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Archive for June, 2003

The Crazy XML Chart">The Crazy XML Chart

Monday, June 30th, 2003

Several folks told me today they liked the recent XML-related posts (on RDF and webservices), so I thought I should pass along the crazy XML chart that’s been floating around recently.
It has a few questionable things on it — like GIF, PNG, and JPEG — but the point is: if one were to be a […]

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Apple’s Asia-Pacific VP Interview:">Apple’s Asia-Pacific VP Interview:

Monday, June 30th, 2003

“Coming from a Wintel world, I was pleasantly surprised to see a very heightened passion in the people who work in the company. They have the feeling that ‘I work for a creative and innovative company.’”
As a result, Ho’s management challenges are not about motivating executives. Rather, he focuses on dealing with the diverse and […]

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Java I/O Sucks Goat Ass

Monday, June 30th, 2003

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it ’till I loose my voice: I fucking hate Java I/O. All I want to do is get all the contents of whatever’s in a stream, a reader, buffer, or whatever the hell else I have a handle on. Can I just call something like the below:

String contents […]

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More Yeti the Dog">More Yeti the Dog

Monday, June 30th, 2003

I put up some more fotes of Yeti, my dog.
Update: Kim took Yeti to the vet today. He’s gained 6 pounds in the last two weeks: he weighs 59 lbs. now. Also, he has some sort of bacterial infection called “stivies” or something. The vet gave Yeti a 14 day prescription, so hopfully it’ll go […]

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Late Night Heraclitus:">Late Night Heraclitus:

Monday, June 30th, 2003

If one does not expect the unexpected one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and is difficult to compass.

I’ve been thinking about old Mr. “Everything is fire” recently. I’m not sure why, but he’s always fun reading, e.g.,

Sea is the most pure and the most polluted water; for […]

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