posts brought to you by the category “mp3”
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.
Peter B. Ladkin : Some observations on e-mail phenomenology
I conclude that some work needs to be done to attempt to
understand the organisational motivations and behavior of system
administration, and to devise ways of preventing the collective
behavior of professional administrators from making problems a lot
worse than they otherwise would be.
Sighted : The B-boat
Did you just take a picture of my knees?
Ian Davis demonstrates why John Poindexter, and the TIA weirdos,
are so keen on XML.
evolt.org : Introduction to XFML Core Concepts
From the "Men with Hammers" department :
Paul Hammond : RSS in a browser
The news items on this page are created in the browser from OMPL
and RSS feeds using XSLT. No server side processing is involved.
Mina Naguib : Weather::Underground.pm
RDF Concepts and Abstract Data Model : "Noting that there is no
single human opinion about the truth
of some statements, the graph may further contain
commentary for human interpreters to indicate the realm of human
interpretation that should be applied."
Johann Hanne : php_writeexcel
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : opportune
Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, v. t. To suit. [Obs.] --Dr.
Clerke(1637).
web1913
opportune adj 1: suitable or at a time that is suitable or
advantageous especially for a particular purpose; "an opportune place
to make camp"; "an opportune arrival" [ant: {inopportune}] 2: at a
convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests"
[syn: {favorable}, {favourable}]
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : barney
A police officer or police cruiser, from Barney Fife of
_The Andy Griffith Show_.
ex. Slow down, I see a Barney up ahead.
see also :
barney dict-ified
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : shosho
something that does not work as it should
ex. That firecraker was a shosho.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
aristobrat
an aristocrat who acts terribly.
ex. "Sarah-Jane, beware of that aristobrat slouching at
the bar. He likes to flash more than his money."
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : temerity
Temerity \Te*mer"i*ty\, n. [L. temeritas, from temere by
chance, rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. tamas darkness: cf. F.
t['e]m['e]rit['e].] Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme
venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war. Syn:
Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness. Usage:
{Temerity}, {Rashness}. These words are closely allied in sense, but
have a slight difference in their use and application. Temerity is
Latin, and rashness is Anglo-Saxon. As in many such cases, the Latin
term is more select and dignified; the Anglo-Saxon more familiar and
energetic. We show temerity in hasty decisions, and the conduct to
which they lead. We show rashness in particular actions, as dictated by
sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of temerity to approach the verge
of a precipice; it is an act of rashness to jump into a river without
being able to swim. Temerity, then, is an unreasonable contempt of
danger; rashness is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness or
excited feeling. It is notorious temerity to pass sentence upon grounds
uncapable of evidence. --Barrow. Her rush hand in evil hour Forth
reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton.
web1913
temerity n : fearless daring [syn: {audacity},
{audaciousness}]
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : mooch
Moocher. Someone who always takes and never gives
back.
ex. He's the classic mooch. Never buys his own beer or
cigarettes.
see also :
mooch dict-ified
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : garrulous
Garrulous \Gar"ru*lous\, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to
chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1.
Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things;
talkative; loquacious. The most garrulous people on earth. --De
Quincey. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of
birds; as, the garrulous roller. Syn: {Garrulous}, {Talkative},
{Loquacious}. Usage: A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk,
with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies
simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at
command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man
in his dotage is garrulous. -- {Gar"ru*lous*ly}, adv. --
{Gar"ru*lous*ness}, n.
web1913
garrulous adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from
her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby},
{loquacious}, {talkative}, {talky}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : ennui
Ennui \En`nui"\, n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See
{Annoy}.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of
spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. --T. Gray.
web1913
ennui n : the feeling of being bored by something tedious
[syn: {boredom}, {tedium}]
wn
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : mendacious
Mendacious \Men*da"cious\, a. [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf.
mentiri to lie.] 1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a
mendacious person. 2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a
mendacious statement. -- {Men*da"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Men*da"cious*ness}, n.
web1913
mendacious adj 1: given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a
mendacious child" [syn: {lying(a)}] 2: intentionally untrue; "a
mendacious statement"
wn
MENDACIOUS, adj. Addicted to rhetoric.
