COTW Revisited: Owen Driscoll's Kaminoan Aiwha

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COTW Revisited: Owen Driscoll's Blurrg

COTW Revisited: Owen Driscoll's Blurrg 07/14/2004 06:51 PM
Here's a look back a new version of a former COTW by Owen Driscoll, a member of The Forgotten Force. Check out more images of the new version, and find out how you can have a say in the future of this feature.

COTW Revisited: Owen Driscoll's Boba
Fett And Lizard Mount

COTW Revisited: Owen Driscoll's Boba
Fett And Lizard Mount 07/13/2004 11:59 PM
Here's a look back a new version of a former COTW by Owen Driscoll, a member of The Forgotten Force. Check out more images of the new version, and find out how you can have a say in the future of this feature.

Revenge Of The COTW

Revenge Of The COTW 07/27/2004 01:01 PM
It's back! You wanted it....you got it. The Forgotten Force Custom of the Week returns with a new name and an all-new Bespin Escape diorama by Chris McVeigh. Chris has designed this diorama based on Cloud City from The Empire Strikes Back. Share your thoughts on this custom in our forums. Drop me a line if you'd like to see your custom work featured.

COTW: Daniel Cziraky's Evil Palpatine

COTW: Daniel Cziraky's Evil Palpatine 08/05/2004 02:01 AM
Our latest Forgotten Force Custom of the Week features a creepy figure of "Evil Palpatine" by Daniel Cziraky. Daniel fan-fiction custom shows what happened when you are taken over by the dark side of the Force! Share your thoughts on this custom in our forums. Drop me a line if you'd like to see your custom work featured.

Well, at least Owen scored.

Well, at least Owen scored. 06/24/2004 04:47 PM
Penalties. Why does it always have to be penalties? Great game, though. I just need to have a bit of a lie down, is all....

Football: Owen ready for best

Football: Owen ready for best 06/08/2004 12:10 PM
Michael Owen says France are the world's best team but is ready for the challenge.

Eriksson backs Owen

Eriksson backs Owen 06/18/2004 10:20 PM
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson throws his full support behind Michael Owen.

Red Hat's Owen Taylor on GTK+.

Red Hat's Owen Taylor on GTK+. 12/19/2003 11:49 AM
OSNews Interview: Red Hat's Owen Taylor on GTK+.

Owen linked with Madrid

Owen linked with Madrid 08/09/2004 10:21 PM
Liverpool's Michael Owen could leave after contract talks break down, according to reports.

Owen Wilson's Celeb-Blog?

Owen Wilson's Celeb-Blog? 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
Sekrit sources say the anonymous weblog of "Rance" actually belongs to Owen Wilson. But then, rumors in Hollywood are a dime a dozen.

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Football: Owen supports Eriksson

Football: Owen supports Eriksson 08/08/2004 03:34 AM
Striker Michael Owen is backing England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson but fears he may yet quit.

Football: Owen tipped for record

Football: Owen tipped for record 03/29/2005 02:01 PM
Ex-England captain Alan Shearer backs Michael Owen to become the country's all-time leading scorer.

Football: Owen strikes back

Football: Owen strikes back 03/31/2005 09:23 AM
England's Michael Owen answers criticism from Azerbaijan's Carlos Alberto.

Football: Owen hints at return

Football: Owen hints at return 04/08/2005 05:25 AM
Michael Owen says he would have "nothing against" leaving Real Madrid for Anfield.

Football: Beckham warns Owen

Football: Beckham warns Owen 08/17/2004 12:16 AM
David Beckham tells Michael Owen he will have to earn his place at Real Madrid.

Stage and screen actor Owen dies

Stage and screen actor Owen dies 09/11/2004 05:25 AM
Actor Glyn Owen, who was best known for his role as Jack Rolfe in Howard's Way, dies after a short illness.

200th anniversary of Victorian natural
historian Richard Owen

200th anniversary of Victorian natural
historian Richard Owen 07/21/2004 01:08 AM
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Jessica Simpson, Owen Wilson Momentarily
Distracted By iRiver PMP

Jessica Simpson, Owen Wilson Momentarily
Distracted By iRiver PMP 08/31/2004 03:07 PM

Look, it's Hollywood stars expressing mild interest in the new iRiver PMP! I'm sure their good experience with the product for five minutes will travel on to their other famous friends, all of will sit down each night and reencode their favorite television programs from raw MPEG streams to watch when they are away from home.

