posts brought to you by the category “slippery
slope”
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.
Like savage beasts, they roamed the land.
Lori Alden : The Cook's Thesaurus
Overheard, game seven :
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I might be able to root for the Ducks if they actually came out
and played the V-formation.
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It was worth hearing the New Jersey fans boo Giguere to also
hear them boo the Weasel.
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Ah, come on! L'hockey c'est pas une game de famille!
The Connection : The Education of Ashley MacIssac
Randal Schwartz : "People moan at Perl's syntax, and then they
embrace XSL. Go figure!"
Michel Dumais : J'organise un NXNE (North by North East) à
Montréal.
The Guardian : Anarchists and the fine art of torture
David Gelernter : What is this universal information
structure?
A narrative stream, which says, "Let me tell you a story. " The
system shows you a 3-D stream of electronic documents flowing through
time. The future (where you store your calendar, reminders, plans)
flows into the present (where you keep material you're working on
right now) and on into the past (where every e-mail message and
draft, digital photo, application, virtual Rolodex card, video and
audio clip and Web bookmark is stored, in addition to all those
calendar notes and reminders that used to be part of the future and
have since flowed into the past to be archived forever).
Hey, the Peter Pan spotlight is 40!
Movable Thoughts #16-17
Rael Dornfest : Blosxom 0+5i: Categories
" take a gander at the
"[computers/internet/weblogs/blosxom]" bit at the end of this post. And
there's more to it than meets the eye. Think recursion. ;-)"
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : fridge
Same as brick: an outlandishly large cell phone. Used
mainly by European teenagers.
ex. My mom bought me a new phone. It was a fridge.
Embarrassing.
see also :
fridge dict-ified
I am probably going to shut things down for , realistically, a week
or two
Réjean Tremblay : "On dit ne pas aimer Patrice Brisebois
pour deux grands groupes de raisons. Un premier
groupe qui concerne surtout les erreurs qu'il peut commettre pendant un
match et la perception qu'on semble avoir de ses efforts sur la
patinoire. Et il y a un deuxième groupe où c'est franchement viscéral. On
ne sait pas trop pourquoi, mais on «sent» des traits de la personnalité
de Brisebois. On avoue ne pas le connaître, mais on est certain qu'il est
arrogant, qu'il est «frappé», vous voyez le genre."
LDP : Announcing the Lampadas Project
"Lampadas is an interactive environment for
writing, managing, publishing and reading documentation. ... Lampadas
supports any format the author is comfortable writing in. Rather than
forcing authors to standardize on a tool, Lampadas supplies the meta-data
shortcomings of the author's choice."
Abigail : Acme::Time::Baby.pm
"gives you the function babytime, which will
return the time in the form
The big hand is on the ten and the little hand is on the three
."
Me : Net::Blogger.pm 0.6.1.2
Simson Garfinkel : "One of the most surprising things we learned
from launching our Internet startup
was that providing wireless Internet service is
really cheap. What ended up bankrupting the company were all the
ancillary services we had to develop—credit card billing, technical
support, the corporate Web site and the various security measures we had
to put in place to prevent unauthorized use of the network by
nonsubscribers. Organizations that aren’t trying to make money
providing wireless Internet service can do away with all of these
measures and offer the service for free. "
Matt Sergeant : XML::Handler::AxPoint.pm
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is fiat
| source : web1913 | Fiat \Fi"at\, n. [L., let it
be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere
to make. Cf. {Be}.] 1. An authoritative command or order to do something;
an effectual decree. His fiat laid the corner stone. --Willis. 2. (Eng.
Law) (a) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. (b) An authority for
certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature. {Fiat
money}, irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but
deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government
issuing it. | source : wn | fiat n : a legally binding command or
decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);
"a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
[syn: {decree}, {edict}, {order}, {rescript}]
Tels : Dev::Bollocks.pm
"implements /dev/bollocks, which generates
management bullshit whenever you need it. ... this module doesn't simple
do a head /dev/bollocks, that would be too easy, too fast and
non-portable. And bullshit is universilly portable. Thus the module makes
a subclass of Math::Sting and changes the default charset to a charset
that emulates the original /dev/bollocks charset. As a side-effect you
can calculate with bollocks strings, or even compare them to find out
which is greater crap than the other."
