posts brought to you by the category “history”
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.
Ponie is a version of Perl 5 that will run on Parrot.
Michael Accardo : Win32::Wallpaper.pm
Kate L. Pugh : OpenGuides
The OpenGuides software provides the framework for a
collaboratively-written city guide. It is similar to a wiki but
provides somewhat more structured data storage allowing you to
annotate wiki pages with information such as category, location, and
much more. It provides searching facilities including "find me
everything within a certain distance of this place". Every page
includes a link to a machine-readable (RDF) version of the page.
I've been thinking about wearing suits, these days.
Tim Bray : I want to have my idiomatic regexp cake and eat my
well-formed XML goodness too.
I'm not really sure what's going on here
Washington Post : Google Introduces Human-Less News
Did I mention that I was going to Cambodia for three weeks,
today?
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
derflamminloggin
This is my husband's name for those pseudo-logs that you
can burn in the fireplace.
ex. Honey, it's kind of cold out. Do you want to burn
derflamminloggin in the fireplace tonight?
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
recombobulate
To repair something that is broken or in some other way
discombobulated
ex. Our strategy is completely discombobulated.. it's
time we recombobulate.
Julian Harris : Towards a new weblog design
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 : 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.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : lachrymose
Lachrymose \Lach"ry*mose`\, a. [L. lacrymosus, better
lacrimosus, fr. lacrima, lacruma (also badly spelt lachryma) a tear,
for older dacrima, akin to E. tear. See {Tear} the secretion.]
Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with
tears; tearful. You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. --Lamb. --
{Lach"ry*mose`ly}, adv.
web1913
lachrymose adj : showing sorrow [syn: {dolorous},
{dolourous}, {tearful}, {weeping}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : prolix
Prolix \Pro*lix"\ (?; 277), a. [L. prolixus extended, long,
prolix, probably fr. pro before, forward + liqui to flow, akin to
liquidus liquid; cf. OL. lixa water: cf. F. prolixe. See {Liquid}.] 1.
Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or
argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with
reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a
prolix poem; a prolix sermon. With wig prolix, down flowing to his
waist. --Cowper. 2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious;
wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer. Syn: Long; diffuse;
prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome; wearisome. Usage: {Prolix},
{Diffuse}. A prolix writer delights in circumlocution, extended detail,
and trifling particulars. A diffuse writer is fond of amplifying, and
abounds in epithets, figures, and illustrations. Diffuseness often
arises from an exuberance of imagination; prolixity is generally
connected with a want of it.
web1913
prolix adj : tediously prolonged or tending to speak or
write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix
lecturer telling you more than you want to know" [ant: {concise}]
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Dave, it's not hard to think about a site that uses "all the latest
and greatest technology
Mark Hershberger : Myblogger.el
"is based on Simon Kittle's blogger.el, but where
his code calls a Perl program, this code uses xml-rpc.el. As of this
writing, my mods to xml-rpc.el are needed to add support for boolean
types."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is paean
| source : web1913 | Paean \P[ae]"an\ (p[=e]`an),
n. [L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later,
Apollo. Cf. {P[ae]on}, {Peony}.] [Written also {pean}.] 1. An ancient
Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song
addressed to other deities. 2. Any loud and joyous song; a song of
triumph. --Dryden. ``Public p[ae]ans of congratulation.'' --De Quincey.
3. See {P[ae]on}. | source : web1913 | Paeon \P[ae]"on\ (p[=e]"[o^]n), n.
[L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a solemn song, also, a p[ae]on, equiv. to paia`n.
See {P[ae]an}.] (Anc. Poet.) A foot of four syllables, one long and three
short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long
syllable. [Written also, less correctly, {p[ae]an}.] | source : wn |
paean n 1: a formal expression of praise [syn: {encomium}, {eulogy},
{panegyric}, {pean}] 2: a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient
Greece to invoke or thank a deity) [syn: {pean}]
Steve Ball : The XSLT Standard Library 1.0
"provides the XSLT developer with a set of XSLT
templates for commonly used functions. These are implemented purely in
XSLT, that is they do not use any extensions."
Dubya : "You know, if you find a person that you've never seen
before
getting in a crop-duster that doesn't belong to
you, report it. ... I mean, people need to be logical."
Philip Hunter : The Management of Content - Universities and the
Electronic Publishing Revolution.
