posts brought to you by the category
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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.
Joey deVilla : “You know you want to see me in a
penguin suit sport humping this man.”
The morning after #1
Loup de mer, Montréal, September
2003
Zeldman : "Over a year later we're still waiting for
the W3C to take the hint."
Me : Net::ITE.pm 0.05
You can put code references in @INC ?
Tim Bray : I want to have my idiomatic regexp cake and
eat my well-formed XML goodness too.
The Connection talks to Bernard Kouchner,
From the "But, designers *want* you to judge a book by
its cover" Department :
W3C Working Draft : Hlink, Link Recognition for the
XHTML Family
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
zeppster
An avid or devout fan of the band Led
Zeppelin.
ex. Wally's a real zeppster.
Me : Net::Google.pm 0.2
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
vomitose
In the state of vomiting.
ex. Jerry's had 14 beers, and now he's
vomitose.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is :
ineluctable
Ineluctable \In`e*luc"ta*ble\, a. [L.
ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be
surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount:
cf. F. in['e]luctable. See {Eluctate}.] Not to be overcome
by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. --Bp. Pearson. The
ineluctable conditions of matter. --Hamerton.
web1913
ineluctable adj : impossible to avoid or
evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny";
"an unavoidable accident" [syn: {inescapable},
{unavoidable}]
wn
Radio Crankypants #16 : Radio BloggerLand
"By changing the radio.weblog.post ()
function to blogger.newPost (), you can use Radio as a
Blogger -> anything that supports the Blogger API tool.
Neat, huh?"
Radio Crankypants #4 : <%mirrorproject.Random
()%>
N.Y. Times : Prosciutto, Fig and Parmesan Rolls
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is
conflate
| source : web1913 | Conflate
\Con*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conflated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Conflating}.] [L. conflatus, p. p. of conflare
to blow together; con- + flare to blow.] To blow together; to
bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or
weld; to consolidate. The State-General, created and
conflated by the passionate effort of the whole nation.
--Carlyle. | source : wn | conflate v : mix together
different elements; "The colors blend well"; "fuse the
clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A. Schlesinger
[syn: {blend}, {mix}, {commingle}, {immix}, {fuse},
{coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}, {merge}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is
excrescence
| source : web1913 | Excrescence
\Ex*cres"cence\n. [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L.
excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere.
See {Excrescent}.] An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or
tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a
preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome
superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body,
or on a plant. ``Excrescences of joy.'' --Jer. Taylor. The
excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. --Addison. | source :
wn | excrescence n 1: something that protrudes [syn: {bulge},
{bump}, {hump}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {jut},
{prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}] 2:
an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
Did Aaron think anything about that?
Simson Garfinkel : "Understanding the uses and power of
sync is vital
for accurately predicting the
direction that the Internet and e-commerce are likely to
grow. Most people like the safety that comes from having data
in multiple locations, and the speed that comes from having
the data immediately available on their own computers.
Products and services that offer sync, therefore, will
probably fare better in the marketplace than similarly priced
services that offer high-speed access to data stored on
remote systems. People don't want to just tap into a data
stream; they want to have their own copy of the information,
and they want it kept up-to-date.
Marc Jason Dominus : EZDBI.pm
Simson Garfinkel : Kooks and Terrorists
"The question we face, then, is a
simple one: is it possible to prevent future incidents of
terrorism by systematically monitoring all potential
terrorists and imprisoning them before they can strike? And,
if so, are such measures worth the cost?"
