posts brought to you by the category “the street”
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.
Meanwhile, the street continues to find its own use for things.
The thing that makes The Habeas Warrant Mark so unique is that it is written as haiku, an ancient Japanese poetic form. Since our headers are actual works of art, Habeas can use the powerful legal tools available for copyright and trademark protection to prosecute violators. In fact, Habeas has already shut down some spammers in successful court actions.
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James Spahr : “I don't know if I can do that.”
The Connection : Self storage and self identity in America.
see also :
A word about boxes
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<s0:http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier />
So, I was farting around with
RDFpic
and I even went as far as to write a little widget that tries to
pre-populate the RDF meta-data with corresponding EXIF data. Basic
stuff like the date. The Photo-RDF spec says you should not use the
identifier
element to note the URI of your image. It is reserved for some random,
and possibly repeating, internal marker that your camera uses to flag
individual images. The logic here escapes me but, whatever. I want an
identifier that points to the actual image, I think, so I'll just use
the handy
dc:identifier
instead. I wrote the RDF to a separate file and then I imported it in
to an image I was munging with RDFpic. So far, so good. Next, I
immediately exported the data to another file to see what it looked
like :
<s0:http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier>
/home/asc/tmp/photo/2003/07/19/20030719-img_0013.jpg
</s0:http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier>
# Which in case you're not sure
# yields the following error:
107 ->xmllint ./2003/07/19/20030719-img_0013.rdf2
./2003/07/19/20030719-img_0013.rdf2:9: \
error: error parsing attribute name
<s0:http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier>
^
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Mark Fowler : Template::Plugin::Textile.pm
I've never known, for sure, whether it was the poppies.
But every summer that I worked on the farm
there would be two weeks where my every waking moment would be awash in
the horrible clear and stretchy like silly-putty phlegm of allergies.
It was always the same two weeks that the poppies were blooming.
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"It will be a messy job that, in the short term, will sometimes require flashes of benevolent tyranny..."
Ah, the more things change. Really, though,
I just wanted to give credit where it's due. Whatever you think about
their political views, right-wing cranks sure do work at turning a
phrase. Rat fuckers.
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www.taxomita.com
distributed metadata for information geeksis not really a by-line that will win you friends and influence outside a very small circle of dorks but it's cool to see this finally blossoming. I wonder if the database schema will play nicely with Class::DBI...
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Me : ASCOPE::IDP.pm 1.1
www.emacswiki.org
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Bryan Boyer : "You can take what you want from Rome
because it loves itself, needs only itself. It's
not that Rome doesn't have time for you, Rome has too much time for you.
You're lost in Rome's bosom: find your own way out."
Personally, I loved Rome which was a surprise
having grown up with stories of how, apparently, terrible is was.
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : extirpate
Extirpate \Ex"tir*pate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extirpated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extirpating}.] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy. Syn: To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish. web1913
extirpate v 1: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" [syn: {uproot}, {eradicate}, {exterminate}] 2: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" [syn: {uproot}, {deracinate}, {root out}] wn
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : button box
The infra red remote control for any one of many different types of electrical home entertainment appliances.
ex. Pass the button box so I can see what's on the other channels.
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I have a somewhat irrational dislike of the other teams in the Original Six,
and I have always hated the Bruins only
slightly less than the Leafs (sic). But, you know, Boston won the game
last night because they played better hockey. That Robby Ftorek sent a
player out to peg
Richard
Zednik
(real video; try to ignore John Davidson being an apologist and just
generally a sycophant) with a minute left to play and a 5-2 lead says
to me that Boston doesn't think they can't actually win the series. And
that they are a bunch of classless thugs.
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The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : regurgiburp
The expulsion of gas from the stomach through the mouth, accompanied by the taste of stomach acid and partially digested food.
submitted by Peter Cohen
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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}] wn
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : perforce
Perforce \Per*force"\, v. t. To force; to compel. [Obs.] web1913
perforce adv : by necessity; by force of circumstance wn
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Most of what I've had to say, during the last couple days, is over here.
Apologies for not metioning it
sooner.
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Salman Rushdie : "The restoration of religion to the sphere of the personal,
its depoliticization, is the nettle that all ...
societies must grasp in order to become modern. The only aspect of
modernity interesting to the terrorists is technology, which they see as
a weapon that can be turned on its makers. If terrorism is to be
defeated, the world of ... must take on board the secularist-humanist
principles on which the modern is based, and without which ... countries'
freedom will remain a distant dream."
The dots are mine.
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Doug Harvey : "Why is communication impossible at the supposed highest levels
of our culture when a few proles on the Internet
can punch a hole in the fabric of consensus reality with a few
keystrokes?"
Stick that in your
post-modern knowledge pipe
and smoke it, buddy. Don't worry, I have plenty to say about that one. I
just need to
build [the] world
first...
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I've always thought Damien Hirst was a bit of a twit
but
this
interview
pretty much cements it for me. He does, however, coin the very
memorable phrase
And Bacon's got the guts to fuck in hell
. I have no idea what it is supposed to mean but it has a nice ring to
it. Something feisty, to greet the day with!
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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is amicable
| source : web1913 | Amicable \Am"i*ca*ble\, a.
[L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. See {Amiable}.]
Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner
of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. That
which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner
in which it was managed. --Prideoux. {Amicable action} (Law.), an action
commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the
purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law
involved in it. --Bouvier. --Burrill. {Amicable numbers} (Math.), two
numbers, each of which is equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of
the other. Syn: Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious. Usage: {Amicable},
{Friendly}. Neither of these words denotes any great warmth of affection,
since friendly has by no means the same strength as its noun friendship.
