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21 Jan 2019

Published by Norman Walsh

So. I’m starting over.

This weblog⊕ is my space to ramble on in bursts longer than 140 characters. The opinions are my own^†. If you’d like to follow along, you can subscribe to one or more of several feeds. Or just click the links below, that works too. So does searching.

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21 Jan 2019 at 15:41 UTC

Lunar eclipse. As seen from Austin, TX on 20 January 2019. (Pedantically, the thumbnail picture here is the moon rise several hours before the eclipse, but there are actual eclipse pictures in the set.)

Recent posts

Printing DocBook, 10 Jan 2019
In DocBook: Support for printed, as in, ink on (often virtual) dead trees, output in the DocBook XSLT 2.0 Stylesheets is, uh, weak. Yeah, let’s say “weak”. How should I address that?
POM relocation, 06 Dec 2018
In Gradle: Do you use Gradle for XML projects? Are you sick of the POM relocation warning for xml-apis? Me too!
Jing/Trang on Maven Central, 06 Dec 2018
In XML, Relax NG: The Jing and Trang libraries are now available through Maven Central.
Maintenance complete, 16 Nov 2018
In Self Reference: Server migration completed.
Upcoming maintenance, 14 Nov 2018
In Self Reference: Server migration imminent.
It’s getting real!, 23 Oct 2018
In XML Calabash, JavaScript, JSON: Something completely different. And a few words on the steady progress towards XProc 3.0.
Pulling up (Google) stakes, 27 Sep 2018
In Organizations, Google, Self Reference, The Web: A fair bit of my daily life passes through Google. Not because it has to, exactly, but because it’s convenient. What price convenience?
Webmention implemented, 25 Aug 2018 (updated 26 Aug 2018)
In Self Reference, The Web: This weblog now supports “webmention”. At least I think it does. Bugs and errors of interpretation and implementation excepted, of course.
Webmention, 23 Aug 2018
In The Web: Building bridges between pages. Oh, and spam, of course.
New laptop, 15 Aug 2018 (updated 25 Aug 2018)
In ThinkPad, MacBook Pro: After much angst, I finally made a choice.
Speed awareness, 09 Jul 2018
In Activities, Interests, Travel, Driving: I was going how fast, officer?
XML Resolver, 07 Jul 2018
In XML, XML Resolver: Is a 1.0.0 release on the horizon?
sshtunnel, 27 May 2018
In Python, Linux, Ubuntu: A simple script for managing ssh tunnels.
New phone, 24 May 2018
In iPhone: Putting the “i” back in my mobile phone.
Car (A)UX fail, 23 May 2018 (updated 24 May 2018)
In Activities, Interests, Travel, Automobiles, Technology: ♪ Riding along in my automobile... ♫
Ubuntu anti-climax, 17 May 2018 (updated 25 Aug 2018)
In Ubuntu: TL;DR: no, it doesn’t really work all that well.
Ubuntu denouement, 14 May 2018
In Ubuntu: TL;DR: it works now, for no specifically identifiable reason..
Watering the plants, 02 May 2018
In RaspberryPi: Notes about watering the plants with a Raspberry Pi.
Continuing adventures in Ubuntu, 01 May 2018
In Ubuntu: Turns out the problem had nothing to do with Ubuntu 18.04. Unfortunately, I’m still having issues, but they’re more of the expected sort.
Adventures in Ubuntu, 27 Apr 2018
In Ubuntu: So far, Ubuntu 18.04 is a fail on my laptop.
Tee Vee, 11 Mar 2018
In Home Reno, Entertainment, Television, Roku, NetFlix, Amazon Prime, RaspberryPi, iPad: When I moved to Austin, I didn’t bring a television. And, honestly, I’ve never missed it, but after five years, I’ve succumbed to the lure of the televisual feast.
One more thing…, 10 Mar 2018
In XML, XProc, XSLT, DocBook: A few notes about using the DocBook stylesheets without Gradle and on catalogs in jar files.
Make it easy to use, 05 Mar 2018 (updated 10 Mar 2018)
In Gradle, Groovy, XML, XSLT, DocBook: Very few things are easy to use in absolute terms, but relative improvements can have value as well. Relatively speaking, I think I’ve made processing DocBook documents easier.
XForms, 20 Feb 2018 (updated 10 Mar 2018)
In XML, XForms: A casual exploration of XForms with a little help from my friends.
Fit for a Maharaja, 04 Feb 2018
In Food, Events: A short post about an annual charity event, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.
Publishing photographs, 31 Jan 2018
In Activities, Interests, Photography, Self Reference: A story of duct tape, bailing wire, chewing gum, string, rubber bands, superglue, twist ties, blu tack, and assorted other odds and ends.
XML Calabash & Saxon 9.8, 25 Jan 2018
In XProc: Making XML Calabash (1.1!) work with Saxon 9.8.
Not ready for me, 23 Jan 2018
In Reviews: My attempt to upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10.1 did not go well.
Your seat cushion is floatable, 14 Jan 2018
In Activities, Interests, Travel: So, I listen to passenger safety announcements on airplanes.
Still digging, 02 Jan 2018
In Self Reference: Escaping from walled gardens will require investing time and energy in cultivating gardens of our own. I’m still doing a little digging.

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^†I work for MarkLogic Corporation, but the opinions expressed here are my own, and no other party necessarily agrees with them. A full disclosure of my professional interests can be found on the author page.