.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : cupidity
Cupidity \Cu*pid"i*ty\ (k?-p?d"?-t?), n. [F. cupidite, L.
cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long for,
desire. See {Covet}.] 1. A passionate desire; love. [Obs.] 2. Eager or
inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice;
covetousness. With the feelings of political distrust were mingled
those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces
of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael.
--Prescott.
web1913
cupidity n : extreme greed for material wealth [syn:
{avarice}, {avariciousness}, {covetousness}]
wn
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : wastrel
Wastrel \Wast"rel\, n. 1. Any waste thing or substance; as:
(a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] --Carew. (b) A profligate. [Prov.
Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.] 2. Anything cast
away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. [Obs. or Prov.
Eng.]
web1913
wastrel n : someone who dissipates resources
self-indulgently [syn: {waster}]
wn
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : gregarious
Gregarious \Gre*ga"ri*ous\, a. [L. gregarius, fr. grex,
gregis, herd; cf. Gr. ? to assemble, Skr. jar to approach. Cf.
{Congregate}, {Egregious}.] Habitually living or moving in flocks or
herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or
living alone. --Burke. No birds of prey are gregarious. --Ray.
web1913
gregarious adj 1: tending to form a group with others of
the same kind; "gregarious bird species"; "man is a gregarious animal"
[ant: {ungregarious}] 2: seeking and enjoying the company of others; "a
gregarious person who avoids solitude"
wn
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
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : brio
brio n : quality of being active or spirited or vigorous
[syn: {animation}, {spiritedness}]
wn
So, do you think Bill Guerin was asking Josie
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 feeling
rather borejoysy
Me : Net::Google.pm 0.4
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : dorkano
Female form of the word "dork." As in the possible
Spanish form. Dorkano for males. Used meaning stupid (in a funny way)
or just not thinking. This is not a mean term, but rather a term to
jokingly make fun of someone and bring attention to her action that
caused her to look so goofy.
ex. Sally couldn't believe what a dorkano her friend was
when he licked the ice cream store sign's large ice cream
cone.
We were lucky enough to be staying with friends in the West
Village.
Radio Crankypants #12 : for category in aaronland.getCategories()
redux
Radio Crankypants #9-10
Me : WWW::Pseudodictionary.pm 0.1
David Rees : "I think one of the frustrating things for a lot of
people in this situation
is you just don’t even know what to hope
for. It’s not like I had this un-ambiguous thing of ‘Oh my
god, we must stop bombing and turn it over to the World Court.’ So
these were more just personal comics about how I’d been feeling
about the whole situation. And I was drinking heavily when I made them,
frankly. I’ve gone through a lot of Jim Beam in the evenings,
because I’ve been working whole days in a midtown Manhattan office,
listening to sirens and re-booting cnn.com, which is like the worst thing
you can do to yourself psychologically."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is tremulous
| source : web1913 | Tremulous \Trem"u*lous\, a.
[L. tremulus, fr. tremere to tremble. See {Tremble}.] 1. Shaking;
shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the
hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar. 2. Affected with fear
or timidity; trembling. The tender, tremulous Christian. --Dr. H. More.
-- {Trem"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Trem"u*lous*ness}, n. | source : wn |
tremulous adj : (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the
old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" [syn:
{quavering}]
developerWorks : Automating UNIX system administration with
Perl
"A big reason that UNIX administration is
challenging is that every UNIX vendor believes standards are for
weak-minded fools. ... If you are serious about automating system
administration, cfengine is a tool you should know. Ignoring cfengine is
a viable option only if you like to spend your days in the vi editor."
via
qube corner
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is redolent
| source : web1913 | Redolent \Red"o*lent\
(-lent), a. [L. redolens, -entis, p. pr. of redolere to emit a scent,
diffuse an odor; pref. red-, re-, re- + olere to emit a smell. See
{Odor}.] Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented;
odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. ``Honey redolent of
spring.'' --Dryden. -- {Red"o*lent*ly}, adv. Gales . . . redolent of joy
and youth. --Gray. | source : wn | redolent adj 1: serving to bring to
mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder
Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" [syn: {evocative},
{redolent of(p)}, {remindful}, {reminiscent}, {reminiscent of(p)}] 2:
(used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of
floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey" [syn:
{redolent(p)}, {smelling(p)}] 3: having a strong distinctive fragrance;
"the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: {aromatic}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is rotund
| source : web1913 | Rotund \Ro*tund"\, a. [L.
rotundus. See {Round}, and cf. {Rotunda}.] 1. Round; circular; spherical.