David Rees : "I think one of the frustrating things for a lot of
people in this situation
is you just don’t even know what to hope
for. It’s not like I had this un-ambiguous thing of ‘Oh my
god, we must stop bombing and turn it over to the World Court.’ So
these were more just personal comics about how I’d been feeling
about the whole situation. And I was drinking heavily when I made them,
frankly. I’ve gone through a lot of Jim Beam in the evenings,
because I’ve been working whole days in a midtown Manhattan office,
listening to sirens and re-booting cnn.com, which is like the worst thing
you can do to yourself psychologically."
Nigel Witters : Apache::Emulator.pm
"I work in a firm that uses Netscape as its
front-line webserver, but I prefer to code my Perl using mod_perl rather
than CGI. I also have an account on an internal Apache server running
mod_perl, but I don't have admin rights to restart the webserver while
I'm developing code [nor am I allowed to run my own copy of Apache]. I
also like to develop web applications that *will* run on a CGI platform,
but will run *very fast* on a mod_perl platform. The solution? Emulate
mod_perl within the CGI environment. It's slower than traditional CGI,
but you can develop for both platforms and deploy to mod_perl once your
code is finished."
Thomas D. Wason and David Wiley : Structured Metadata Spaces
"This paper will present the concepts of a
metadata space as it relates to cataloging and discovery. A space has
multiple dimensions; in the case of resource metadata, these are
descriptive dimensions. We will explain the needs for orthogonal
descriptive dimensions, and present a method for achieving maximally
efficient, independent dimensions using semantic structures realized in
structured metadata." (pdf)
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is embonpoint
| source : web1913 | Embonpoint \Em`bon`point"\,
n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See {Bon}, and {Point}.]
Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent. |
source : wn | embonpoint adj : euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation
ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies";
"pleasingly plump" [syn: {buxom}, {chubby}, {plump}, {zaftig}, {zoftig}]
n : the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: {plumpness}]
John McCoy : I Want To Believe
Nathan Torkington : Apache::Vermicide.pm
"[is] a mod_perl handler to catch the requests as
soon as they arrive, and discard them with a minimum of work to Apache.
If your web server is struggling under the load, this might help. The
heuristic it uses for "requests to ignore with prejudice" is the presence
of root.exe, cmd.exe, or default.ida. You might want to tweak the regexp
if those files are part of your web site :-)"
Bertrand Badie : "Et surtout, nous ne devons pas oublier cette
règle d'or,
qui va devenir l'aune des relations
internationales: l'aspiration à l'égalité. Un homme vaut un autre homme.
Je n'ai pas vu beaucoup de réactions, cette semaine, devant la mort de
plusieurs Palestiniens... Et lorsque nous saurons réagir au génocide de
500 000 Rwandais comme nous avons réagi au sort tragique des victimes
emportées à New York, nous aurons fait un progrès dans la régulation de
la vie internationale. Or nous sommes encore dans un monde où un homme ne
vaut pas un autre homme; c'est en ces termes que le Sud réagit à la
catastrophe de New York. La mondialisation aggrave les inégalités mais
suscite une aspiration à l'égalité comme il n'y en a jamais eu. Parce que
chacun a désormais les moyens de se comparer aux autres."
Me : rss2blogger 1.0
Normal Walsh : DTDParse
"reads an SGML or XML DTD and constructs an XML
database of its content. This database can be examined to construct other
views of the DTD."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is remonstrate
| source : web1913 | Remonstrate \Re*mon"strate\,
v. i. To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or
any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a
person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation. It
is proper business of a divine to state cases of conscience, and to
remonstrate against any growing corruptions in practice, and especially
in principles. --Waterland. Syn: {Expostulate}, {Remonstrate}. Usage:
These words are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being
that expostulate is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a
superior or by one in authority. A son remonstrates against the harshness
of a father; a father expostulates with his son on his waywardness.
Subjects remonstrate with their rulers; sovereigns expostulate with the
parliament or the people. | source : web1913 | Remonstrate
\Re*mon"strate\ (-str?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remonstrated}
(-str?*t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remonstrating}.] [LL. remonstratus, p.
p. of remonstrare to remonstrate; L. pref. re- + monstrare to show. See
{Monster}.] To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest;
hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. I will remonstrate
to you the third door. --B. Jonson. | source : wn | remonstrate v 1:
argue in protest or opposition 2: present and urge reasons in opposition
[syn: {point out}] 3: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded
the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime
Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup";
"check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {check}, {rag}, {reproof}, {lecture},
{reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out},
{chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
The XSLT Standard Library
"provides the XSLT developer with a set of XSLT
templates for commonly used functions. These are mostly implemented
purely in XSLT. ... Goals of the 'xsltsl' project include: (1) Provision
of a high-quality library of XSLT templates, suitable for inclusion by
vendors in XSLT processor software products. (2) Demonstration of best
practice in XSLT stylesheet development and documentation. (3) Provide
examples of various techniques used to develop XSLT stylesheets (i.e., a
working FAQ). 'xsltsl' uses XML Namespaces, so there is no need to worry
about clashing template names."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is hullabaloo
| source : web1913 | Hullabaloo \Hul`la*ba*loo"\,
n. [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.] A confused noise; uproar; tumult.
