July 31, 2003
Blog This! your own way
Hmmm, I've hacked the google blogthis toolbar to post to my own weblog. It's a hack but a workable one...
So secure you can't use it...
Well don't I feel like the fool. I got myself a brand new D-Link DWL-520+ WiFi card for a machine...
Procrast-o-meter?
Heh, looks like Anthony Hicks has got something we could all use from time to time the Procrastometer Baseline. I'd...
Bit wise and byte foolish?
I've been this business a long time, since 1979. Along the way I've seen a lot of cool things suffer...
Trackball Explorer guessing games?
Anyone undestand why the the Intellimouse software sometimes doesn't understand when the Trackball Explorer is attached? Every so often, when...
Google toolbar deleted my bookmarklets?
Hmmm, I recently installed the latest beta of Google's toolbar. Prior to using it I had a couple of JavaScript...
What is an OID?
So you want to identify a resource. There's OID, MIME, schemas, file extensions and more. Is there one in particular that's more useful to you?
July 30, 2003
Ah, holiday rituals...
carpe decorum offers this gem:Christmas is weird. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a...
She loves RDF! She hates RDF!
I've a lot of respect for the things Shelley's contributed over time. Her contributions to the unix book are something...
Web services traction and lack thereof
There's a lot of noise being made about web services. Trouble is the model suggested by many tech folks is...
Grammar police
I suppose nobody else cares but it really irritates me when I see someone grafting on a 'ian' suffix onto...
July 29, 2003
MIME type info
http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces http://www.iana.org/assignments/access-types http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/ http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types A wealth of "let's not go reinventing things" resources......
Fragment IDs in Foaf?
Morten raises the point that my foaf group example doesn't clearly indicate that use of my foaf URL is intended...
Birdwatching
Apparently Ken's having the same luck we are:the return of the Hummers. Late in the spring we put out our...
July 28, 2003
Fixing MT error?
When trying to delete entries here I'm getting a Perl error:MT::App::CMS=HASH(0x8353d24) Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string...
Foaf grouping
Using groups in foaf, here I offer an explanation on how to do it.
Decent behavior in technical communities
From a mailing list via Jarno Virtanem comes a quote Decent behavior in technical communitiesMy experience in the Perl community...
July 26, 2003
Cut to the chase
Marc Canter picks up on the point. It's about cutting through the misdirections and misunderstandings. Some of this stuff is...
Giving the finger
An interesting look back at the finger protocol....
July 25, 2003
Parsing RDF with python
I posted my article Some RDF examples and then I asked the RDF crowd in #rdfig to chime in with...
Talking past each other?
Dan Brickley's on a roll lately. His posts into the rdfweb-dev mailing list regarding Julian's inquiries about FoaF have been...
Some RDF examples
I've posted some examples of using RDF and directed graphs.
Windows CMD autorun
Here's a useful hack. Edit the registry on your Windows 2000 (or XP) box so that it will automatically do...
What's in a nickname?
I went through BWI recently. The TSA screener stopped me and got this confused look on her face. Apparently my intinerary listing "Bill" was a problem. Talk about idiots.
What's in a name?
From the fascinating ways to waste time with database data department comes: The Social Security Popular Baby Names website. Oh...
Linux cron madness
From the linux ends up wasting way too much of my time department comes this annoying burp from cron:/etc/cron.daily/00-logwatch: Duplicate...
July 24, 2003
Google Ranking?
Do a Google Search on the love child of Liberace and Charles Manson. Tell me there's either some dark secret...
July 23, 2003
Perma-thread foolishness
As seen on xml-dev:> Ride it out; this thread will die down in a week or so.Now there's a motto...
Who says usenet is dead?
I've an old Jeep Cherokee that's in need of some carburetor work. So I wandered over into the rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys usenet...
List header metadata
There's an established standard for mailing lists and how they're supposed to announce their presense in messages. RFC2369 covers it....
Signing comments
I commented on: Sam Ruby: Signing Comments The old "that makes it too hard on the user" argument gets a...
Trackback explained
What TB does is important to understand. When you use your own personal trackback bookmarklet it sets into action a very interesting series of events.
Why bother making commenting smarter?
It's good to see the conversation on commenting continue to develop. Much like weblogging itself, commenting management won't happen until some frameworks evolve.
July 22, 2003
Weaving a rich comment path
I'm getting the impression folks are starting to come around to the idea of bidirectional and/or signed comments. I've believed this has been needed for quite a while now.
Sound on web pages
<rant> People that put embedded midi files on their web pages should be beaten with sticks. Heavy, nail-studded ones if...
No time for this crap...
Grrr, sometimes I hate linux. Yeah, yeah, one distribution versus another and upgrades and all that crap... save it, I...
Gathering mail
Got a lot of different e-mail accounts? Tired of having to check the manually? Got a linux server handy? If...
July 20, 2003
Satellite and Tivo?
Anyone out there using a Tivo/DirecTV combo? Which unit offers better features? The Hughes or the Phillps? With either of...
July 18, 2003
Great tires, crappy service
Just picked up a pair of Michelin Pilot XGT tires for the Cabrio. Got a great price, on sale, from...
Besy Buy? Maybe. Best Service? Not on your life!
Ugh, what a lame repair job the Best Buy folks did on my laptop. Yeah, they replaced the overheating and...
