Nov 5, 2002
I knew that XML is case sensitive, but that didn’t stop me and my filthy assistant from agonizing for days as to why an XML request to a client’s server wasn’t being honoured. Actually, I only agonized over it for part of yesterday and some of today after I wrenched … Read more
Nov 5, 2002
That invalid RSS feed I spoke of was actually my bad. As it turns out, I actually was including a relative URL reference. Wow, do I feel like a dumbass for not taking a hard look at this entry which was causing the problem.
So now I have a valid RSS feed and … Read more
Nov 5, 2002
As reported by the Globe & Mail, the TTC will be having its biannual sale of lost articles this week on the mornings of the 6th, 7th and 8th at the Bay Subway Station. Bid forms cost $10.
Nov 4, 2002
I took a few minutes just now and put together a simple RSS feed. Trouble is, it doesn’t validate and I’m not sure why. The RSS validator claims that a “description should not contain relative URL references”, except that I don’t have any. Not a particularly helpful error message, that. I’ll have … Read more
Nov 4, 2002
My friend Ed DJs out in Banff on Thursdays at Zona’s Bistro and on Sundays at the Saltlik. He mixes a blend of house, dub, hip-hop and rare groove but is also into the mad techno, electro and jungle styles. Be sure to check out one of his nights. You will not be disappointed.
Ed … Read more
I’ve been tasked with creating some UML sequence diagrams for an existing product. It’s not really my idea of a good time, either. Any book I have access to is rather dry and short on real-world examples on the topic. This page provides some sequence diagrams of varying detail.
If I’m tasked with building some UML diagrams of someone else’s Python code, I’ll be damned if I have to do it manually. Lumpy generates UML from a running Python process. Here’s hoping.
“The final magnification is e.214. Want some perspective? a magnification of e.12 would increase the size of a particle to the same as the earths orbit! e.21 would make a particle look the same size as the milky way and e.42 would be equal to the universe. This zoom smashes all of them all away. … Read more
I first saw this chart a few years ago and have since used it numerous times to explain why some software developers are brash and stupid, others are mediocre and paralysed, while the best are confident, fearless and effective. Every time I bring this chart up in conversation, I wish I had a copy to … Read more
SQLAutocode is a script which spits out reflection code for database tables. There’s also an interactive prompt.