posts brought to you by the category “windows”
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.
It should be noted that we were almost called Borelia
Me : Class::Phrasebook::Simple.pm 0.1
Mark Fowler : Template::Plugin::Textile.pm
Morbus Iff : "This is a collection of DocBook Lite extensions to
BBEdit 7.x"
Heather Champ on "the encroachment of models into the art supply
world".
You can put code references in @INC ?
Me : ASCOPE::Class::Text.pm 1.0
Are you smoking crack, or something?
Not to piss too hard on the revisionist parade surrounding
GreyMatter today,
The Darwin Streaming Server is now part of the FreeBSD ports
collection
From the "But, designers *want* you to judge a book by its cover"
Department :
Ha! Stick this in your RSS pipe and smoke it.
Petits Propos Culinaires
This is a journal of food studies and food history that has
appeared three times a year for the past twenty-one years. It was
founded by Alan Davidson, author of the Oxford Companion to Food, and
has recently been passed from his hands into those of Prospect Books
in Devon. Issues from number 64 will be published and edited from
here. The journal is A5 format and normally contains 64 or 80 pages.
There are articles, notes and queries from readers, and reviews of
books published in the field.
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : mallet
approach
"used often in school. If you are unsure of an answer,
you write an incredibly long answer that covers such a wide topic,
you are sure to get the question right."
ex. I used the mallet approach on a social studies paper
and wrote a six page answer.
John Pike : "Better bombing through chemistry.
... When you look at the original story of the
[Canadian] friendly-fire incident it seems that the pilot was being
inexplicably aggressive. It goes beyond fatigue or lack of experience or
[being a] cowboy or trigger happy or any of the standard prosaic
explanations. The simplest explanation is that the guy had eaten too much
speed and was paranoid."
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : silicon
alley
"n. - The competitive technology sector based in New
York, NY."
ex. "Although San Francisco continues to draw new
business, more and more technology graduates are migrating to Silicon
Alley."
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}]
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The Connection : Cork Wars
"The cork is under assault. Wineries are using
plastic stoppers, and (yes, it’s true) screw-top caps on top-notch
vino. The plastic lobby says cork’s no good, that it taints the
wine. The cork lobby says it’s being slandered, that conscientious
consumers will choose cork because it’s also
environmentally-correct. No one’s quite ready to embrace the
screw-top, but it’s coming. Is this really a conversation about
what’s best for the wine lover, or what’s best for business?"
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : cheese
To be happy and not worry.
ex. Don't cry. Life is short, so just be
cheese.
see also :
cheese dict-ified
Radio Crankypants #21: The Unbearable Instantness of Outlines
N.Y. Times : One night a waiter spotted a man putting one in his
napkin.
"So what I did was, I put it on the bill," Ms.
Daguin said. "And when they saw the bill, they decided to return the
knife. That's how we dealt with it."
Roxane Ouellet and Uche Ogbuji : Introduction to DAML
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : mien
Mien \Mien\, n. [F. mine; perh. from sane source as mener
to lead; cf. E. demean, menace, mine, n.] Aspect; air; manner;
demeanor; carriage; bearing. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen. --Pope.
web1913
mien n : dignified manner or conduct [syn: {bearing},
{comportment}, {presence}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : fugacious
Fugacious \Fu*ga"cious\, a. [L. fugax, fugacis, from
fugere: cf. F. fugace. See {Fugitive}.] 1. Flying, or disposed to fly;
fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile. Much of its
possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase.
--Jer. Taylor. 2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; --
applied particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as
compared with the life of the individual.
web1913
fugacious adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral
joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty";
"love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn:
{ephemeral}, {passing}, {short-lived}, {transient}, {transitory}]
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Matt Sergeant : "It's Lego for XML."
Everyone has heard the horror stories about IT departments
Simson Garfinkel : Spamthing
"maintains a list of people who are allowed to
send you mail. This list is called a whitelist. When somebody who is not
on your whitelist sends you an email message, they get a very simple
message in response ... When the sender gets this email message, all they
have to do is click reply and then click send. Spamthing scans all of
your incoming email for a message from the particular sender that has the
words SPAMTHING #119285431 in the Subject: line. When it finds this
message, it automatically adds the sender to your whitelist and sends
them [a] polite message in response."
Uche Ogbuji : Basic XML and RDF techniques for knowledge
management
"shows how to add semantic knowledge to an RDF
application by incorporating WordNet synonym sets. With the added
knowledge of the WordNet lexical database, you can search a set of RDF
data for related concepts, not just one keyword at a time."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is idyll
| source : web1913 | Idyl \I"dyl\, n. [L.
idyllium, Gr. ?, fr. ? form; literally, a little form of image: cf. F.
idylle. See {Idol}.] A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as,
the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or
descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also,
by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in
poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the
like. [Written also {idyll}.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. --Mrs.
