posts brought to you by the category “pdf”
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.
Hey look, the website for Jason's store is on-line.
Dubya::Poet : “Oh my, lump in the bed/How I've missed
you.”
I wonder how many anglophones will get the joke.
Tim Bray : Emacs, XML, Unicode
Ian Davis : RDF Template Language 1.0
RDFT has been designed to parallel XSLT where sensible and anyone
familiar with that language and with the principles of the RDF model
should find it very easy to learn. RDFT solves a key problem of
processing RDF with XSLT since it acts on the underlying graph and
therefore has no dependencies on the RDF serialisation syntax.
It appears that Simon Cozens has rolled his own weblogging
software.
I had to buy a new bicycle tire yesterday.
Luke Andrews : Thin Ice
...I realized that without sound, TV war coverage is a hopeless
exercise in confusion. Smoke-drenched shots of indecipherable
landscapes, jerky digital video and talking heads: it all screams
Contemporary Art Museum exhibit.
Michael Bierut : "It is a hapless attempt to tame the
terrifying."
Dean Allen : "I concluded that nothing in this life would give me
greater pleasure than to sock David Frum in the jaw."
Larry Wall on subroutines in Perl 6
...Perl subroutines don't have a lot of historical cruft to get
rid of. In fact, the basic problem with Perl 5's subroutines is that
they're not crufty enough, so the cruft leaks out into user-defined
code instead, by the Conservation of Cruft Principle. Perl 6 will let
you migrate the cruft out of the user-defined code and back into the
declarations where it belongs. Then you will think it to be very
beautiful cruft indeed (we hope).
Me : Net::ITE.pm 0.01
Me : eatdrinkfeelgood-1.1-to-indecard-fo.xsl 0.94
Me : eatdrinkfeelgood-1.1-to-indexcard-fo.xsl 0.93
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.
Denis Krylov : "Every one one of us had his own September
11th."
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : proponent
Proponent \Pro*po"nent\, n. 1. One who makes a proposal, or
lays down a proposition. --Dryden. 2. (Law) The propounder of a thing.
web1913
proponent n : a person who pleads for a cause or propounds
an idea [syn: {advocate}, {advocator}, {exponent}]
wn
Elliotte Rusty Harold : Using XInclude
"XInclude is an emerging W3C specification for
building large XML documents out of multiple well-formed XML documents,
independently of validation. Each piece can be a complete XML document, a
fragmentary XML document, or a non-XML text document like a Java program
or an e-mail message."
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : purblind
Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly
blind. See {Pure}, and cf. {Poreblind}.] 1. Wholly blind. ``Purblind
Argus, all eyes and no sight.'' --Shak. 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted;
seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. The saints have
not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand
sand-blind. --Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. --
{Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n.
web1913
purblind adj 1: having greatly reduced vision [syn:
{dim-sighted}, {near-blind}, {sand-blind}, {visually impaired},
{visually challenged}] 2: lacking in insight or discernment; "too
obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind
oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to
the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [syn: {obtuse}]
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Me : XML::Filter::XML_Directory_2RSS.pm 0.9.02
Movable Crankypants : The Unbearbable Decentralization of
Donuts
Blogue-Out : L'impact du lockout sur l'économie du quartier.
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : propitious
Propitious \Pro*pi"tious\, a. [L. propitius, perhaps
originally a term of augury meaning, flying forward (pro) or well; cf.
Skr. pat to fly, E. petition, feather.] 1. Convenient; auspicious;
favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze. 2.
Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a
divinity. --Milton. And now t' assuage the force of this new flame, And
make thee [Love] more propitious in my need. --Spenser. Syn:
Auspicious; favorable; kind. Usage: {Propitious}, {Auspicious}.
Auspicious (from the ancient idea of auspices, or omens) denotes
``indicative of success,'' or ``favored by incidental occurrences;''
as, an auspicious opening; an auspicious event. Propitious denotes that
which efficaciously protect us in some undertaking, speeds our
exertions, and decides our success; as, propitious gales; propitious
influences. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*pi"tious*ness}, n.
web1913
propitious adj : presenting favorable circumstances;
"propitious omens" [ant: {unpropitious}]
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The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : abjure
Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. i. To renounce on oath. --Bp. Burnet.
web1913
abjure v : reject; "He retracted his earlier statements
about his beliefs" [syn: {recant}, {forswear}, {retract}]
wn
Well, recent changes to the perlblog don't look like they will
work
Oyama Hiroyuki : Net::MySQL .pm
"is a Pure Perl client interface for the MySQL
database. This module implements network protool between server and
client of MySQL, thus you don't need external MySQL client library like
libmysqlclient for this module to work. It means this module enables you
to connect to MySQL server from some operation systems which MySQL is not
ported. How nifty!" see also :
DBD::mysqlPP.pm
.
