Monthly Archives: May 2005

Vicipaedia latine legi possit

Posted on May 30, 2005 by David Megginson

Sciveram vicipaediam linguis barbaris (exempli gratia anglice, francice, et ceteris) legi potere, sed non latine. Iam tenet super duo milia articulorum. Quid artis!

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Admin: Moving to Full Text Feeds

Posted on May 27, 2005 by David Megginson

I’ve decided to switch Quoderat to a full-text feed, as I’ve already done with my other weblog, Land and Hold Short. I don’t use Google ads in my weblogs to try to earn revenue, and I’m too lazy to read … Continue reading →

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A Personalization Story

Posted on May 27, 2005 by David Megginson

A close acquaintance of mine has no hearing in one ear. As disabilities go, that’s not a very serious one — most of the time it means nothing worse than appearing to ignore people who start talking on her deaf … Continue reading →

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Burden of Proof

Posted on May 16, 2005 by David Megginson

Bill de hÓra has a thoughtful piece about complexity experts and simplicity mavens. As Bill points out, conventional wisdom provides an easy way to criticize things without really thinking: in the 1990’s, you could diss any project or spec simply … Continue reading →

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Admin: WP 1.5.1 and Spam Karma

Posted on May 14, 2005 by David Megginson

I’ve just upgraded Quoderat to WordPress 1.5.1 and have installed the Spam Karma plugin, as recommended by Lauren Wood in a comment to my previous whining posting about comment spam. With luck, legitimate comments should now all appear immediately, while … Continue reading →

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Problem-first design

Posted on May 3, 2005 by David Megginson

[Update: a nice analogy from Jon Udell, and a thoughtful response from Tim Bray.] WSDL is too abstract to be useful, according to both Tim Bray and Norm Walsh (and for what it’s worth, I agree with them). Tim and … Continue reading →

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