Spooky

This is spooky. Matt Biddulph has just posted a template for Java projects which is basically a tar ball of a standard project directory structure and an Ant build script to go with it. In my last couple of lunch hours, after updating eclectic I've been tinkering with something very similar which I'd nicknamed "project … Continue reading Spooky →

It Ain’t Just RSS, or even HTML

There's been a lot of discussion about Mark Pilgrims latest article on XML.com. See, to pick a few examples, Dorothea, Marks follow-up comments and those of Dare Obasanjo. I thought I'd comment briefly on Marks' suggestion that "the ability to parse ill-formed feeds becomes a competitive advantage". In short, he's right. And it doesn't only … Continue reading It Ain’t Just RSS, or even HTML →

Quick Hack: W3C List Sidebar

I've added another sidebar to my Tools for XML-Deviants. This one just provides quick access to the archives and search function of all of the public W3C mailing lists. It's just a quick hack using an XSLT stylesheet to process the W3C archive homepage which happily is XHTML. Personally I find this preferable to keeping … Continue reading Quick Hack: W3C List Sidebar →

Old Scribblings

During some of our more recent house re-shufflings I unearthed several boxes of my old role-playing materials. Most of it is a box full of games, supplements and magazines. Most interestingly (to me at any rate) is all my game preparation materials. I used to take part in several campaigns and ran my own Call … Continue reading Old Scribblings →

The Unproductive Web

The more I use the web the less productive I become. I don't mean this in a "slacking off work, reading Slashdot and Dilbert" kind of way, but something a little more complex. I was thinking about this on my walk home from work this evening trying to nail down exactly what is bothering me. … Continue reading The Unproductive Web →

Tools for XML Deviants

I'm unearthing bits and pieces of code that I've got lying around my hard drives at home, so I can finally finish them off and post them to the net. The first bit out the door is actually nothing new: these tools have just been languishing, somewhat abandoned, on some free web space I was … Continue reading Tools for XML Deviants →

Golf

Is it a sign of impending old age if you wake up one morning to discover that the latest Playstation game you're addicted to is Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003? Surely there's some mistake here? Shouldn't I be rampaging the streets with GTA3, or stealthy infiltrating with Metal Gear Solid 2? Why has the fact … Continue reading Golf →

eclectic, wordtin, and this blog

Here's the relationship between the three websites I'm maintaining at the moment. eclectic -- freshly invigorated for the new year, this is where I blog discussion on XML-DEV and, when there's a slow day or something catches my eye, happenings elsewhere in XML-land. wordtin -- my online notebook. Just for me to jot down notes, … Continue reading eclectic, wordtin, and this blog →

RDF Graphs, XPath and the Jena API

Currently wondering whether this work might be usable for manipulating simple FOAF graphs, or whether I should just stick with the RDF query language built into Jena, plus the hooks provided in the API to add custom Selectors. I find myself thinking about a FOAF document as a graph: the foaf:Person being edited is the … Continue reading RDF Graphs, XPath and the Jena API →

Movable Type

I'm quite impressed with Movable Type, and have still only barely scratched the surface. The built in styles are all fairly inoffensive so I've selected "Plain Jane" for now. At some point I'm going to have to face up to the fact that when it comes to web design I'm crap. (Look ma, I changed … Continue reading Movable Type →