devils
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : a'stake
A mistake, (Thanks, Erin.)
ex. I'm sorry, I made a'stake.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : way much
alot
ex. Ice cream tastes way much better than
sewage.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : tyro
Tyro, KS (city, FIPS 71925) Location: 37.03670 N, 95.82142
W Population (1990): 243 (98 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0
sq km (water)
gazetteer
Tyro \Ty"ro\, n.; pl. {Tyros}. [L. tiro a newlylevied
soldier, a beginner.] A beginner in learning; one who is in the
rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with
a subject; a novice. [Written also {tiro}.] The management of tyros of
eighteen Is difficult. --Cowper.
web1913
tyro n : someone new to a field or activity [syn: {novice},
{beginner}, {tiro}, {initiate}]
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : needing a
taco
The state of being in which a person is taking him- or
herself wayyyyy too seriously. Most commonly used in the context of
love and romance. (Taken from the South Park cd "Chef Aid" in which
Chef gives Meatloaf a taco because he gets carried away singing about
Meredith Baxter-Birney.)
ex. Now that is a man in dire need of a
taco!
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : descry
Descry \De*scry"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Descried}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Descrying}.] [OE. descrien, discrien, to espy, prob.
from the proclaiming of what was espied, fr. OF. descrier to proclaim,
cry down, decry, F. d['e]crier. The word was confused somewhat with OF.
descriven, E. describe, OF. descrivre, from L. describere. See
{Decry}.] 1. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or
obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover. And the house
of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. --Judg. i. 23. Edmund, I think, is
gone . . . to descry The strength o' the enemy. --Shak. And now their
way to earth they had descried. --Milton. 2. To discover; to disclose;
to reveal. [R.] His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should
descry him. --Milton. Syn: To see; behold; espy; discover; discern.
web1913
descry v : catch sight of [syn: {spot}, {espy}, {spy}]
wn
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is :
porchclimber
Cheap wine; or any wine that is consumed through the
course of an entire evening.
ex. I saw Curtis drinking porchclimber last night, I
wonder how he fared today?
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is :
pusillanimous
Pusillanimous \Pu`sil*lan"i*mous\, a. [L. pusillannimis;
pusillus very little (dim. of pusus a little boy; cf. puer a boy, E.
puerile) + animus the mind: cf. F. pusillanime. See {Animosity}.] 1.
Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of
weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons,
as, a pussillanimous prince.
web1913
pusillanimous adj : lacking in courage and manly strength
and resolution; contemptibly fearful [syn: {poor-spirited}, {unmanly}]
wn
Skwonk
"is an application that will listen to your
Ethernet interface for traffic. All traffic. Like a traffic monitor.
Difference is, Skwonk plays specific sounds for the type of packets that
go flying by. For example, if a TCP packet for port 80 goes flying by the
network to another Mac, Skwonk can blurt out a belch, or hoot like an
owl, etc."
David Mertz : Using CSS2 to display XML documents
While mulling over YA-Project
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}]
Tom Hukins : FreeBSD::Ports.pm
"and FreeBSD::Ports::Port[.pm] are modules for
parsing FreeBSD's Ports INDEX file and selecting ports that match certain
criteria."
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}]
Samantha Power : Bystanders to Genocide
From the "know yer tools" department : Tim Bray on XML::Parser
"The fact that XML::Parser is so much slower than
regexp, when it's based on James Clark's blazingly-fast expat parser, is
silly and wrong."
OpenFlow
"is a workflow engine created with python and
Zope. With OpenFlow, you can define a map of the activities to be
performed, conditional paths and parallel activities. Activities can be
defined using every Zope object, and conditions can be definined using
every data visible in a Zope object."
Kevin Williams : Why XML Schema beats DTDs hands-down for data
Sřren Roug proposes an event module for RSS 1.0
"Imagine, that you have a calendar on your
website. Imagine then that this calendar can be set up to automatically
grab announcements of events from the O'Reilly events website - letting
know when the next Perl/Open Source conference is - or the next IRC chat
with Tim - or the release schedule for a new book. This is what the event
module will provide."
Things might get a little weird here for a while.
