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Thinking out loud: Wordform and Dynamic RDF

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. An issue about attaching metadata recorded as RDF/XML to a web object, particularly a web page, is that there is no clean way to embed the XML into an (X)HTML document; at least, embed the data and still have the page validate. Yet creating separate files just for the RDF/XML […]

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Extending the Syndication feeds

I have never been one to jump on the syndication and aggregator wagons, following all the latest innovations. I still don’t provide full feeds for my syndication feeds at Burningbird; and I think Podcasting is half craze, half pirate radio station without the élan of continually escaping the clutches of the FCC. But I do […]

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Disconnected connected development

I do most of my development on remote servers, either at my client’s or my own sites. However, when contemplating server-side development in a disconnected environment, I had to decide if I wanted to create the local work space on my PC or my Mac. The PC has more space, but most applications run into […]

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From WordPress to Wordform

I feel a strong urge to work on code, I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s because code is something I can wrap my hands around…and throttle the heck out of it. Note if you’re not a tech, much of the following is still going to be of interest if you use or plan to use […]

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Open Source is like sex

Open source is a lot like sex: everything works so much better when all the participants aren’t passive. I’ve worked on a variety of projects in the last twenty years that ranged in size from the second largest computer system in the world, to small applications used by only a few people. In this time I’ve learned […]