The short-form week of 10–16 Feb 2014
17 Feb 2014; last modified 28 Feb 2014
The week in review, 140 characters at a time.
This document was created automatically from my archive of my Twitter stream. Due to limitations in the Twitter API and occasional glitches in my archiving system, it may not be 100% complete.
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 08:49am
At LHR waiting for flight to Prague. Excellent ham omelette; why is it a surprise to get good food at an airport? Last smoke-free meal :-(—@michaelhkay
@michaelhkay There are non-smoking restaurants in Prague. I will try to come up with some suggestions tomorrow. Safe flight.—@jirkakosek
@ndw @michaelhkay Here is a list of some non-smoking suggestions: http://t.co/Z56Tni3LEC
—@jirkakosek
Monday at 01:23am
“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” - H.G. Wells http://t.co/F2uxCKRWYi
—@mirandachale
In a conversation that started on Monday at 03:23am
"Due to an incident in the Brentwood area, this train may only go as far as Colchester." Delightful. Not like I have a plane to catch...—@ndw
@docum3nt Yeah. Some poor sod got himself killed on the tracks. Wonder when they give up and put us on busses. #notgettingtopragueontime
—@ndw
Monday at 05:09am
Monday at 05:12am
Ha! Travel karma FTW. They've changed their minds and this train will run to Liverpool Street. "Maybe," I add silently.—@ndw
Monday at 07:15am
Monday at 07:38am
Problems implementing a random shuffle. It isn't easy. http://t.co/abvXDY352Y
—@mikeloukides
In a conversation that started on Monday at 10:25am
At Vaclav Havel airport waiting for XML Rock star—@xquery
Monday at 04:44pm
@ndw Hi Norman, here's a web-based DocBook XML editor http://t.co/KP7tvZVoHe with in-browser schema validation (rng or w3c)—@hollowaynz
Tuesday at 03:20am
Tuesday at 03:28am
XSLT Meeting before #xmlprague with @jirkakosek @ndw @Kandura @michaelhkay @barefootliam @zarella Pavel Labath & http://t.co/SXc0l0puZ9
—@innovimax
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 03:58am
Tuesday at 04:38am
The nuclear option: almost 600 comments xdmp:document-delete()d. Hope there werent' any legitimate comments in there. Fscking spammers.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Tuesday at 05:11pm
How I’m thinking about browsers these days. http://t.co/DiqYFKSal6
—@timbray
Tuesday at 08:56pm
"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world." - @RichardDawkins
—@GodsNotReal_
Wednesday at 01:57am
cracking linksys "encryption" http://t.co/Ut9LbJ9hx0
—@dragosr
Wednesday at 05:07am
Odd definitions: lanyard - unit of radius of coverage of a wireless router.—@Bari10
Wednesday at 09:24am
For maximum security, we’ll no longer be sending out password resets in plaintext emails. Instead, they’ll be in HTML emails.—@status_updates
In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 09:42am
Nearly finished all those tasks I'd planned to do by 10am this morning!—@ldodds
Wednesday at 09:44am
Scapabobididdywiddilydoobapbapaphobia - the fear of freestyle jazz.—@qikipedia
Wednesday at 09:59am
RT @stevenpemberton: Please help me with research on search results. It should take you less than 5 mins. Also, please retweet. Thanks! …—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 01:17am
"Comcast Set to Acquire Time Warner Cable for $45 Billion". @comcast won't tolerate *any* competition. http://t.co/uuM3HWXzCz
—@avernet
Thursday at 03:22pm
OH "I am the RDF thing."—@ndw
Thursday at 04:13pm
OH "I've pissed on citrus fruit in this country before."—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Friday at 04:32am
In a conversation that started on Friday at 07:56am
#xproc v2: accessing output port from the #xpath ctxt was another fav of mine, unfortunately not there (albeit for legit reasons) #XMLPrague
—@rdeltour
@rdeltour You mean xpath function as shortcut to address a port? p:port('secondary')/myvalue? #xmlprague
—@grtjn
@grtjn another alternative might be to make variables out of step names. E.g. $my-step/port[‘secondary’]. TBD. 2/2—@rdeltour
@rdeltour Interesting! Tieing step output to variables containing results automatically! :) How about: $my-step:secondary? #xproc #xmlprague
—@grtjn
@grtjn yeah, syntactically correct, but wd have to be a NS prefix :/ too early to bikeshed though, the req was (kindly) rejected #xmlprague
—@rdeltour
@rdeltour @grtjn if we do go down resource manager route, one may be able to access via some internal uri (if it exists) #xproc
—@xquery
In a conversation that started on Friday at 09:11am
#xproc #xmlprague about 3.10 (additional steps): what about creating an XProc CG @w3c + github space ?—@rdeltour
@rdeltour @w3c I believe @ndw is already in the process of setting up github space for XML Proc WG for #xproc vnext—@xquery
In a conversation that started on Friday at 02:41pm
OH: "Can I have potato dumplings with that?" "No."—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 03:50am