Wisdom, the hard way
Well, well. It appear's Don Park is starting to learn some lessons. The comments are interesting. The short story here...
Orwell's 1984 online
I always find it more pleasant to read my literature from actual paper. But when in need of a cut-and-paste...
July 17, 2003
Community support
Gotta love having a neighborhood mailing list. My suburban community here in Bethesda has one. Yesterday a thread popped up...
Proxying IRC?
Anyone got a favorite IRC proxy?
Extracting files from RPMs
If you've got files bundled u p in an RPM archive you can extract them using the rpm2cpio and cpio...
rpm segfaulting?
Anyone out there in the audience an RPM and strace expert? I'm trying to get rpm to delete and install some packages and it's segfaulting. Here's an
strace from it.
p2p for newsfeeds
Phil Wolff poses some questions about scalability of newsfeeds. The premise being that as more content comes online there will be significant problems trying to handle the massive increase in usage. I both agree and disagree and I've some thoughts on it...
July 16, 2003
Validator error
Update: The feed validator WAS offline due to an OS setup problem. It's back online now. A huge round of...
Smithsonian classes
The Smithsonian's got an amazing array of classes. This one's shaping up to be quite informative: The Psychology of Leadership...
Narcissists and Bloggers?
Chris Locke never fails to disappoint. His latest bit entitled Why I Blog. And They Don't is sure to ring...
July 14, 2003
MT at Supernova
At Supernova last week I had the pleasure of meeting Anil Dash and Mena Trott from MovableType....
Portability
filchyboy: More On Necho The ability for a user to import/export data from one service to another is certainly a...
July 13, 2003
And some folks wonder why they're not getting help
Rogi, when he's not commenting about pie always comes up with a gem:"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making...
Some folks get it
Every now and then I have the fortunate occasion to speak with people that are truly capable of having wide-ranging...
Syndicating topics
I've been mulling over this idea for quite a while. Basically I want to be able to find people and...
July 11, 2003
Censorship in the blogosphere
John Robb (long time underpaid, if ever) so-called President and CEO of Userland resigns, announcing it in his weblog. Dave...
.Net for fragging your ass
From the So do you think you could even begin to do this Java? department comes Quake II ported into...
Quicktime spam
Ah, bliss, a solution to How to stop qttask from loading. The damned Quicktime program insists on worming its way,...
Oh Foaf you don't
Dan Brickley offers an interesting look at how Contradictions can be handled using Foaf. He concludes making the point Right...
July 10, 2003
RFID for pets?
How about making a device that'd keep a pet out of an area or off a piece of furniture? I'd...
Lazyweb! Compression please!
I call upon thee, oh mighty and poweful LazyWeb, to make a way to use gzip even when the blogging tool doesn't directly support it!
Kensington's new mouse!
Dammit! Just after I've already purchased a new Microsoft Trackball Explorer I notice that Kensington announces their new Ultimate Trackball....
Thanks go out to Kevin Werbach
I'd like to thank Kevin Werbach for organizing the Supernova conference. The gathering of minds was wonderful. The conversations among...
Winer should apologize
This post from Amir, RANTISSIMO site makes a good point.Dave Winer should aplogize for publicly censoring John Robb's blog. And...
July 08, 2003
Joi Ito's get together
Thanks go out to Joi Ito for coordinating last night's party. Nice job! The food was tasty, although I like...
Best wishes David and Jenn
Local guy and MT-Plugin whiz, David Raynes is getting married this weekend. Best of luck to the both of you!...
Ad hominems continue
Dave's really got his 'be an asshole attitude' set on high lately. As opposed to his usual state of being...
Foaf thoughts
Some folks have asked my why I'm in favor of using things like RSS-1.0, FoaF, RDF and the Semantic Web....
Dissenter disappeared?
Well, well, it seems yet another voice has been deleted from cyberspace. What a shame, John's site had some worthwhile...
July 05, 2003
Road cams
Ah, the wonders of modern technology. Now I can take a quick look at how heinous the traffic will be...
Dang it's hot!
Need a break from the heat? How about a swimmin' hole!...
Dave Winer Considered Harmful
Maciej Ceglowski comments Dave Winer Considered Harmful. Fortunately more folks are coming to this very same conclusion. Unfortunately however, they...
IRC proxy?
Is there such a thing as an IRC proxy? One that would let me use 'more than one' local IRC...
July 04, 2003
Persona Hash Key?
A while back I created the Hash Generator web page. This gives you a way to easily create a variety...
Gimme a sign!
local6.com - News - Lightning Strikes Preacher Who Asked For Sign. I'd really be curious to hear how he milks...
July 03, 2003
BoFH always make me laugh
The Register's BoFH column always makes me laugh. Some of the Brit humor just slays me. This one really seems...
Feeling lucky?
Russell Beattie talks about luck. I'm reminded of the old joke about God and winning the lottery. The punchline being...
July 02, 2003
Sowing FUD
Come on people, if FUD is the only thing you can come up with it's rather tired. Echo, it's use of SOAP and it's extensions beyond what's gone before is a GOOD thing. Don't let naysayers like Winer fool you into thinking otherwise.
Vacation reading list
I managed to read several books last week while basking on the sunny shores of Dewey Beach. Most notably was...