N.Y. Times : Art on City Streets Till the Cows Come
Home
"We're the largest producer of public
art in the world. There are a lot of copycats and a lot of
different forms out there, but the cow has the absolute
perfect size and dimensions. It's also probably the only
animal in the world that is universally known and liked. If
you're talking about fish, we don't have any connection with
them except that we eat them."
mmmm...foldable solids
Le Monde : Le dictionnaire intime de Milan Kundera
Mac Central : "One of the [favourite MacHacks]
was the iTunes Dance Dock Plug-in, an
iTunes plug for Mac OS X that makes the icons in the dock
resize to the music like a graphic equalizer."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is
inkhorn
| source : web1913 | Inkhorn
\Ink"horn`\, n. [Ink + horn; cf. F. cornet [`a] encre, G.
dintenhorn.] A small bottle of horn or other material
formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case
for writing materials. ``With a writer's inkhorn by his
side.'' --Ezek. ix. 2. From his pocket the notary drew his
papers and inkhorn. --Longfellow. | source : web1913 |
Inkhorn \Ink"horn"\, a. Learned; pedantic; affected. [Obs.]
``Inkhorn terms.'' --Bale. | source : easton | Inkhorn The
Hebrew word so rendered means simply a round vessel or cup
for containing ink, which was generally worn by writers in
the girdle (Ezek. 9:2, 3,11). The word "inkhorn" was used by
the translators, because in former times in this country
horns were used for containing ink.
The Forest of Rhetoric
"is intended to help beginners, as
well as experts, make sense of rhetoric, both on the small
scale (definitions and examples of specific terms) and on the
large scale (the purposes of rhetoric, the patterns into
which it has fallen historically as it has been taught and
practiced for 2000+ years)."
Scot Hacker : "No, Be isn't getting back into the
hardware business.
Rather, Aura is a "reference
platform" -- a sample implementation of a networked,
home-stereo MP3 recording and playback unit, meant to be
adopted by OEMs and vendors who will customize, manufacture,
and distribute devices to the consumer audio market. ... .
Part of the magic of Aura is that it's networked, both to the
world at large and to the rest of the home. As a result, it
could be capable of retrieving MP3s from sources like
MP3.com, or from record labels. It also could be capable of
looking up inserted CDs in online music databases like the
cddb, and of sending separate audio streams to various rooms
in the house simultaneously. Audio could originate from
standard CDs, from data CDs containing MP3 tracks, from MP3
"radio" sources like icecast or live365, or MP3s stored in
the unit's own storage system."
Mark Fowler : A Perl Module Advent Calendar
"This goes along way to proving what
I always say: I come up with the best ideas when I'm hung
over."
The UCLA Internet Report : Surveying the Digital
Future
"We hope our findings about the
Internet will have broad implications for government
policymaking, corporate planning, and social and cultural
study. To begin this project now is critical if we hope to
fully understand the Internet as it evolves. Had this type of
research been conducted on the evolution of television as it
emerged in the late 1940s, the information would have
provided policy makers, the media, and ultimately historians
with invaluable insights about how broadcasting has changed
the world." (pdf)
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."
Ann Shin on fetal marketing and internal branding
"Putting up a Web site is equivalent
to opening up a storefront, placing an ad, and launching a
brand, all at once. If you're not on the World Wide Web,
where are you? Do you exist if people can't find you on a
search engine?"
The GlobeCom Jukebox
is another in the growing pool of web
based music players. It appears to do everything under the
sun including "remote CD ripping", which is pretty cool if it
really works. You'll need a Unix weenie to get it running,
though.
Joust
"lets you create really, really
spiffy JavaScript index menus that function just like Windows
Explorer (or Mac Finder) folder hierarchies." via
more like
this
CBC : Scientists break speed of light
"It [a light pulse] raced so fast the
pulse exited a specially-prepared chamber before it even
finished entering it. ... The key to the experiment was that
the pulse reformed before it could have gotten there by
simply travelling through empty space. This means that, when
the waves of the light distorted, the pulse traveled forward
in time. " My head hurts.
Dave Winer
Ideas : Sovereignty
"What is the "right size" for a
nation? What counts most - Geography? Language? Economic
self-sufficiency? The case of Quebec is familiar, but two
other examples aren't. In Micro-states (July 5th) professor
Tim Carroll examines the case for the independence of Prince
Edward Island. A Charter for Toronto (July 12th), with former
mayors John Sewell and David Crombie, urban guru Jane Jacobs,
journalists and academic economists, asks what would happen
if the city separated from the province."