Mike Richter : Primer on CD-R
"The following is intended to be parts of a
primer on recordable Compact Disc formats. I have favored simple
expression over technical detail. For that, I urge you to check other
resources, as found in the URLs. In particular, the information from
vendors is authoritative, where the following is not. The focus is on
PC's and Windows; those with Unix or Mac systems are welcome to translate
to the extent possible. (I try not to write about things I don't know.)"
also available as a
159-page
PDF file
.
Laura Bush : "I hung up five times yesterday
when he called to ask what was for dinner. I
thought it was a wrong number when the guy kept asking for Stretch."
I had no idea
Sightings : Dany Laferriere
Morning Becomes Eclectic : Hooverphonic
What the hell is a donut muffin?
IE2PDB HTML2DOC Explorer Bar
is a "tool to convert your selected text (within
IE5) to a DOC format PDB file."
Snort
Jed Perl : The Art of Stardom
"The market for art stars is thriving. But what
has it done for the world of art?" via
ald
Danny Drennan : The 90210 Weekly Wrapup
A gratuitous link on the eve of the final
episode. The site hasn't been updated since 1998 -- not without good
reason -- but it is hilarious. Remind me to post pictures from the Brenda
Party...
Maybe I've just gotten a little too much sun today
Andy Oram looks in his crystal ball
LA Weekly : LAPD tries to muzzle street cops on the Web
"No one is saying so, but the dispute [ over the
lapd.org
website ] is clearly linked to the city's recent efforts to cash in on
the LAPD's notoriety. The Police Commission in mid-November voted to
trademark the LAPD name as a prelude to lucrative licensing agreements
with Hollywood producers, T-shirt manufacturers and the like. The city
attorney's cease-and-desist letter went out days later."
Voir : Fuck le bogue
I saw the television footage of
the fireworks in Paris
, and I was mightily impressed until my friend told me about
this
. Aaaargh, I wish I had gone home!
I had occasion to watch TV
for the first time in about 18 months last night.
I was aware of all the Dotcom Koolaid people are being fed, but it still
came as a bit of shock. Meanwhile, I've decided to build a media empire
devoted to showing all those scenes they leave out of TV shows. I'll be
like the CSPAN meets Andy Warhol of television dramas.
O'Reilly Sample Chapter
<a href =
"http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jscook/chapter/ch01.html">JavaScript
Application Cookbook : The Client-Side Search Engine</a>
Have you never really believed
that Canadians are the funniest people on the
planet?
Leah McLaren feels your pain
: "This, after all, is a country where a governing body once refused to
let the rock band Barenaked Ladies play a benefit concert on the grounds
that their name objectified women. It's the same place that recently
refused to retail a full-bodied French chardonnay named Fat Bastard on
the grounds it might be offensive to fat bastards."
There are three golf courses
on the Vineyard, but the guy who puts up Mr. Bill
while he's on vacation here wants to build another one (complete with six
figure membership fees.)
Things are starting to
get ugly.
NY Times on Microspeak
Who needs old words when you can just upgrade to
new ones every six months?
John Katz : The End of the Amazon Era
"Jeff Bezos newly-revealed once-revolutionary
website has been revealed: a tacky online K-Mart. You're as likely to see
a Pokemon critter or digital camera as a book there these days. Is this
what all those investors were counting on?" Duh.
Jorn Barger : The First-Cut Manifesto
"The goal is to make at least one full pass over
a document, and classify every character into some meaningful category,
with a high level of robustness when faced with bad human editing."
Interesting, but the "It" that does all this work sounds more like a
human than a computer. If someone had figured out how to make computers
be "very flexible at reading dates in human formats", we wouldn't have
thousands of programmers sifting through lines of legacy code looking for
the year 1900/2000. via
kottke.org
.
The People's Photos
"The Archive of pictures found on the street by
me and you."
I'm going to see Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Julie Doucet
Bloc Pot
"«On ne veut pas convaincre les gens de fumer un
joint, précise le chef du Bloc Pot, ce n'est pas de nos affaires, mais on
veut les convaincre que le traitement actuel du cannabis n'est pas le
bon.»"
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.