"In other words, whatever publishing model
underlies the development and maintenance of large scalable Web services
in the Higher Education sector, it isn't fully realised in the technology
used to deliver the services. Much of what is delivered via the Web still
involves a good deal of manual activity. This half-way house position
isn't a place where Web Managers and Editors want to be. So it is quite
odd that this is where we are, among a community which has been so
intimately involved in the early development of the Web."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is clerisy
| source : web1913 | Clerisy \Cler"i*sy\, n. [LL.
clericia. See {Clergy}.] 1. The literati, or well educated class. 2. The
clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity. | source : wn |
clerisy n : an educated and intellectual elite [syn: {intelligentsia}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is grandiloquent
| source : web1913 | Grandiloquent
\Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui to speak.] Speaking in a
lofty style; pompous; bombastic. | source : wn | grandiloquent adj 1:
lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really
realizes what he is saying" [syn: {magniloquent}, {tall}] 2: puffed up
with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory";
"a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical
hooey"- Newsweek [syn: {overblown}, {pompous}, {pontifical},
{portentous}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is filial
| source : web1913 | Filial \Fil"ial\, a. [L.
filialis, fr. filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. female, feminine.
Cf. {Fitz}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a
child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience. 2. Bearing the
relation of a child. And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke.
--Milton. | source : wn | filial adj 1: (genetics) designating the
generation or the sequence of generations following the parental
generation [ant: {parental}] 2: relating to or characteristic of or
befitting an offspring; "filial respect" [ant: {parental}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is oblation
| source : web1913 | Oblation \Ob*la"tion\, n.
[L. oblatio: cf. F. oblation. See {Oblate}.] 1. The act of offering, or
of making an offering. --Locke. 2. Anything offered or presented in
worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice. A peculiar . . .
oblation given to God. --Jer. Taylor. A pin was the usual oblation.
--Sir. W. Scott. 3. A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the
expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.
| source : wn | oblation n 1: the act of contributing to the funds of a
church or charity; "oblations for aid to the poor" [syn: {offering}] 2:
the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist [syn: {Oblation},
{religious offering}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is bucolic
| source : web1913 | Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, n. [L.
Bucolic[^o]n po["e]ma.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and
the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of
Theocritus and Virgil. --Dryden. | source : web1913 | Bucolic
\Bu*col"ic\, a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? cowherd, herdsman; ? ox +
(perh.) ? race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See {Cow}
the animal.] Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd;
pastoral; rustic. | source : wn | bucolic adj 1: used of idealized
country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant
bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
[syn: {arcadian}, {pastoral}, {rustic}] 2: relating to shepherds or
herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic
people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy" [syn: {pastoral}] n 1: a
country person [syn: {peasant}, {provincial}] 2: a short descriptive poem
of rural or pastoral life [syn: {eclogue}, {idyll}]
Would you buy food from this guy?
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is bevy
| source : web1913 | Bevy \Bev"y\, n.; pl.
{Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bev['e]e (cf. It.
beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of
ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See
{Beverage}.] 1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons,
especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! --Beau.
& Fl. 2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd
of roes. | source : wn | bevy n 1: a group of girls or young women 2: a
flock of quail
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is ignoble
| source : web1913 | Ignoble \Ig*no"ble\, v. t.
To make ignoble. [Obs.] --Bacon. | source : web1913 | Ignoble
\Ig*no"ble\, a. [L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F.
ignoble. See {In-} not, and {Noble}, a.] 1. Of low birth or family; not
noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. I was not ignoble of
descent. --Shak. Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. --Shak. 2.
Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. 'T but a base, ignoble mind,
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. --Shak. Far from the madding
crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Not a true or noble falcon;
-- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. Syn: Degenerate; degraded;
mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous;
infamous. | source : wn | ignoble adj 1: completely lacking nobility in
character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his
attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than
that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr. [ant: {noble}] 2: not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle)
birth"; "untitled civilians" [syn: {ungentle}, {untitled}]
Peter Swanson : Maus Culture
"As I survey the new landscape of adult
comics—and much as I admire the achievements of Spiegelman, Sacco,
and the rest—I nevertheless hope there is still room for comic
books about mutant vigilantes."
A bit of unsolicited advice to all those who are keen on billing
for online content.
Elizabeth Hayt : Modern Art as Spectacle - That's
Entertainment!
"Ambitious art wants to have the same impact as
Tom Ford's Gucci ads and Steven Meisel's Versace ads. Glamour was once
regarded as a superficial aesthetic, but now it's a powerful aesthetic.
Almost 35 years ago, the French theorist Guy Debord described our age as
the 'society of the spectacle.' Now spectacles have become the art of our
society."
Paul Kulchenko : Quick Start with SOAP::Lite
The Meerkat Product
"gives access to the Meerkat's XML-RPC API and
allows the placement of news items in any Zope document."
Adbusters : Chris Woods Art Gallery
