Saturday, October 13 2001

Retsina Semantic Web Calendar Agent

provides interoperability between RDF based calendar descriptions on the web, and Personal Information Manager (PIM) Systems such as Microsoft's Outlook."page."

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Tamara Munzner and Paul Burchard : Visualizing the Structure of the World Wide Web in 3D Hyperbolic Space

"We visualize the structure of sections of the World Wide Web by constructing graphical representations in 3D hyperbolic space. The felicitous property that hyperbolic space has ``more room'' than Euclidean space allows more information to be seen amid less clutter, and motion by hyperbolic isometries provides for mathematically elegant navigation."

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What does Aaron think about it, today?

A lot of tweaks on the backend of the categories as rss as html framework. The RSS file (warning : namespace hell) contains all the category information for a given post. The html displays links to related categories in much the same way the daily pages do. There is also a link to the RSS file on each category page. Next up, is adding all these changes to the standard syndication files, as well as setting up an RSS widget for individually archived posts...

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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is mulct

| source : web1913 | Mulct \Mulct\, n. [L. mulcta, multa.] 1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty. 2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.] Syn: Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty. | source : web1913 | Mulct \Mulct\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mulcted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mulcting}.] [L. mulctare, multare.] 1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine. 2. Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline. [Obs.] | source : wn | mulct n : money extracted as a penalty [syn: {fine}, {amercement}] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance" [syn: {swindle}, {rook}, {nobble}, {diddle}, {bunco}, {defraud}, {gyp}, {con}] 2: impose a fine on [syn: {fine}]

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