Or they will be sort of confused and hand it back to the iRiver rep, as I have illustrated in this three-frame montage.

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Closer Film Trailer with Roberts, Owen,
Law, Portman Hits Movie Theatres and Web

Closer Film Trailer with Roberts, Owen,
Law, Portman Hits Movie Theatres and Web 08/16/2004 04:02 PM
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"AIO G3 revisited"

"AIO G3 revisited" 08/23/2004 10:22 AM

Strings, revisited

Strings, revisited 06/16/2004 10:49 PM
So, I finally did the last draft of the bytecode/assembly level string design for Parrot. It was a mixed bag--the per-string language tag is gone (darn!) but national character sets stay (yay!) with a set of "It's all Unicode no matter what you say" string ops thrown into the mix. Like any other engineering task with multiple conflicting requirements and strong proponents of different schemes, it's safe to say that everyone's unhappy with the result, but I think everyone can make do with what we have. What ultimately resulted, if you don't feel like going and looking up the post...

FIleVault Revisited: Yea Or Nea?

FIleVault Revisited: Yea Or Nea? 04/01/2005 09:29 AM

OpenBSD revisited

OpenBSD revisited 06/07/2004 03:46 PM

MySQL and OS X Revisited

MySQL and OS X Revisited 11/23/2002 10:02 AM
via Apple's Internet Developer: "In this article I'll give you an overview of MySQL's features and drawbacks, show you how...

Entry 1,000 Revisited

Entry 1,000 Revisited 09/09/2004 09:02 AM

Entry Number 1,000: One year ago today we hit 1,000 entries. How quaint.

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Newsletters Revisited

Newsletters Revisited 03/13/2003 12:53 PM

Flash, revisited

Flash, revisited 09/11/2004 02:29 PM
I’ve never liked Macromedia Flash. For longer than I care to remember, I considered Flash nothing more than an annoying tools for advertisers to waste my bandwidth and make me install yet on more piece of software on my computer. The irony of providing “rich content” advertising and leave ...

Python Revisited

Python Revisited 01/01/2004 02:44 PM
Happy New Year! Let's talk shop as usual.

Recently, we've been looking at developing some server software in Python. This is my first serious look at Python since 1999, and I'm impressed with the improvements. It's a couple of years older than PHP, and certainly more mature. Python has a reputation for being more rationally designed than PHP or Perl, and in general that's true; but you can still see Python's age in the fact that there are many APIs that do the same thing (eg. the string functions).

PHP is still a better language for web development because it is a simpler language, easy to teach to Java or Javascript programmers, has more flexible string processing, and designed to work well with templates.

But as a general programming language, Python has its advantages. You can build sophisticated networking software with Python that supports threads and asynchronous connections with reasonable efficiency (though Python doesn't really take advantage of multiple CPU's due to an internal global lock). The Twisted and Dibbler frameworks are testament to that. Python's C API is well documented and Python can be easily embedded into 3rd party apps.

Python is also a good source of design ideas. I have noticed that othe rs have realized that many good Java ideas do not translate well to PHP. There is an impedence mismatch; many things that are hard in Java are easy in PHP. It makes sense to create an elaborate framework in Java to do something that's hard in Java, but to apply the same to PHP suggests more energy than sense. In contrast, I suspect that Python and PHP are more complementary than we all suspect...

PS: We also had a look at developing the same server software using .NET. However .NET doesn't have builtin support for open protocols such as POP3 and IMAP. I continue to be amused at the (intentional?) omissions in the .NET framework.

The CELL revisited

The CELL revisited 03/14/2005 04:51 PM
RWT posts a followup to their CELL article, and I revise my stance on the name "synergistic processing unit."

Ratings Revisited

Ratings Revisited 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
Updated my entry ratings code. Added IP Address storing. Added one rating per IP code.

""Hacking" Revisited"

""Hacking" Revisited" 02/13/2004 02:37 PM

Eldred Revisited

Eldred Revisited 08/23/2004 10:05 AM
Larry Lessig from time to time flagellates himself about losing the Eldred case in the Supreme Court. He shouldn't; it was unwinnable for a host of reason (the lopsided vote--7-2--is a clue). Yes, Congress can confer copyrights only "for limited Times," but what's "limited" is a matter of perspective. If...

