March, 15, 2002 archives

sam clearly explains why named parameters and namespaces are good when defining interfaces. one thing i'd add is that i absolutely loathe the use of things that look like a perfectly valid url as a more general uri. when something starts with 'http://', i expect to be able to do an HTTP GET on that resource. identifiers should use a scheme other than 'http' when that is not the intended use.

(and yes, i realize that i appear to be in the hopeless minority (or very silent majority) on this, and probably attach more significance to the difference between a uri and a url than i should. but it's just the sort of thing that creates enough cognitive dissonance for me to run away from w3c specifications.)

uh oh, both my tutorial and my talk were selected for the o'reilly open source software convention 2002. that means i've got three hours and forty-five minutes, minus breaks and q&a time, of material to prepare.

mmm, chocolate chip cookies.

the job market must be heating back up. within two days, there's been listings for perl-related jobs at yahoo! travel and ticketmaster (citysearch.com). did citysearch desert pasadena? their site makes it look like all the jobs are at their mid-wilshire office.

zeldman: “Georgia is the new Verdana. White is the new grey.” (there was more, but it got removed. i believe the gist was that grey was the new orange, and orange was the new black. i always thought that orange was the new blue.)

here's some great thoughts on the recent sermon plagiarizing incident in michigan from an episcopal priest and teacher.

(it might be worth pointing out that some people say the bible may not be entirely original, either. it's too bad that ‘myth’ is seen as such a negative term in modern english. the distinction between ‘myth’ and ‘false’ is lost on far too many people, like those that hold such a tenacious grip on a literal reading of the book of genesis.)