2. Hence, complete; entire. 3. (Bot.) Orbicular, or nearly so. --Gray. |
source : web1913 | Rotund \Ro*tund"\, n. A rotunda. [Obs.] --Burke. |
source : wn | rotund adj 1: spherical in shape 2: full and rich; "orotund
tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase" [syn: {orotund}, {round}]
3: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: {corpulent}, {obese},
{weighty}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is bailiwick
| source : web1913 | Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n.
[Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.] (Law) The precincts within which a
bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is patrician
| source : web1913 | Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, n.
[L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Originally, a member
of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman
citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who,
by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the
nobility. 2. A person of high birth; a nobleman. 3. One familiar with the
works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [R.]
--Colridge. | source : web1913 | Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, a. [L.
patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F.
patricien. See {Paternal}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the
Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. 2. Of, pertaining to,
or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. Born in
the patrician file of society. --Sir W. Scott. His horse's hoofs wet with
patrician blood. --Addison. | source : wn | patrician adj 1: of the
hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval
Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire [ant: {plebeian},
{proletarian}] 2: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians";
"aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the
blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of
the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features";
"patrician tastes" [syn: {aristocratic}, {aristocratical}, {blue},
{blue-blooded}, {gentle}] n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners
2: a member of the aristocracy [syn: {aristocrat}, {blue blood}]
Me : "RSSBlog.pm is largely a repackaging of code originally
written
by Jonathon Eisenzopf for his
Weblog
tool. I wrote RSSBlog because I wanted to be able to use the
syndication/templating code he wrote via modules in my own programs."
Suwon City : Vision on Restroom Culture in the 21st Century
"Several problems centering a restroom which has
obtained a major status as the third living space have started to be
emerged as a critical element deciding the quality of a modern life.
Studies on restrooms, therefore, should be made seriously that much."
Mike Hall : JavaScript Crunchinator
"This is not a script you would include on a web
page. Instead it's a utility that you can use to reduce files sizes by
compressing JavaScript code. By removing comments and extraneous spacing
you may significantly improve download times on pages that use long
scripts."
Why do people feel the need to override the UNIVERSAL::can
method?
Oh fuck it.
I'm just going to break it and see how long it
takes to fix... I will put all the foofy dhtml stuff and permanent links
back when I finish tweaking the backend templates. Obviously some
re-thinking is in order. My apologies if I've upset your surfing routine.
Breakage-reports
are appreciated.
Chappaquiddick
Orange plaid couch / Plastic trees and
shaggy crochet
/ Estimated time to empty is 0:11
TechNetCast : Future of BSDs
"Where is BSD headed? Will a common FreeBSD/BSDI
release signal a new era for BSD? Is there something the BSD can (should)
do about the BSD Mania? What new technical developments will help BSD
moving forward? Panel, with Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD, Wilfredo Sanchez,
Apple Computer (Core OS Group), Charles Hannum, NetBSD core developer,
Kevin Rose, Marketing Director, BSDi."
Bill Lessard on the perception and reality of dot-com perks
Mr. Lessard is part of
NetSlaves
gang who, incidentally, awarded their Shut the Fuck Up award to
Jakob Neilson
this week. (real audio)
RSS 1.0 Specification Proposal
It is a computer in name only.
People are making the same arguments about the
Cube that they made about the iMac before it actually shipped. Do you
remember how everyone bitch moaned about what lame specs the iMac had --
and still does -- relative to new PCs, not to mention new Macs? These
things are *not* about specs. Desktop machines have reached the point,
for the time being, where they have far more computrons than people ( the
ones who don't sit in front of their computers all the time, with lives )
need or even care about. They are about being blue and having mice that
fit perfectly in the hands of seven year olds. It is about owning a
product that you imagine having the same cultural and design longevity as
those
fifties stainless steel
car toasters
. With the exception of
the
Performa Years
, Apple has always understood that better than
anyone else
. The hockey pucks suck, they really do, but they'll be all the rage when
the kids who've grown up with them hit their thrities. The Cube is the
same thing, just for
a different crowd
. It's called
lifestyle
porn
.
project-flash
"is a new shell replacement for Windows 98 made
from Macromedia's Flash 4 vector based technology."
WebNap
is "a web-based Napster-compatible client in
PHP." How cool is that?
Perl for Zope (zope-perl)
"Python programmers will be able to directly take
advantage of the large collection of reusable Perl program modules, like
DBI, found on CPAN. Perl programmers will be able to program and
customize the Zope web application server using their favorite language."
Yipppeeee! via
rc3
Patrick Combs' 95 000$ Adventure
This guy definitely deserves to win some kind of
Shit Disturber of the Year Award. This is a great story. via
hyperbole
An HTML to XHTML converter
from the nice people at O'Reilly. Pass the
source, please.