Using PDF Services, revisited

Using PDF Services, revisited 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
This hint reminded me that PDF Services might not be getting the attention or respect they deserve. So here's a simple yet very effective tip that makes saving PDFs fun! Create a folder on your desktop called "PDFs to Read"...

fireworks, revisited

fireworks, revisited 07/02/2004 07:44 PM
Two years ago, I wrote an entry that endures as one of my all-time favorites.

It's timely and topical, and (most importantly) frees me up this weekend to hang out with my wife.

Longtime readers will probably remember this, and I hope that new readers enjoy it as much as I do.

It's called Fireworks.

Read the full entry @ WWdN!

OPML Revisited

OPML Revisited 03/14/2005 05:44 PM

OPML is a simple, widely used, yet often misunderstood, XML format created by Dave Winer.  IMHO, misunderstandings stem from overexposure to traditional ways of using XML.  I must admit, I also laughed at OPML when I first looked at it years ago.  But when I cocked my head (a technique anyone can learn from their dogs), it began to make a lot of sense.

This is what I saw:

Infoset:

• An OPML document is a collection of objects.
• An object may have properties and contents.
• An object's properties are unordered map of name/value pairs.
• An object's contents are ordered list of objects.

Syntax:

• Objects are encoded as XML elements named 'outline'.
• Properties are encoded as XML attributes.
• Content objects are encoded as child XML elements.

Once you get this picture in your mind, you start to appreciate OPML more.  Throw in display and interaction semantics builted into the format along with distributed object linking and embedding Dave often raves about and you got quite a beast of a language.

As to the question of who defines the properties, the answer is everybody does.  OPML is a kind of Emergent Markup Language in that common properties are expected to emerge through industry practices rather than standardization through committees.

There are some shortcomings with OPML though which I would like to see addressed.

OPML Wiki

OPML needs a wiki for OPML developers to interact with each other and to document how each of them are using OPML so that standard or type-specific properties may emerge.

Structured Properties

One weakness of XML is that, while elements may be structured, attributes may not.  Since properties are encoded as XML attributes in OPML, (semi) structured properties (i.e. HTML fragments) have to be encoded at the cost of readability.

I think the need for a wiki is far more serious than the need for structured property support.

Black Holes - revisited

Black Holes - revisited 07/21/2004 05:58 PM

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Stephen Hawking has changed his mind on his theory of black holes. ABC News has reported that Hawking now sides with particle physicists who believe that any matter swallowed by a black hole can’t just disappear. On the contrary, the matter must eventually generate a specific output….

OCZ VX Revisited: DDR Updates on DFI
nForce4

OCZ VX Revisited: DDR Updates on DFI
nForce4 04/01/2005 05:36 PM
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The Comair Mess Revisited

The Comair Mess Revisited 12/28/2004 05:13 PM

Airlines' computer systems questioned: In the wake of the big Comair systems meltdown over the holdays, CNN has an article about why airline's systems are so rickety. It's notable for a quote from uber-security expert Bruce Schneier that tells the naked truth of it.

Bruce Schneier, a computer security expert in Mountain View, California, said the issue boils down to cost versus benefit.

Airlines could upgrade existing computers to handle more transactions, install sophisticated backup systems that come on when the primary system fails or buy high-performance software that is used by NASA, nuclear plants and medical facilities to keep critical systems running at all times, Schneier said.

"It's certainly feasible, but it's my guess it's not economic," Schneier said. "My guess is it is cheaper for the airline to absorb this loss, which doesn't happen often, than to fix the problem.

Isn't that the truth? Absorb the damage, move on, and wait for it to happen again. Nice. Who gets to miss Christmas next year?

Amityville Horror, revisited

Amityville Horror, revisited 04/15/2005 11:07 PM
The house in Amityville with the fan-shaped windows making an inhuman face is the Godzi lla of haunted house movies. The town and current owner of the house where the DeFeo family was murdered try to downplay (registration required) its signficance. The trademark windows in the original have been replaced to disguise its identity, and lawsuits force studios to use a house-double. Although latest remake claims the status of "true story," the case has been widely dismissed as a hoax and the 2005 film has even rased the ire of George Lutz for how he is portrayed as the haunted father-figure. Other people involved in the case including convicted murder DeFeo are unhappy with the new attention. Still, the story has its true believers and psychics who argue the debunkers have their own agenda. Then again, Texas Chainsaw Massacre was also claimed by the same production company to be "inspired by a true story."
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