The short-form week of 24–30 Aug 2015
31 Aug 2015; last modified 03 Oct 2015
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 Friday at 10:10am
Do you prefer to use XML languages with an XML syntax (e.g., XSLT, RNG) or a non-XML
syntax (e.g., XQuery, RNC)? Why? #seriousquestion—@ndw
@ndw I prefer to read/write RNC vastly over RNG; far less typing to compose/edit, for
one thing. Easier to digest in glance w/o page breaks!—@JohnnySoftware
@ndw I've used XSLT a ton; XQuery a bit at work & home.
For transformations, I prefer XSLT. For combing thru, plucking things out, XQuery.—@JohnnySoftware
Tuesday at 11:19pm
RT @Pinboard: Sentences I never expected to read: “While the fridge implements SSL, it fails to
validate SSL certificates” http://t.co/51AZ…—@ndw
Wednesday at 07:15am
Wednesday at 10:27pm
Kudos to github for noticing that a borked script had accidentally committed an access
token. Dropped it and informed me. Nice.—@ndw
Thursday at 09:01am
Today's paper. The "A" section: 12 pages. The "High School Football Preview" section:
20 pages. I just don't even.—@ndw
Friday at 02:30pm
Friday at 02:30pm
RT @xmlcalabash: XML Calabash Delta XML extensions 1.1.4 released, https://t.co/rbgdHsrYJU (Won't
report isAvailable if it doesn't have the…—@ndw
Saturday at 07:16am
XML Stars, the journal is out! http://t.co/mZM2pevR83 Stories via @JamieXML @james_clark @ndw—@dominixml
Saturday at 09:54pm
RT @MotherJones: This is one of the most fucked up charts you will see in the foreseeable future
http://t.co/BlHNmufut0http://t.co/utvG1sq…—@ndw
Sunday at 08:39am
Comparison of Telescope Sizes:... http://t.co/4NKwas0xO4—@AlecMuffett
Sunday at 12:40pm
Very interesting read: @http://pappp.net/?p=969 I have been vaguely aware and somewhat discomfited by the situation described. /cc
@paulrb_r—@ndw
Sunday at 07:11pm
Sunday at 11:19pm
RT @mdavid: I wish we could more easily quantify how many lives have been saved by people who
chose not to own a gun. http://t.co/AUcV5o11yv—@ndw
In a conversation that started on Thursday at 05:31pm
Look familiar, @ndw ? ;) https://t.co/HXLTfgqtkC—@doctortovey
@doctortovey No. Comment.—@ndw