For people who can't be in person at #xmlprague there is YT channel http://t.co/YUWrQnZjWS
—@jirkakosek
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 04:32am
We must infiltrate this WG and make Web Components work for XML! Who is taking one for the team? #xmlprague
—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski @ndw already infiltrated the HTML WG. Does that mean he's done his duty, or he's the most experienced? #xmlprague #justsaying
—@fgeorges
Didn't he already, really? RT @alexmilowski @fgeorges @ndw Norm must submit to being cloned...—@fgeorges
@fgeorges @alexmilowski Oh yes, let’s have @ndw as an editor in the HTML WG, working on XML stuff. #WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
—@robinberjon
@robinberjon @fgeorges @alexmilowski @ndw Maybe Hixie will allow more root elements during applying this particulat XM L patch.—@jirkakosek
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 04:59am
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 05:46am
Saturday at 06:23am
If you didn't had the time to read specifications before #xmlprague, @jonathan_robie @michaelhkay and @ndw will digest them for you—@xmlprague
Saturday at 06:53am
Saturday at 06:54am
Saturday at 06:54am
Saturday at 06:55am
Saturday at 06:58am
After XQuery, XSLT, now that's XProc turns with @ndw at #xmlprague (hopefully there is only 3 members in this family) http://t.co/yCDhUim47T
—@xmlprague
Saturday at 07:01am
Saturday at 07:02am
TeX und XML Guru @ndw Norman Walsh spricht auf der #xmlprague Konferenz. http://t.co/wdCOMbpw0G
—@dante_ev
Saturday at 07:04am
@ndw #xmlprague we seriously thought we would release before XPath 2.0, back then XPath 1.0 was a requirement ...—@jonathan_robie
Saturday at 07:09am
@ndw, @mkay, and me each mentioned need for XQuery to call XSLT and vice versa - one of the most requested features #xmlprague
—@jonathan_robie
Saturday at 07:10am
Saturday at 07:15am
XML Stars, the journal is out! http://t.co/lNS6ggKpyZ Stories via @ndw @georgebina @xmlguild
—@dominixml
In a conversation that started on Saturday at 09:55am
@alexmilowski well, some argue namespaces made XML content wrong and we knew it ;)—@rdeltour
Saturday at 09:55am
Saturday at 11:30am
Sunday at 04:56am
@michaelhkay The client he used was 'Futuretweets V3' whatever that is. Sounds like it was automated.—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 08:34am
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 08:53am
60 CSS specs on the Web, 60 CSS specs, take one down, pass it around ... #xmlprague
—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski In fairness to the CSS folks, 60 specs is probably marginally preferable to a single spec with 60 parts. #xmlprague
—@ndw
@ndw It is, in fact, much much better. The alternative is the HTML specification :) @alexmilowski
—@robinberjon
@robinberjon Let us talk again when HTML5 is in its final final CR :D (Not even mentioning HTML 5.1 at this point.) @ndw @alexmilowski
—@dirkschulze
@dirkschulze I think we’re in final final CR. But we can look again when it’s a final Rec ;) @ndw @alexmilowski
—@robinberjon
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 09:01am
@ndw I find it more stylish to use faux-block.—@robinberjon
@robinberjon You mean div, right?—@ndw
@ndw No, <para>.—@robinberjon
Sunday at 09:04am
Fixed my twitter archiving problem; all the http: URIs became https: URIs when I wasn't looking. That was harder to find than you'd expect.—@ndw
Sunday at 09:05am
#xmlprague @barefootliam found the oldest reference to XSLT in some ancient texts ;-) http://t.co/C2Ds4K9GuT
—@tobias_fischer
Sunday at 09:33am
Sunday at 09:34am
Sunday at 09:39am
Sunday at 09:55am
Sunday at 09:55am
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 11:43am
very informative to hear @robinberjon ’s insightful answers on the evolution of the web, at #xmlprague … thanks Robin!—@rdeltour
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 11:58am
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 11:59am
@ndw No, that's the first rule of the browser club.—@alexmilowski
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 12:03pm
So much of #XMLPrague is so energizing, I'm just going to try not to be depressed about the web. #cocktailtime
—@ndw
@ndw I hope you’re not, I really don’t think it’s depressing. Ugly perhaps, but not depressing :)—@robinberjon
Sunday at 12:04pm
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 12:04pm
@ndw I gave up fighting it about 5 years ago.—@david_megginson
Sunday at 06:39pm
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." Auguste Rodin—@Quotes_Artist
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 07:05pm
They could have just said wine cooler http://t.co/oo1Qem8mpR
—@fsanders
In a conversation that started on Sunday at 07:08pm
Some days… I’m an idiot.—@kplawver