Browning. His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. --F.
Harrison. | source : wn | idyll n 1: an episode of such pastoral or
romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll 2: a
musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: {pastorale}, {pastoral}]
3: a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life [syn: {eclogue},
{bucolic}]
Village Voice : Wish You Were Here
brian d. foy : Creating Perl Code Graphs
This Morning talks to Rick Mercer about "Talking to
Americans!"
"Hi, I'm Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas wanting
to say congratulations Canada on preserving your national igloo."
Andrew Odlyzko : Content is Not King
"Content can be profitable. Numerous media
companies are doing very well. Content can also be of value to a network,
even aside from providing traffic for the network to carry. However, it
is probably best to think of content as either catnip or icing on the
cake; something to attract new users, or enhance user experience. That is
what broadcast TV programs do for the advertisers who pay for them. That
may also have been the main role of the Web and browsers in bringing more
people to the Internet."
mmmmm...recursive web applications.
Bookworm : Art Speigelman and Francoise Mouly
"introduce their new collection of comics by
world-renowned children's book artists and underground cartoonists-all
based on fairy tales..." (real evil g2)
Snort bargle blap
Can someone explain why art stores are so loathe
to sell pencils with erasers on the ends?
Your door is ajar. Your door is ajar. Your door is ajar.
Susan Musgrave
will give a poetry reading in Montreal at
Dawson College
, room 5B16 at 17h30.
Stuart Minor Benjamin : Stepping into the Same River Twice, Rapidly
Changing Facts and the Appellate Process
"What if, for example, factual findings regarding
the Internet on which the Supreme Court relied in Reno v. ACLU are now
outdated, such that the Communications Decency Act (CDA)--not a similar
statute, but the CDA itself--merits new consideration as a possibly
constitutional statute? Even more provocatively, what if some of those
findings were outdated by the time the Supreme Court decided the case,
and the changes in the months after the district court issued its
findings weakened the case for unconstitutionality? This Article will
discuss the issues raised by both possibilities, focusing on changes
during the appellate process."
John Udell : Can XML Simplify Auto-Grabbing Web Mail?
Mike the Headless Chicken
"When Olsen found Mike the next morning, sleeping
with his "head" under his wing, he decided that if Mike had that much
will to live, he would figure out a way to feed and water him."
You've Got News!
Let me just say how fucking happy I am that AOL
now owns CNN. We can only hope they will make news as palatable and easy
to swallow as they've made the Internet. (In fairness, CNN was doing a
pretty good job already.)
Morning Edition talks to Michael Lewis
about Jim Clark and Silicon Valley. I really hope
it's not true that one of the defining characteristics of the Valley and
the people who live there is a general neglect and disdain for the past.
It seems sad and limiting on a individual level and just a wee bit
disconcerting on a societal one. real audio.
The Public Radio Station.com
Mr. Bill on federalism
It's difficult, after reading something like this
not to feel sad. Maybe [he] accomplished more in his eight years than
meets the eye, but it often just seems like he dropped the ball. Reagan
was a puppet and Bush was a company man and Mr. Bill might just have had
a clue but we'll never know. While he was in Canada, Mr.Bill also
celebrated the opening of
Battleship America
and recalled fond memories of
visiting
France
.
Perlmonth : MacPerl at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
TidBITS is 500 this week
Not very important
Phillipe Queau : Unequal terms of electronic trade
"The "invisible hands" of networks and the market
are naturally at work weaving a single fabric. It is a familiar lesson,
one we have already learned from Microsoft (4). It has turned the
geography of Europe and Asia upside down: America has now become
virtually the heart of these regions. On average, the cost of dedicated
lines between European countries - the famous "information highways" or
"backbones" along which Internet traffic passes - is between 17 and 20
times higher than that of equivalent links in the US (5). A Paris-New
York or London-New York link is cheaper than Paris-London or
Paris-Frankfurt. Virginia has become the hub of intra-European links."
The original piece, written in French, can be found
here
.
Jeff Howe : Artistic License, Creating a Space for Net-art
"[He] likens the obstacles net-art faces in
finding a museum audience to those faced by artists exploring issues of
cultural diversity 20 years ago. 'It's outside [some curators'] value
structure, so they don't have the impetus to take it seriously. I don't
know what it's going to take for [Net-based artists] to overcome the
barriers we face.' "
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.