It does, however, imply something of real cordiality; while amicable
supposes very little more than that the parties referred to are not
disposed to quarrel. Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two
countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties. ``Those who entertain
friendly feelings toward each other can live amicably together.'' |
source : wn | amicable adj : characterized by friendship and good will
[ant: {hostile}]
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Damian Conway : More answers (modulo Larry :-) regarding the [ Perl6 ] 'given when' construct.
I think that the Talking Moose is starting to sound like it's gotten punch drunk
on being (not without merit) the flavour of
the week. Aside from the fact that this argument, at worst, just
doesn't make any sense or, at best, is simply juvenile -- designers
need to adapt, I think -- it is eerily reminiscent of equally shrill
claims made in 1996. Designers were also said to be "irrelevant" back
then and so much the better because everybody would be liberated by the
promise of self-publishing on the web. Sure; so long and thanks for all
the <blink /> tags, dude. Having written and designed (no
less) my fair share of content management widgets and templating
systems I will concede that there often real benefit in being able to
hacks things, but that's a much larger issue than writing for the web.
The real reason is that CMS' are, past a certain point, just another
one (okay, maybe three or four) size fits all lock-in. Only this time
with a web-interface. And the only way to get your work done is by
tweaking the fucking tool. Hello? Wakey wakey.
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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is louche
| source : wn | louche adj : of questionable
taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" [syn:
{shady}]
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NY Times : "The [ Microsoft ] Clippy campaign,
which will cost about $500,000, also includes a
Web-site-based computer game in which irate users, many of whom have long
found the paper clip program annoying to the point of distraction, will
finally be able to retaliate by shooting virtual staples, tacks and
rubber bands at the animated Clippy figure."
So close...and yet so far.
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O'Reilly : Charting the Linux Anatomy [poster]
Frankly, I find the tone of the article
just a bit too saccharine for my taste ( "Oh, Tim! He's so-ooooo
dreamy!" ) but the poster is still pretty neat.
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It's my birthday!
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It's not online yet
but the latest issue of
The Perl Journal
has an article by Lincoln Stein titled "An IP Telephone in 74 Line of
Perl", in case you needed another reason to subscribe.
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YULblog : We've had a long love affair with our mountain
Unfortunately, no mention is made of the most
popular urban legend these days : that, following the one million dollars
spent to install fiber optic lights several years ago, the cross will
turn purple when
the Pope
dies.
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Johan Vromans : Mail::Procmail.pm
"is inspired by Simon Cozen's Mail::Audit that
was inspired by Tom Christiansen's audit_mail and deliverlib programs. It
allows a piece of email to be logged, examined, accepted into a mailbox,
filtered, resent elsewhere, rejected, and so on. It's designed to allow
you to easily create filter programs to stick in a .forward file or
similar." Speaking of Simon Cozen, he's written an article for The Perl
Journal titled
Filtering Mail with Mail::Audit and News::Gateway
, but you'll need a tpj subscription to read it.
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On est au Québéc, mon hostie,
not in France. I'm sorry if you don't like it,
but you might as well have quoted Lord Durham while you were at it. see
also
Le Glossaire
Québécois
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Desmond Tutu
"Our country chose a middle way of individual
amnesty for truth. Some would say, what about justice? And we say
retributive justice is not the only kind of justice. There is also
restorative justice, because we believe in Ubuntu -- the essence of being
human, that idea that we are all caught up in a delicate network of
interdependence. We say, "A person is a person through other persons." I
need you in order to be me and you need me in order to be you."
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GLOR-R-RT!!
I love comix (sic) sound effects.
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Talking About an Online Revolution : Interactive E-Service
A lecture by Ron DiCarlantonio, webcast tonight
at 19h30 EDT.
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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."
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When Good Smurfs Go Bad
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
.
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The Skydiggers : Live from the Archive
Among my many accomplishments in life, I can
count having talked at the Skydigger's bassist for two or three hours
solid, drunk one night at The Biftek (poor guy.) real audio.
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We just received some 19 inch racks that were on order
They shipped with an allen key that is as
straight as a ruler. I am missing something? Is there a use for allen
keys that aren't bent?
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There is a god, and it is fresh pesto. I had
business cards made last year and they included the
aaronland logo
. I used to joke that it was supposed to be
green like pesto.
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The consumer incarnation of Microsoftiness
"The Microsoft world is all about sushi-ginger
stationery. It's synonymous with miniature Japanese rock gardens, aroma
therapy kits and velvet pillows stuffed with buckwheat hulls." Does
anyone remember Steve Jobs saying that the one thing Apple still had,
even when it had hit bottom a couple years ago, was a brand name (read:
kool-aid) ? via
jjg.net
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95bFM
"Followed smell of cannabis down corridor 1983.
All I want to do is listen to music, I love listening with access to
database. Do show on Saturday AM 'cos hate lawnmowers". You've got to
appreciate a radio station that has a show of
music
for the hungover
.
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Happy Saint Jean-Baptiste
"Quelques coins de rue plus au sud, le défilé de
nuit aura un petit air scottish. Au coeur du cortège, le régiment des
Black Watch, haut symbole de l'impérialisme britannique, imposera le
rythme de la fête grâce au son de ses cornemuses. Un gros coup,
soutiennent les organisateurs. "
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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
I feel dirty.