2011-11-16T16:29:50+00:00 l.m.orchard@pobox.com 2008-04-26T17:21:21+00:00 http://decafbad.com/blog/2008/04/26/greatest-hits-vol-2-the-babble-bits <p>Following right on the heels of <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2008/04/26/greatest-hits-vol-1-the-tinkery-bits">Greatest Hits Vol. 1</a> is another volume, this time including the entries that were more made of babble or ramble and not so much with code. Again I welcome additions, comments, criticisms, and complaints.</p> <ul> <li>2007 Sep 25: <a href="http://blogs.opml.org/decafbad/2007/09/25">l.m.orchard's OPML blog: Tuesday, September 25, 2007</a> <ul> <li>My dad passed away, and I tried to take something positive away from it.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Sep 18: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/09/18/just-call-me-crash">Just call me "Crash"</a> <ul> <li>The conditions for my hermitage in Silicon Valley were established early.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Aug 09: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/09/hacking-delicious-is-out-and-about">Hacking del.icio.us is out and about!</a> <ul> <li>Wherein I celebrate my second book appearing on store shelves.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Jun 24: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/06/24/go-west-young-man">Go West, Young Man!</a> <ul> <li>The one where we pack it all up and head to California.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Jun 09: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/06/09/wedding-day-is-today">Wedding Day is Today</a> <ul> <li>An announcement of becoming the luckiest man on the planet.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 May 26: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/26/confessions-of-a-serial-enthusiast">Confessions of a Serial Enthusiast</a> <ul> <li>An analysis of my inability to finish anything on my own site.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Feb 09: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/09/a-long-tailed-creative-yawp">A Long-Tailed Creative Yawp</a> <ul> <li>A celebration of the long tail and befriendable creators.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Jan 27: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/01/27/dont-pee-in-the-potato-chips">Don't Pee in the Potato Chips</a> <ul> <li>Wherein I try to acknowledge some of the things I owe to Dave Winer and be nice in the future.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Jan 01: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/01/01/look-mom-im-on-the-radio">Look, Mom, I'm on the radio!</a> <ul> <li>I got interviewed on a radio show about my first book, yay!</li> </ul> </li> <li>2005 Sep 13: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/13/hacking-rss-and-atom-is-out">Hacking RSS and Atom is out!</a> <ul> <li>Wherein I celebrate my first book hitting the shelves.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2005 Jun 17: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/06/17/were-engaged">We're engaged!</a> <ul> <li>An announcement of intention of becoming the luckiest man on the planet.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2005 Jan 07: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/01/07/beginners-mind-versus-teachers-mind">Beginner’s Mind versus Teacher’s Mind</a> <ul> <li>Cultivating an open mind and an attenuated ego.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Dec 03: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/12/03/if-you-snore-get-tested-for-sleep-apnea-now">If you snore, get tested for sleep apnea. Now.</a> <ul> <li>Sleep apnea sucks. If you snore, get checked out.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Nov 02: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/11/02/ipodcostume">I ran out of costume ideas</a> <ul> <li>The one where I dress up like an iPod for Halloween.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Oct 11: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/11/allgrowedup">All Growed Up as an Info Freako</a> <ul> <li>A reflection on how I grew up to be this odd and information addicted.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Oct 07: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/07/podcastinghype">Falling for the Podcasting Hype</a> <ul> <li>Wherein I express my early interest in podcasting, despite or because of amateurism.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Jul 14: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/07/14/dork-funk">Dork Funk</a> <ul> <li>Another periodic navel-gaze into my life as a blogger and a dork.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 May 25: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/05/25/i-was-a-pre-teen-transactor-author-wannabe-and-still-am">I was a pre-teen Transactor author wannabe (and still am!)</a> <ul> <li>A declaration of what my perfect blog might look like.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Jul 23: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/07/23/sleep-apnea">This evening’s sleep brought to me by science</a> <ul> <li>Wherein I first start using a CPAP machine and treat my sleep apnea. Go get tested if you snore.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Oct 16: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/10/16/seeing-out-opposites">Seeking Out Opposites</a> <ul> <li>Another way to keep forcing brain expansion.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> 2008-04-26T16:53:13+00:00 http://decafbad.com/blog/2008/04/26/greatest-hits-vol-1-the-tinkery-bits <p>As you may have noticed, I've been shaking things up around here a little. Sorry for turbulence in the feeds! I've moved to a new server, and I've been trying out Movable Type again, but with mixed luck.</p> <p>Why? Because I've been using WordPress for a few years, and I felt like a change. Maybe in another few months I'll convert over to <a href="http://www.blosxom.com/">Blosxom</a> again, or try <a href="http://expressionengine.com/">ExpressionEngine</a> for the first time. Now, if only I could get all the timestamps right so some of my late-night posts don't have broken permalinks due to day changes. Maybe I'll end up just sticking with WordPress after all.</p> <p>But anyway, I'm also having <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/12/21/my-semi-annual-blogger-navel-gazing-post">another bout</a> of <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/07/14/dork-funk">periodic existential doubt</a> about what I'm doing here with a blog. So, in navel-gaze mode, I spent time a few nights ago skimming and reading through all 1000 or so entries I've written here. I do this periodically with the scores of paper journals I've accumulated to recenter and reconnect with myself, but I've never done it here.</p> <p>So, for my own reference more than anything, here's 0xDECAFBAD Greatest Hits Vol 1, the Tinkery Bits.</p> <p>It may be presumptuous to ask, but if anyone actually reads through this list and thinks of something worth surfacing that I missed—by all means, let me know. I'm trying to remind myself what I started this thing for.