French Intellectuals to be Deployed in Afghanistan to Convince
Taliban of Non-Existence of God
"There they will drink coffee and talk animatedly
about the absurd nature of life and man´s lonely isolation in the
universe. They will be accompanied by a number of heartbreakingly
beautiful girlfriends who will further spread dismay by sticking their
tongues in the philosophers´ ears every five minutes and looking remote
and unattainable to everyone else."
Hayley Wickenheiser : "They had our flag on the floor of their
locker room
and now I want to know if they'd like us to sign
it."
The random pseudodictionary.com word of the day is : chank
(adj) Derogatory term, applied to situations where you feel
cheated or left out.
ex. Christ, we missed the bus. That's chank!
see also :
chank dict-ified
The dictified dictionary.com word of the day is : pecuniary
Pecuniary \Pe*cun"ia*ry\, a. [L. pecuniarius, fr. pecunia
money, orig., property in cattle, fr. pecus cattle: cf. F.
p['e]cuniaire. See {Fee}, and cf. {Peculiar}.] 1. Relating to money;
monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward. --Burke.
web1913
pecuniary adj : relating to or involving money; "monetary
rewards"; "he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his
services" [syn: {monetary}]
wn
Me : Userland::weblogUpdates.pm 0.3.1
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is bibulous
| source : web1913 | Bibulous \Bib"u*lous\, a.
[L. bibulus, fr. bibere to drink. See {Bib}, v. t. ] 1. Readily imbibing
fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper. 2. Inclined to
drink; addicted to tippling. | source : wn | bibulous adj : given to or
marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous
evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a
drunken binge"; "two drunken gentleman holding each other up"; "sottish
behavior" [syn: {boozy}, {drunken}, {sottish}]
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is diablerie
| source : web1913 | Diablerie \Dia`ble*rie"\,
Diabley \Di*ab"le*y\, n. [F. diablerie, fr. diable devil, L. diabolus.
See {Devil}.] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed;
mischief.
Kip Hampton : Writing SAX Drivers for Non-XML Data
The shit is going to hit the fan
Kirrily Robert : Gluttony
"is a web-based recipe and ingredient database
system built on Perl and MySQL."
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is contretemps
| source : web1913 | Contretemps
\Con`tre*temps"\, n. [F., fr. contre (L. conta) + temps time, fr. L.
tempus.] An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or
embarrassing; a hitch. In this unhappy contretemps. --De Quincey. |
source : wn | contretemps n : an awkward clash; "he tried to smooth over
his contretemps with the policeman"
I think that the Talking Moose is starting to sound like it's
gotten punch drunk
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is collegial
| source : web1913 | Collegial \Col*le"gi*al\, n.
[LL. collegialis.] Collegiate. [R.] | source : wn | collegial adj 1:
characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues;
"collegial harmony"; "a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man
management"- Merle Fainsod 2: of or resembling or typical of a college or
college students; "collegiate living"; "collegiate attitudes";
"collegiate clothes" [syn: {collegiate}]
Apache::XBEL.pm
"is an Apache mod_perl handler that uses XSLT to
transform XML Bookmarks Exchange Language (XBEL) files into exciting and
foofy dynamic HTML documents. Documents are rendered as collapsible
outlines and individual nodes may be viewed and bookmarked as unique
pages, so you don't have to click through a gazillion nested leaves to
find what you're looking for."
Zeldman : "My feeling about OS X
is that it's the Flash version and OS9 is the
HTML version."
Lincoln Dahlberg : Extending the Public Sphere through
Cyberspace
Secret Labs : xmlrpclib 0.9.9
"is now available. This is a development release
(hopefully the last one before 1.0 final), which adds support for
encodings, Unicode, and HTTPS transports."
William Kowalski : "What kind of barbaric nation is this?
Don't Canadians understand that religion and the
funnies are inextricably intertwined, that you can't possibly fulfill the
commandment to rest on the seventh day without cracking up at Calvin and
Hobbes first?"
Steve Traugott : Mail::TieFolder.pm
They don't call it a slippery slope for nothing.
