Keith Devens .com

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How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web -- via Simon, via Peter
Java-based Scripting Language of the Year 2003 Award - And The Winner Is... -- via Erik
Tattoo troubles
RFC 3092: Etymology of "Foo" -- via Leslie
Here's a person with a highly unconstrained view of mankind (terminology from Sowell's book). -- via Leslie
Jon Udell: The Document is the Database [to read]
Jon Udell: Language Instincts [to read]
TransQuery -- XSL Transformations as Query Language
Parsed XML for Zope
Macworld Keynote (9am PT) -- via Steve
Tim Bray's series on the TPSM is getting interesting. TPSM 4: Management Approval
Some numbers showing how much spending has increased under Bush. BAD
Yahoo to drop Google, compete directly
Where Will There Be War in 2004? -- via Glenn
Andrew Sullivan endorses Dean: "Dean represents an opportunity for honesty, for relief, for a true cultural clash. At this point, in this divided nation, I think it's riskier to avoid that clash than to give it an opportunity to be explored and democratically decided." -- via IP
The Paradox of Choice
Babu: book review: Intepreter of Maladies
This seems like something I'd be very interested in reading: Understanding the New Deal Court
Cox & Forkum have interesting stuff about the BAM earthquake. Along with interesting quotes, including this from Thomas Sowell: "Those who disdain wealth as crass materialism need to understand that wealth is one of the biggest life-saving factors in the world."
Sterling: My Beef with MySQL's License
Chris Langreiter has stuff on statistics
Chris Langreiter has stuff from Steven Wolfram that I want to read, particularly his presentation on The Past and Future of Scientific Computing
Martin Fowler: BuildLanguage
Rake, Ruby make
Peace Breaks Out? by Glenn Reynolds
The Nitrogen Manifesto (PDF). Nitrogen is an open-source C++ interface to Carbon, though according to the project page, it's only still in Alpha.
Whisper -- "Whisper is C++ application framework for the Mac and Windows. Unlike most frameworks it takes advantage of the standard library, design by contract, and modern C++ idioms."
Doc Scrubber -- "Analyze and scrub hidden and potentially embarassing data in Word documents" -- via Kayode
Fontifier (supposedly lets you create a custom font based on your handwriting, but the site is down) -- via Kayode
Blair: I'll take Britain into euro by 2007
AI on the Web