{"id":548,"date":"2003-01-01T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-01T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/?p=319"},"modified":"2010-03-30T18:40:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T01:40:59","slug":"319-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/archives\/548","title":{"rendered":"BufferDump DEC2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr size=\"8\">\n<hr width=65%>\n<hr size=\"8\">\n<blink>Moved all of the below<\/blink> from original site as one big slab of really ugly HTML (I&#8217;d never write gack like this by hand)<br \/>\n<i>Yaaaa I know blink sux &#8230; it&#8217;s just for the day &#8230; 1JAN03<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.garshol.priv.no\/download\/tmlinks.html\">Topic Map links<\/a> collected by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.garshol.priv.no\/\">Lars Marius Garshol<\/a><br \/>\n<b><\/p>\n<h4>Friday, December 13, 2002:<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c2\">\n<a name=\"85974445\"><b><i>Dang!!<\/i><\/b> &#8230; blogger.com lost its templates at some time, so all of this site&#8217;s customization is now *pffffft* history. Well, <i>dang<\/i>!!<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n<p>\n*Thud!!* &#8230; according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinfowler.com\/articles\/thud.html\">Martin Fowler&#8217;s essay on technical documents<\/a>, that&#8217;s the sound of doom &#8230; and I agree, totally.<br \/>\nIf I want to find out Bluebeard&#8217;s age at the time of his execution, I \/don&#8217;t\/ want to haul an encyclopedia off the shelf, and there&#8217;s no reason I should have to. But &#8220;communication&#8221; is too often measured by the gross presence of \/wey too much\/ &#8230; and I don&#8217;t think things are better just because the pages are virtual rather than pulp and ink.<br \/>\nYou know, we&#8217;re very very good at doing what we do, when we know what we&#8217;re doing. And when we&#8217;re not doing well, I suspect it&#8217;s because we don&#8217;t know what we&#8217;re on about.<\/p>\n<p>\nSomething I picked up just today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Stacking a thousand doghouses one atop the other to build a skyscraper is a great proposition for doghouse vendors, but not for future occupants. Skyscrapers need an architecture of their own &#8211; their own paradigm&#8221;<br \/>\nHoward Smith and Peter Fingar; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairdene.com\/cube.html\">Business Process Management: The Third Wave<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<small>Bernard \/\/ <a href=\"2002_12_08_hfx_ben_archive.html#85974445\">18:54<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<h4>Sunday, November 17, 2002:<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<a name=\"84692465\"><\/p>\n<ul><il><a href=\"http:\/\/nis-www.lanl.gov\/~rosalia\/mydocs\/docbook-intro\/docbook-intro.html\">Get Going With DocBook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Guide to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tldp.org\/LDP\/LDP-Author-Guide\/\">Linux Documentation Project<\/a> (uses DocBook extensively; a good overview)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/catalog\/docbook\/chapter\/book\/docbook.html\">DocBook: The Definitive Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<small>Bernard \/\/ <a href=\"2002_11_17_hfx_ben_archive.html#84692465\">21:05<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>Friday, November 15, 2002<\/h4>\n<p><a name=\"84613885\"> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/docs.indymedia.org\/view\/Test\/BenTrem\">Indymedia . Test . BenTrem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying to find evidence of e-mail address spoofing in this:<\/p>\n<p>Content-Type: application\/octet-stream;<br \/> name=SHOWME3.HTM<br \/>Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64<br \/>Content-ID: <o02p422e><\/p>\n<p>PGh0bWw+PCEtLSB2ZXJzaW9uIDkuMTUuOCAtLT4NCjxmcmFtZXNldCByb3dzPSIqLDAiIGZy<br \/>YW1lc3BhY2luZz0wIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPTA+DQogIDxmcmFtZSBzcmM9InNtMy5odG0iIG1h<br \/>cmdpbmhlaWdodD0wIG1hcmdpbndpZHRoPTAgc2Nyb2xsaW5nPW5vIG5vcmVzaXplIG5hbWU9<br \/>InNob3dtZSI+DQogIDxmcmFtZSBzcmM9ImhpZGRlbi5odG0iIG1hcmdpbmhlaWdodD0wIG1h<br \/>cmdpbndpZHRoPTAgc2Nyb2xsaW5nPW5vIG5vcmVzaXplPg0KPC9mcmFtZXNldD4NCjwvaHRt<br \/>bD4NCj==<br \/>\n<small>posted by Bernard Tremblay <a href=\"2002_11_10_mozdawg_archive.html#84613885\">11:48 PM<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>Saturday, November 09, 2002<\/h4>\n<p><a name=\"84286837\"> <\/a><br \/>\nSome links: <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><il><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ietf.org\/html.charters\/webdav-charter.html\">IETF &#8211; WebDAV Charter<\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dav.lyra.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/dav-dev\">DAV-dev mail list info and archive<\/a><\/ul>\n<p>\n<small\">posted by Bernard Tremblay <a href=\"2002_11_03_mozdawg_archive.html#84286837\">12:00 PM<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<h4>Wednesday, July 17, 2002:<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c2\">\n<a name=\"79065848\">Here are search results: <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/groups?hl=en&#038;lr=&#038;ie=ISO-8859-1&#038;q=documentation&#038;btnG=Google+Search&#038;meta=\">google NGs for &#8221;documentation&#8221;<\/a>. Know what? I&#8217;m tempted to say that the stuff this turned up is a <b>lot<\/b> more interesting than the stuff that was being chatted about years ago &#8230; but I&#8217;m not actually certain that&#8217;s true. Actually, I think it&#8217;s basically the same. Get it? <b>Get it?!!<\/b> Point: year after year we&#8217;ve been re-inventing the wheel, and with good reason: the f&#8217;n wheel ain&#8217;t round, or it&#8217;s round and mooshy, or round and too hard, or it falls off and breaks when it turns &#8230; Geeeeeesh, we&#8217;re <b><i>still<\/i><\/b> not producing good docs systematically? Seems like a case of passive-aggression to me. (It&#8217;s really simpler than that &#8230; old fashion corruption: &#8220;Get the damned thing shipped out Friday, and the devil take the hind-most.&#8221;)<br \/>\n<small>Bernard \/\/ <a href=\"2002_07_14_hfx_ben_archive.html#79065848\">08:01<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<h4>Saturday, July 13, 2002:<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c2\">\n<a name=\"78921030\">Martin Fowler on tech_docs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinfowler.com\/articles\/thud.html\">The Almighty Thud<\/a>.  (I cud&#8217;n&#8217;uh sed it better myself)<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small>Bernard \/\/ <a href=\"2002_07_07_hfx_ben_archive.html#78921030\">19:29<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<h4>Thursday, July 04, 2002:<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c2\">\n<a name=\"78569943\"><font size=\"+1\">Various Doc Docs &#038; Resources<\/font><br \/>\n<b>*<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/groups?hl=en&amp;amp;lr=&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;group=netscape.public.mozilla.documentation\">netscape.public.mozilla.documentation<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moz.zope.org\">Moz Zope<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moz.zope.org\/contribute\/writing\/roadmap\">Documentation Roadmap<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moz.zope.org\/contribute\/writing\/guide\/\">Documentation Style Guide<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moz.zope.org\/contribute\/writing\/markup\/\">mozilla.org Markup Reference<\/a>\n<ul>Note: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oasis-open.org\/docbook\/documentation\/reference\/html\/ch01.html#AEN367\">1.2.1. Structured and Semantic Markup<\/a>, from  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oasis-open.org\/docbook\/documentation\/reference\/html\/docbook.html\">DocBook: The Definitive Guide<\/a><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/docs\/\">Mozilla Developer Documentation<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/docs\/end-user\/\">End User<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mozilla.org\/docs\/web-developer\/\">Web Developer<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mozilla.org\/docs\/web-developer\/faq.html\">Writer&#8217;s FAQ<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/catalog\/development\/documentation\/\">Development: Documentation<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/README-style.html\">mozilla.org Style Guide<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/docs\/mdp\/tooltemp.html\">documentation tools and templates<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/docs\/contribute.html\">contribute documentation<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/docs\/mdp\/\">&#8220;mozilla documentation project&#8221;<\/a><\/ul>\n<li>Tracking bugs:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=152208\">Doc Review<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=151961\">Documentation Tools<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=151101\">Roadmap<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=152220\">LXR Annotation<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/docs\/mozilla-faq.html\">Moz Release FAQ<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/faq.html\"> Moz FAQs<\/a><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/validator.w3.org\/\">W3C Validator for HTML 4.01 Strict<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moz.zope.org\/Members\/jkeiser\/gecko_doc\/document_map\">Gecko Documentation Map<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dmoz.org\/Computers\/Software\/Internet\/Clients\/WWW\/Browsers\/Mozilla\/\">Open Directory &#8211; Computers: Software: Internet: Clients: WWW: Browsers: Mozilla<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/docs\/mdp\/docstat.html\">Mozilla Documentation Status [old]<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small>Bernard \/\/ <a href=\"2002_06_30_hfx_ben_archive.html#78569943\">19:12<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<h4>Wednesday, July 03, 2002:<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c2\">\n<a name=\"78536083\"><font size=\"+1\"><b>(New Start on Docs)<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\n* At zope.org:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zope.org\/Documentation\/ZopeBook\">The Zope Book<\/a>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zope.org\/Documentation\/Articles\/WebDAV\">Authoring Content with WebDAV and FTP<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zope.org\/Documentation\/Articles\/ZPT3\">Using Zope with Amaya, Dreamweaver, and Other WYSIWYG Tools<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evolt.org\/article\/A_Quick_and_Dirty_Blog_using_Zope\/20\/23583\/\n\">A Quick and Dirty Blog Using Zope<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* At BYTE, Jon Udell&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byte.com\/documents\/s=620\/byt20010510s0001\/\">Document Engineering<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byte.com\/documents\/s=620\/byt20010510s0001\/index2.htm\"> Character Encoding Issues<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byte.com\/documents\/s=620\/byt20010510s0001\/index3.htm\"> Document Namespace Issues<\/a>. Udell&#8217;s archive: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.byte.com\/tangled\/\">Tangled in Threads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n* At M$ *Gack Ptui!*:<a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/default.asp?url=\/library\/en-us\/dnexxml\/html\/xml04152002.asp?frame=true\"> Reinventing the Online Help in XML<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advogato.org\/article\/374.html\">How NonProgrammers Use Documentation<\/a> at advogato<\/p>\n<p>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsf.org\/philosophy\/free-doc.html\">Free Software and Free Manuals<\/a> from FSF<\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small>Bernard \/\/ <a href=\"2002_06_30_hfx_ben_archive.html#78536083\">21:04<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr width=\"65%\">\n\n<\/p>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<h4>Wednesday, March 13, 2002:<\/h4>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"c2\">\n<a name=\"10697607\">* Not only does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microgold.com\/\">MicroGold<\/a> seem to have an awesome IDE for UML, but their site also hosts a really impressive set of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microgold.com\/version2\/stage\/tutorial.html\">tutorials on UML with C and Java<\/a><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small>Bernard \/\/ <a href=\"2002_03_10_hfx_ben_archive.html#10697607\">09:22<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moved all of the below from original site as one big slab of really ugly HTML (I&#8217;d never write gack<a href=\"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/archives\/548\" class=\"searchmore\">Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clr\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gnodal.protension.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}