Archives: 2002 December
XTM, RDF, DAML, OIL, and other uses of XML
December 28th, 2002, No Comments
My recent discussions with the ODP guys about open-sourcing the ODP backend software have led me to read up on RDF, which is the format used by ODP for exporting the ontological information and content of the directory. One thing I immediately ran into was XTM, the ISO standard for creating XML Topic Maps. These [...]
Post-Christmas MIG Shopping
December 26th, 2002, No Comments
Another Christmas has come and gone. A few of us gathered at my sister Linda’s house and joined her family for Christmas day. The usual sorts of holiday activities occured – food, games, lots of talking, and helping the kiddos assemble a few toys. And we made some calls to those who couldn’t (or didn’t [...]
Star Trek: Nemesis
December 16th, 2002, No Comments
Okay, it’s time to go over my list of major and minor nits with Star Trek: Nemesis (as if anyone really cares!) I don’t think there are any spoilers in here but read at your own risk if you haven’t seen the movie. Clones with no tone – the Nemesis of the title is supposed [...]
Over the Hill
December 13th, 2002, No Comments
With the approach of another birthday, I’ve been complaining too much about getting old, I think. My friends are beginning to feel sorry for me and have been doing all sorts of nice things. On Wednesday, a bunch of balloons showed up at the office courtesy of Erin. Interestingly, the bunch consisted of two mylar [...]
2002: Boring for Me, Unbelievable for Bond
December 8th, 2002, No Comments
I spent a little time tonight working on our annually Christmas letter that we send to friends and family. I realized that 2002 turned out to be a fairly boring year! I’m resolving to make 2003 a bit more interesting. We saw the Die Another Day, the new James Bond movie, last night and it [...]
Turkeys and Free Software
December 2nd, 2002, No Comments
I hope everyone had a nice Turkey day. Ours went fairly well. We ate a lot of food, visited with friends and relatives, and ate more tasty food. I also went for four entire days without doing any work. I did stop by my office once but only to check email. Speaking of email, I [...]