Bill Humphries : Just what kinds of thugs are our business schools
educating?
"People write business plans, and VCs fund them
and they don't even pause to think about the ethics of what they are
doing. In my opinion, the Doubleclicks of the world are at the same moral
level as the snitch, the jailhouse informant, or a political officer. Can
we send these jerks to bed without their stock options."
Even if I could blog from the hot-tub
John Raulston Saul
"Let me put this argument a different way. So
long as an NGO -- which could also be defined as a corporation of social
reformers -- remains outside the democratic system, it has no real
political levers. Its activists are not there, in the people's chamber,
to clarify the cause. And there is no practical link between the problem
they are devoted to -- no matter how obvious the problem -- and the real
action required to deal with it. PR victories -- which NGOs so often win
-- cannot be converted automatically into law. Nor should they be. Again,
we live in democracies. But the result is that there are no direct
practical links between the public debate and government action. The
public therefore becomes discouraged about the effectiveness of politics
because politics appear to be unresponsive to the public debate. And
because of their disconnection from the formal political process, the
corporations of social reformers themselves begin to look naive. All of
this results in what René-Daniel Dubois calls "la perte d'une culture
partagée" -- a fractured culture or a fractured society."
I was going to spend the weekend
working on the never-ending upgrade of my own
weblog software. I think, instead, I'm going to turn my computer off and
sit around reading and scratching my ass. It's getting just plain weird
out here or, as the one who knows all says : "There are very few
despondent weblogs, though I bet there are more than a few despondent
webloggers."
Crosswords
"is a single- or multi-player crossword puzzle
game for the Palm Pilot family of "connected organizers." It is played by
the same rules as Hasbro's "Scrabble"(tm) game, but is not affiliated
with nor endorsed by Hasbro in any way." Yes! Who knew that
ictic
is actually a word. Clever computer.
Speared Peanut : I Hate Mosquitos
"Squish that buzzer with malice."
The Global Film School
"As the film and television production community
embraces digitization, it is our obligation as teaching institutions to
ensure that the next generation of storytellers are able to work freely,
creatively and efficiently in any environment whether that is physically
on a film set or virtually at a computer terminal." I'm normally not a
big fan of "distance-education" but, at a glance, online film and
television studies seems like an endeavour that could become greater than
the sum of its parts. What I really want to know, howver, is how the web
designers for this site talked their way into using "lateral scrolling"
(ick!)
Linda Seebach : Joining a digital library
George M. Kraw : Vive La McDomination!
"In fact, an American-based legal system isn't
being imposed on France or any other country. But providers and consumers
of legal services are creating an international legal order that is
largely based on American and common law principles. It is more "market
driven" by consumers than "law driven" by legislative authorities
enacting statutes." Okay, so what exactly is a legal system if it's not
driven by law? The whole concept of law becomes essentially moot if it is
just another service industry.
Has Ron Harris got a deal for you
"This is Darwin's natural selection at its very
best. The highest bidder gets youth and beauty. ... It is not my
intention to suggest we make a super society of only beautiful people.
This site simply mirrors our current society, in that beauty always goes
to the highest bidder."
Feeling lonely or neglected?
United States v. Baugh
"A federal appeals court overturned 70
protesters' convictions for demonstrating without a permit Wednesday,
saying the government can't make free speech conditional on a promise not
to trespass."
What's the Plural of Virus?
"Another theory holds that virus, being a 2nd
declension neuter--which we are 100% certain of because its nominative
singular is -us and its genitive singular is -i--must go to *vira in the
plural as do its -um neuter brethren in the 2nd declension. However, that
assumes that it works like a -um form, not as a -us form does. And it
really seems to do neither. If it were a -us form (again, as a 2nd
declension nominative), then its vocative would have to be *vire; but
it's really only virus. You also expect an accusative form *viros, but
that too is missing; it's still just virus in the accusative. And if it
were a -um form, then its vocative would have to be *virum. But it's
not--here again, it's only virus. (Vocative examples of virus are not
particularly common. Apparently the Romans seldom addressed their slime
in a personal fashion. :-)" It all starts to sound like
new
math
to me.
Melamid on art and religion
"I truly believe that art has become a religion.
. . . If you like the Mona Lisa, God bless you, there's nothing wrong
with that -- just as you can believe in Jesus, or in any God you want.
But the organized church of art, those education departments that try to
convince people by force of persuasion that this or that is good art,
doesn't leave you any room or choice to say if something is good or bad.
. . . They used to beat up children, now they show them paintings."
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.