</p> <ul> <li>2008 Jan 31: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2008/01/31/metablogging">Metablogging</a> <ul> <li>A look at all the different tools I've tried using for blogging lately.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2007 Dec 24: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2007/12/24/an-accumulator-for-all-my-stuff">An Accumulator for all my stuff</a> <ul> <li>About building my own lifestreaming thingy.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2007 Oct 17: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2007/10/17/opml-reading-lists-in-feedmagick2">OPML reading lists in FeedMagick2</a> <ul> <li>More work on OPML reading lists and merging feeds.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2007 Jul 23: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2007/07/23/a-curmudgeon-playing-with-the-codeigniter-framework-and-openid">A Curmudgeon Playing with the CodeIgniter Framework and OpenID</a> <ul> <li>Reporting on learning a new PHP framework.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Apr 21: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/04/21/an-s3-ajax-wiki">An S3 AJAX Wiki</a> <ul> <li>Building a wiki based on Amazon S3 and client-side code.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2006 Mar 25: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/03/25/about-xoxooutliner">About XoxoOutliner</a> <ul> <li>Building a browser-based outliner that deals in XHTML and XOXO.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2005 Dec 13: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/12/13/feedmagick-the-feed-filter-that-doesnt-know-much-about-feeds">FeedMagick, the feed filter that doesn’t know much about feeds</a> <ul> <li>Munging, converting, and merging feeds without destroying content.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2005 Oct 05: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/10/05/feedspool-is-progressing-nicely">FeedSpool is progressing nicely</a> <ul> <li>Fetching, caching, and spooling up feed updates without destroying content.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2005 Jul 12: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/07/12/xoxo-outliner-experiment">In-browser XOXO Outliner Experiment</a> <ul> <li>Early experiments in microformat-based outlining.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2005 Jun 08: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/06/08/greasemonkey-magic">Magic Microformat Forms Redux, Now with GreaseMonkey!</a> <ul> <li>Expressing my enthusiasm for microformats in code.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Dec 12: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/12/22/abook1">Building an Address Book as a Modern Web App</a> <ul> <li>An unfinished attempt to demonstrate what everyone would soon be doing with AJAX.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Nov 30: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/11/30/nextgenwebapps">Next generation web apps using REST, XML, XSLT, and XmlHTTPRequest</a> <ul> <li>Wherein I try to talk about AJAX before the <a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000385.php">the name was coined</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2004 Jun 16: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/06/16/wishofthemonthclub1">Wish-of-the-Month Club, Part 1 of 3</a> <ul> <li>The first in a series of articles building a wishlist project atop Amazon web services, an attempt at writing something publication-worthy.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Sep 02: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/09/02/xsl-scraper">Using web services and XSLT to scrape RSS from HTML</a> <ul> <li>Progressing from perl scraping hacks to cleaner XSLT-based feed scraping.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Aug 31: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/08/31/bookmark-blogger-python">Bookmark Blogger in Python</a> <ul> <li>I would later abandon this entirely for del.icio.us, but I've been bookmark-blogging for awhile.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Aug 22: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/08/22/rss-scrape-xsl">Scraping HTML with curl, tidy, and XSL</a> <ul> <li>Trying to bring some cleaner approaches to web scraping beyond regular expressions.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Jun 19: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/06/19/flash-agg">Desktop server + Flash GUI?</a> <ul> <li>Eventually, things like Adobe Air would fill this niche, I think.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Mar 06: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/03/06/web-service-pipelines">Building Pipelines with Web Services</a> <ul> <li>I still haven't seen much work toward using pipelined HTTP-based web services.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Feb 15: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/02/15/ooodaa">Say hello to Agent Frank</a> <ul> <li>This project got abandoned, but I did release this overly-complex Java-based personal HTTP proxy.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2003 Feb 04: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/02/04/ooodoh">Bookmark blogging from Safari via a quick hack</a> <ul> <li>Prescient of my eventual extreme enthusiasm for del.icio.us, I started blogging my bookmarks.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 Dec 28: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2002/12/28/ooocff">Universal personal proxies &amp; agent companions</a> <ul> <li>Initial thoughts toward Agent Frank and filtering / analyzing my own web consumption.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 Nov 26: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2002/11/26/oooccb">XML-RPC, a mini case study</a> <ul> <li>Wherein I talk about how XML-RPC has worked for me.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 May 31: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2002/05/31%0A/oooago">RSS autodiscovery via the HTML LINK element</a> <ul> <li>It's the orange feed button everywhere now—here's how it started.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 Apr 18: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2002/04/18/oooaoe">Auto-backlinks from blog entries via referral logs</a> <ul> <li>Building backlinks from referer logs to help weave the blogosphere. It was great until the spammers ruined it, though <a href="http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2005/05/08/Sincerest-Form-Of-Flattery">Sam Ruby has a neat implementation</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 Apr 18: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2002/04/18/oooaod">Pipelining the web makes for messy URLs</a> <ul> <li>It's awkward to express pipelines on the web using URLs.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 Apr 17: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2002/04/17/oooaob">REST. What is it good for?</a> <ul> <li>At one point, I was pretty dubious about this REST thing.</li> </ul> </li> <li>2002 Feb 26: <a href="http://decafbad.com/blog/2002/02/26/oooocf">Almost done with another implementation of the Wiki XML-RPC API</a> <ul> <li>I was working on XML-RPC APIs for various wiki installs at one point.</li> </ul> </li> </ul>