revjim.net

I've been going over some more of my ideas for this web application framework I'm attempting to design. Based on how I see the system working, I've developed some pseudo-code. There are some huge chunks of the code missing, like exactly what it is that processes the incomming HTTP request, and exactly what happens when [...]

revjim.net has replaced its RSS 0.91 feed with an RSS 2.0 feed using Mark's RSS 2.0 template for MovableType. The 2.0 format should be compatible with RSS 0.91 readers. If any of you experience difficulty, please let me know.

I'm broke. That alone sucks. As of about 6 hours ago, I'm also out of cigarettes. That sucks worse. In fact, if there were some device that recorded everything I have ever said, ever, one might hear this interesting tidbit coming from my mouth less than a year ago: "If I were poor, I mean [...]

In my frustration with RSS I've learned a few things.
MovableType, regardless of your instructions to "encode_xml", will not detect international characters (entered with 8-bit ASCII) and convert them into HTML entities. This means that if you type an 8-bit ASCII character into your "subject" field, you will have an 8-bit ASCII character sent to the [...]

I attempted to add my RSS 1.0 feed to Syndic8 and it was rejected because my feed contains a "rogue & in titles". The problem they are discussing comes from my post about the French language because of the "&" used to make the international entity in the title (ç makes a ç).
First of all, [...]

I can't think of a UNIX command that starts with these letters, or an application that contains these letters in this order in its name. I also cannot remember typing these letters in this order in the past 24-hours or so. Yet somehow, in my commandline bar, they sit there:

I'm working on an application framework to foster the development of cleaner code and give PHP programmers incentive to do things the right way. When my application framework is complete, I will develop (over time) three modules for it: weblog, gallery, forum.
I really didn't want to reinvent the wheel on this one, but it doesn't [...]

The season premiere of Buffy is tonight featuring a special performance by the Goo Goo Dolls. According to various fan sites, this is the first episode Whedon, himself, has written since the musical last November, and it's the first season opener he's written since season 4.
Joel, do you want to host a little get together?

Other [...]

My children, listen closely, for the ritual practice of today's message will bring you all one step closer to salvation. The software world of today (specifically, web-software) sucks. There are hundreds — no, thousands — of web "programmers" creating scripts and programs that automate every little task, and implementing every small and large application imaginable. [...]

She lies asleep in the sky
buried under a pile of
thick black blankets.
Her face is hidden, leaving only
her long, pale fingers to extend,
out of habit, resting on the tops
of buildings and trees.
Her breath is cool and inviting,
giving rise to goosebumps on my skin.
I watch her sleep. I watch the clouds,
barely visible, rise and fall
with each breath [...]