The Slashdot-weenies discuss electronic voting
Disturbing Search Requests
"This website serves the purpose to reflect upon
the process of finding web sites by using search machines. If you write a
weblog on a regular basis, chances are you're going to post quotes from
other sites, opinions from other people etc. But since weblogs are highly
linked to and from, they get indexed very well by search engines. So,
even if you only once wrote about your hamster, and on the same day
mentioned you were wearing a three piece suit, google just might list you
as No.1 for 'hamster suit'. Now just imagine that you check your referer
logs and you find a query from a search engine, looking for 'hamster
suit'. This is where this site kicks in." via
metafilter
Jonathan Kay : Caste of characters
"But it is not so much Homer's choice of words as
his manner of speaking them that is instructive. Though Homer is dumb in
any language, France's dub community decided the star of the show
shouldn't speak in anything less than standard French. "There is a
levelling effect," says Éric Plourde, a French-Canadian linguist who
wrote his master's thesis on the translation of The Simpsons. "The French
brought the pronunciation of almost all the characters to more or less
the same plane." The uniform quality of the language, he argues,
"reflects a belief in the uniqueness and irreducible character of the
French identity" - in other words, the French are secure enough to insist
that even a dolt can, and should, speak proper French. This approach,
Plourde says, betrays an "imperialist" attitude towards language animated
by the nation's colony-holding past."
Here's me,
looking for god in all these fucking details...
Ann Shin on fetal marketing and internal branding
"Putting up a Web site is equivalent to opening
up a storefront, placing an ad, and launching a brand, all at once. If
you're not on the World Wide Web, where are you? Do you exist if people
can't find you on a search engine?"
Complain and you shall receive*
The
eyebeam
application converts eyemodule files to firepad (nee image viewer) files.
The
imgvtopgm
tool converts firepad files to pgm files at which point there is the
trusty
convert
program for making web images. Now I just need to figure out how to mail
firepad images as attachments... *When I was a small boy I used to get
mad some fierce when I was playing with my Lego and building a
complicated model. I would need to find that one tiny connector without
which the whole effort was moot. It didn't take long before I was
smashing the few unfortunate pieces I could see and screaming blue murder
for the guily party to stop hiding and show itself right now! Eventually
I found it because, well, it was right there. Still, I never really let
go of the idea that it was my screaming that had made it appear.
Root Prompt : Emacs Beginner's Tutorial
81 games of hope
is what my friend Jason said, sometime during the
third period. The Habs played their last game of the regular season last
night, and lost to Ottawa. We're out of the playoffs and it's been
snowing ever since. I think it's the city crying.
Claude Ryan
"Accordez-vous au gouvernement du Québec le
mandat de réaliser l'indépendance du Québec et sa séparation politique du
Canada, en conformité avec la Constitution canadienne?" see also : the
already much linked-to
I am
Canadian
. (quicktime) This is an hilarious commercial. It is a real shame,
therfore, that it is for such terrible beer. For those of you who think
that drinking Molson is exotic, I assure you it's not. No matter what
part of the world you are reading this from, I bet there is a superior
local micro-brew. Really.
February 29 is International RSI Awareness Day
(because it is the least repetitive day in the
calendar.) see also <a href =
"http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/02/29/rsi/index.html">Salon
: It hurts so bad</a>
For those who don't already know
today is the anniversary of the shootings at
l'École polytechnique in Montreal. Ten years ago Marc Lepine,
deliberately targeting women, shot his way in to a engineering class at
the University of Montreal. He ordered all the men out of the room and
then opened fire on the remaining students. Fourteen women were killed,
and thirteen others wounded, before Lepine killed himself.
LA Weekly : Down the Tubes
"[WEEE] would put the burden of cleaning up the
electronic-waste stream, and cleaning up electronic products themselves,
squarely on manufacturers. They would be obliged to take back all their
electronic and electric products (from mainframes and note pads, to
toasters, toys and stoves) when those products are kaput, and to provide
and pay for home collection. Distributors would have to offer to take
back, free of charge, a worn-out item for every new item they sell."
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.
Salon talks to the NY Times Style Czar
Floyd Abrams
"There is no obligation from the city to fund the
arts. But the First Amendment says, according to a wide, sustained,
continuing body of case law, that the funding process may not be used to
coerce institutions such as this to do the bidding of its political
leaders. So while New York never has to fund any museum, once New York
starts down that road, it cannot violate the First Amendment by a process
of coercion, sanction, threats, retribution and the like." Mr Abrams is
the legal counsel for the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Dave Beech talks to Keith Tyson
Ben Cohen
on priorities and government spending. real audio
(starts 25:27)
Seattle Weekly : Pottery Barn Nation
"It's all about seeing the red. I see and am
sold. I walk out of the store with a bag containing five red shop towels,
feeling as though my education in good taste has just begun..."
Supreme Court of Canada : Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v.
Dobson
Thomas Friedman : Was Kosovo World War III?
Montreal Index
"Number of complaints made against city snow
removers in 1998: 913. "
I've taken two Star Wars Personality Tests now
In the first I ranked
Yoda
, the second
Obi Wan Kenobi
"No, not the brash, young Jedi currently on screen, but Alec Guiness'
wise hermit of the Classic Trilogy." Indeed. I think I'll have to put
that one on my resume. (I quoted Darth Vader on my
application to art school.
)
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.