posts brought to you by the category “frontier”
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.
Mark A. Hershberger : XPath to Elisp
It's a beautiful tissue dispenser so long as your bathroom has no
water or your room no dust.
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 : ASCOPE::Term.pm 0.2
Ed Hawco : "We like things small and plentiful, not large and
monolithic."
The Guardian : Anarchists and the fine art of torture
Me : WebService::weblogUpdates.pm 0.35
"I'm screwed and your doomed" or "Go home, Yankee imperialist
running dog"
All your interpreter are belong to us
Karl Dubost : Sémantique, liens et CSS : hreflang
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : tocsin
Tocsin \Toc"sin\, n. [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F.
toquer (originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for sein)
a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See {Touch}, and
{Sign}.] An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of
alarm. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --Campbell.
web1913
tocsin n 1: the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) [syn:
{alarm bell}] 2: a bell used to sound an alarm [syn: {warning bell}]
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : geezer
A lad, in the purest sense of the word. Usually from
london. Likes women, beer, and football. Tends to be involved in
suspect deals such as "second-hand televisions."
ex. Look at John--he thinks he's a geezer.
see also :
geezer dict-ified
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that replacing
Me : XML::Filter::OTLML::IO.pm
my $outline = "/path/to/io.otlml";
my $output = IO::File->new("+<$outline");
my $writer = XML::SAX::Writer->new(Output=>$output);
my $filter = XML::Filter::OTLML::IO->new(Handler=>$writer);
my $parser = XML::SAX::ParserFactory->parser(Handler=>$filter);
$parser->parse_uri($outline);
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : kabash
Killed, brought to and end, finished.
ex. The project was finally kabash, and all were
relieved.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : sybarite
Sybarite \Syb"a*rite\, n. [L. Sybarita, Gr. ?, fr. ?, a
city in Italy, noted for the effeminacy and voluptuousness of its
inhabitants; cf. F. Sybarite.] A person devoted to luxury and pleasure;
a voluptuary.
web1913
sybarite n : a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of
the senses [syn: {voluptuary}]
wn
If David wants bunnies
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : extant
Extant \Ex"tant\, a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans,
-antis, p. pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out +
stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See {Stand}.] 1. Standing out or above
any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above
the gums. --Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.
--Bentley. 2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
Writings that were extant at that time. --Sir M. Hale. The extant
portraits of this great man. --I. Taylor. 3. Publicly known;
conspicuous. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
web1913
extant adj : still in existence; not extinct or destroyed
or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among
extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd [ant: {extinct}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : puerile
Puerile \Pu"er*ile\, a. [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a
boy: cf. F. pu['e]ril.] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. The French
have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation
of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. --De Quincey. Syn:
Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See {Youthful}.
web1913
puerile adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; "puerile
breathing" 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was
juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: {adolescent}, {jejune}, {juvenile}]
wn
One of the things that hasn't been said about Boingo yet
The GooseWorks.org Toolkit for Topic Map Information
Processing
"is an implementation of the "Topicmaps.net's
Processing Model for XTM" by Steven R. Newcomb and Michel Biezunski,
referred to as PMTM4. It is a toolkit that provides the major building
blocks to assemble topic map applications of various kinds such as
command line tools, CGI applications, web browser plug-ins, and
large-scale editing and processing applications."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is gambol
| source : web1913 | Gambol \Gam"bol\ v. i. [imp.
& p. p. {Gamboled}, or {Gambolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gamboling}
or {Gambolling}.] To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to
play in frolic, like boys or lambs. | source : web1913 | Gambol \Gam"bol\
(g[a^]m"b[o^]l), n. [OE. gambolde, gambaulde, F. gambade, gambol, fr. It.
gambata kick, fr. L. gamba leg, akin to F. jambe, OF. also, gambe, fr. L.
gamba, hoof or perh. joint: cf. Gr. kamph` a binding, winding, W., Ir.
& Gael. cam crooked; perh. akin to E. chamber: cf.F. gambiller to
kick about. Cf. {Jamb}, n., {Gammon} ham, {Gambadoes}.] A skipping or
leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. --Dryden. | source : wn
| gambol n : gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or
amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf
threatened to become ugly" [syn: {play}, {frolic}, {romp}, {caper}] v :
play or romp around; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the
gamboling lambs in the meadows" [syn: {frolic}, {lark}, {rollick},
{skylark}, {disport}, {sport}, {cavort}, {frisk}, {romp}, {run around},
{lark about}]
www.yougrowgirl.com
"If gardening really is the new
rock’n’roll, then Yougrowgirl.com is "indie rock"."
