libertus

In the conjuring discussion, I offer an analysis of the security-related changes in the as-yet-unreleased WordPress 1.5.3.

This is my work and my report.

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How would you prefer your attention drawn to it?

Hello! Hello! Aaaaaaaachoo!

Breaking glass.

Please cast your vote on my kuro5hin diary.

I’m open to argument.

Could sending more children to state-sponsored faith schools tip the balance one way or the other?

Watch Google squirm.

Hot off the press! Al’s done it! Transcended the ranks, no more lifting tanks, getting no thanks or pulling silly pranks.

Congratulations. A new Instructor is born. Read all about it on Al’s blog.

Originally posted on Kuro5hin, where it was dumped within a few hours. Tough crowd. I have tidied it a little.

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Another Libertus-brand mini-project, inspired by Andy Coltman, this time to draw genealogical fan charts from a web interface.

I shall be using this post as my work notes, so expect many large comments full of nonsense. However, I welcome discussion during this project, so if you can cope with the verbiage, feel free to participate.

I don’t do genealogy at all, so I have no idea what anyone could possibly want from a program that draws fan charts, or whether similar programs already exist. I’m just going to do my own thing, best I can, and teach myself a few new tricks along the way.

A picture tells a thousand words.
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A response to the conjuring thread on the W3C Style mailing list, in which to everyone’s relief I shall no longer be participating. If the answer isn’t ready yet, that’s OK.

Laurens Holst wrote:

Yes, but XML is not HTML, fortunately.

I’m an engineer, not a philosopher, meaning I’m irritable, impatient and totally uninterested in moral arguments, which eliminates most of yours. I just don’t care.

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Like the typical ones from supermarkets. Maybe works for other bag-like structures, I dunno.

1. Empty the bag
2. Flatten it
3. Fold it up lengthwise into a single strip
4. Twist it up tight into a string
5. Bring the two ends together
6. Twist it up tight again
7. Bring the two ends together
8. Twist it up tight again
9. Thread the loose end through the loop
10. Tighten gently

Voila! A stable, knotted plastic bag, albeit at a fair amount of time and effort! The reward is that unfolding is easy - it practically springs apart itself when untied.

I encourage you to try it, as the structure formed is oddly familiar, and the saving in storage space considerable.

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Who’s This For?

Me, those involved in the conjuring discussion and both the common and lesser-spotted varieties of web standards geek.

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For welcome visitors from this comment on Sheffield Forum. You want to see Boot the cat shagging his lucky lady, who am I to refuse?

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