[Colloq.] --Thackeray. | source : wn | hullabaloo n : disturbance usually
in protest [syn: {agitation}, {excitement}, {turmoil}, {upheaval}]
I don't have a whole lot of time for the BOFH mythos
How much do you want to bet
that the clever propeller-heads at Apple are
beavering away on some kind of funky plasma casing that pulls a lava lamp
when you play MP3s on your next iMac?
Never mind the squirrels, though, Montreal is set to be
overrun
Rasterweb : "One of the Apple employees said
'I'd uh, prefer, if you didn't mess around with
the command line.' I really should have typed rm -rf and then said 'What
did you say?'" Let the games begin! Do you hear that sound in the wind?
It's the sound of high school sysadmins the world over muttering : fuck
fuck fuck....
PHP Builder : Using PHP and XML with Apache Cocoon
The Honeypot Project : The Motives and Psychology of the Black-hat
Community
Brad Wieners
"Now, I'm not saying there aren't some
certifiable militia-ready technolibertarian assholes out there among my
peers -- there may be some who even claim Charlton Heston as their prez.
But too many of the swing votes, the ones that could really turn
technolibertarianism into an epidemic, are my sort of "make the world a
better place for all" guilty yuppie bohos. We weren't actually born with
silver spoons in our mouths, and we'll come around." The sooner the
better. I swear to god, I may have punch the next internet-weenie I see
spouting benevolent fatalist dom.com marketing gospel to anyone who will
listen.
Michael Swaine
"The fact that Dave pointed me to the text in the
link to the page raises some interesting questions about just what Tim
Berners-Lee had in mind when he gave us this incredible hypertext system.
The sentence "I've added a scripting news page." is surely just a
statement of fact that I don't think Dave or anyone could object to. Dave
doesn't, apparently, object to my having a page that tracks scripting
news, but just to my naming it "scripting news," by which he apparently
means this link. Does turning two of the words into a link change it into
an encroachment on Dave's turf?"
Lev Manovitch : Postmodernism and Photoshop
I hope all the software engineers out there
realize that "computer software 'naturalizes' the model of authorship as
selection from libraries of pre-defined objects." Please, someone make
post-modernism go away.
Today is my birthday!
ACLU : Echelonwatch
NY Times : Is Cyberspace a Public Accomodation
"The hitch, of course, is that AOL's services are
not provided in a physical structure like a store. Does that make a
difference? Lawyer who are experts in disability law tend to disagree on
the answers. And so far no court has decided this exact question as it
relates to the Internet."
Michel Venne : Groupes communautaires, entre l'État et
l'individu
"Ce mouvement constitue un rempart contre la
réduction de la société québécoise à un simple espace de marché, ajoute
le théologien. Il contribue à resserrer les liens de solidarité et ainsi
à raffermir la conscience que nous formons une nation."
Salon talks to the NY Times Style Czar
Has Ron Harris got a deal for you
"This is Darwin's natural selection at its very
best. The highest bidder gets youth and beauty. ... It is not my
intention to suggest we make a super society of only beautiful people.
This site simply mirrors our current society, in that beauty always goes
to the highest bidder."
L. Everett : Church of the All-Night Donut
"He hands me a booklet with a picture of a happy,
white family, hugging and kissing each other on the cover. Oh Christ.
Satan's learned Quark Xpress. I pray for Y2K to hit."
Robert Vipond : Holes in the anti-squeegee manifesto
"[They] have become living metaphors for a social
reality that includes child poverty, dysfunctional families and a
counterculture that openly mocks middle-class values. Understandably,
many of us would rather not confront or be reminded of this reality at
every intersection. But our discomfort at what they represent is a bad
reason for riding squeegee kids out of town on a rail." see also : Brian
Myles'
La
dictature de l'image
.
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.