Mozilla DOM Inspector
"is a tool that can be used to inspect and edit
the live DOM of any web document or XUL application. The DOM hierarchy
can be navigated using a two-paned window that allows for a variety of
different views on the document and all nodes within."
via
scottandrew
Me : xml-rss.js 0.2
David Niergarth : REX.py
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is cabal
| source : web1913 | Cabal \Ca*bal"\
(k[.a]*b[a^]l"), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb.
qabb[=a]l[=e]h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q[=a]bal to
take or receive, in Pi["e]l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).] 1. Tradition;
occult doctrine. See {Cabala} [Obs.] --Hakewill. 2. A secret. [Obs.]
``The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately.'' --B.
Jonson. 3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to
promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue;
a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto. Note:
It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet
consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the
word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale.
--Macaulay. 4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons
united in a close design; intrigue. By cursed cabals of women. --Dryden.
Syn: Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. Usage: {Cabal},
{Combination}, {Faction}. An association for some purpose considered to
be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized
union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or
resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to
circumstances; as, a combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or
to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a secret association of a few
individuals who seek by cunning practices to obtain office and power. A
faction is a larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish purposes in
agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to
change the existing order of things. ``Selfishness, insubordination, and
laxity of morals give rise to combinations, which belong particularly to
the lower orders of society. Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little
minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free
governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish
purposes''. --Crabb. | source : web1913 | Cabal \Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp.
& p. p. {Caballed} (-b[a^]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caballing}].
[Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and
interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot. Caballing still against it
with the great. --Dryden. | source : wn | cabal n 1: a clique that seeks
power usually through intrigue [syn: {faction}, {junta}, {junto},
{camarilla}] 2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
(especially a political plot) [syn: {conspiracy}] v : enter into a
conspiracy; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn:
{conspire}, {complot}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is pied-a-terre
| source : wn | pied-a-terre n : lodging for
occasional or secondary use; "they bought a pied-a-terre in London"
Ben Mulroney : "The first time I met Justin Trudeau was in
Montreal,
when his father fell ill, and we sat around one
night and talked about starting our own political party. We decided it
would span the extreme left to the extreme right. As leaders, each of us
would have a crown and a sceptre. We had it worked out so I'd run the
country from Monday to Wednesday and he'd take over from Thursday to
Sunday."
Northern.CA : XSpell
"is an XML-RPC Spell checker. It is inspired by
Sjoerd Visscher's XML-RPC Client for David Adams' XML-RPC Speller
service, however it is different in that it does not involve an active
middleman. The backend XML-RPC service is written in PHP..."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is interlard
| source : web1913 | Interlard \In`ter*lard"\, v.
t. [imp. & p. p. {Interlarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interlarding}.]
[F. entrelarder. See {Inter-}, and {Lard}.] 1. To place lard or bacon
amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean. [Obs.] Whose grain doth rise in
flakes, with fatness interlarded. --Drayton. 2. Hence: To insert between;
to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or
irrelevant; as, to interlard a conservation with oaths or allusions. The
English laws . . . [were] mingled and interlarded with many particular
laws of their own. --Sir M. Hale. They interlard their native drinks with
choice Of strongest brandy. --J. Philips. | source : wn | interlard v :
introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions [syn:
{intersperse}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is discomfit
| source : web1913 | Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, v.
t. [imp. & p. p. {Discomfited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discomfiting}.]
[OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. d['e]confire; fr. L. dis- +
conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See {Comfit}, {Fact}.] 1.
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat. And his proud foes
discomfit in victorious field. --Spenser. 2. To break up and frustrate
the plans of; to balk? to throw into perplexity and dejection; to
disconcert. Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. --Shak. Syn: To
defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate;
confound; discourage. | source : web1913 | Discomfit \Dis*com"fit\, a.
Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.] | source : web1913 | Discomfit
\Dis*com"fit\, n. Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. Such as discomfort as
shall quite despoil him. --Milton. | source : wn | discomfit n : a defeat
in battle [syn: {rout}, {discomfiture}] v : cause to lose one's composure
[syn: {upset}, {discompose}, {untune}, {disconcert}]