02h05
GMT
(real evil g2)
National Post : "Each article of skim.com clothing
displays a number
that doubles as that person's email
address. For example, someone wearing a skirt with 99876
stenciled in large print across the back could be reached, or
'skimmed' at 99876@skim.com." Some days, it's just too much
to bear. Must... scream... in... despair... (oh, the pain.)
Sitescooper
"automatically retrieves the stories
from several news websites, trims off extraneous HTML, and
converts them into formats you can read on your Palm
computing device for later reading on-the-move. ... In short,
it's neat."
If you're easily swayed but other people's
opinion,
Meanwhile,
Edward Gorey, 1925 - 2000
Rex Murphy
"The Canadian Alliance suffered this
week, not from the non-entry of an Ontario candidate. That
can be remedied. It suffered from the consideration -- as
outlined at this strange press conference -- that the
principles of accountancy trumped the accountancy of
principles. Fundraising preceded commitment."
Georges Raby
"Je crois que le gouvernement du
Québec devrait inscrire au plus tôt à l'intérieur de la loi
101 un nouveau règlement qui inciterait les jeunes Anglaises
à pratiquer le french kiss le plus souvent possible, dès le
secondaire, pour qu'elles s'habituent à tourner leur langue
du côté de la majorité. Ainsi, grâce à cette forme d'exercice
fort plaisant, elles pourraient développer dès leur plus
jeune âge un goût marqué pour notre langue, en accord avec
l'idéal de la loi 101."
Serge Halami on the Cyberdamned
"It's like Communist China under
Mao," explains one of the new economy's production-line
workers, "you're constantly being pushed to help the
collective. If you fail to do this, you're going against your
family. But if this is a family, it belongs on the Jerry
Springer show."
Ian McCoy on the Canadian backpack
"In any nation, citizens are
instilled with a sense of pride, but we so often forget that
pride is numbered among the seven deadly sins. We are quick
to recognize its excess in other nationalities. But we are
loathe to admit to patriotism in its Canadian form:
smugness." Too true but
sometimes it's just so hard not to be.
(via
fairvue central
)
Jean Paré
"Words are powerful. They are the DNA
of thought. Philosophers have taught us that he who names
things takes possession of them. New realities are like
islands or continents. And words and names are not neutral.
When we adopt the language or the lexicon of somebody, we
become that somebody. When we accept the vocabulary of
somebody with a message, we echo his message. And, of course,
most of the time the media interview, report and even
criticize with the very words that have been created by the
people they report on or criticize. And we don't see the
mountain because we walk on it."
KCRW : Dimitri from Paris
Pioneer of "bedroom culture" (there's
one for your resume!) and most excellent music to cook by.
real audio.
Vive le Québec webabillard!
I am one with my error messages.
More bunnies!
Jon Katz : The Net - Boon or Nightmare?
NY Times : Tough Rules Stand Guard Over Canadian
Culture
" 'This isn't just cars or
refrigerators for sale; this is ideas,' [Norman] Jewison
said. "And when you start exporting ideas, philosophies,
behavior, products, ways of living, it becomes an assault on
the culture. Americans have to understand that.' "
Lysiane Gagnon : Does anyone care about
Radio-Canada?
"Radio-Canada is the French
equivalent of the CBC -- and much more. During its first
decades, it was the major lifeblood of French-speaking
culture in Canada. No other institution did as much to
promote home-grown culture and to raise the standards of
spoken French." See also : Richard Martineau's
Traitement de Canal
.
Daniel Pinkwater on Mensa.
"I don't think I have to make an
argument in support of how cool I am." real audio.
Hanoi, la nonchalante
I had the opportunity to visit
Northern Vietnam in 1996. Too dumb to keep a travel journal,
all I have to show for my trip is
some email I
sent my friend Dave
on my return.
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.
