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For those who were wondering, the <wiki/> tag works. The default action is a link to the original wiki at c2.com. So, writing <wiki>RecentChanges</wiki> gives us RecentChanges. If you provide a valid intermap prefix, you make an InterWiki link. So, writing <wiki>MeatBall:RecentChanges</wiki> gives us MeatBall:RecentChanges. However, the intermap isn't very large, so don't get your hopes up that your favourite wiki is listed.

Frankly, I think it's simpler and cleaner to just use the <a/> tag.

In reference to MeatBall:CyberKnight, re: Advogato:article/384.html, while the concerns by Pseudonym are valid, the method he took to solve them was not. I think it's rude for a newbie to just barge into someone else's space and set up camp so publically, so I "deleted" the page. You have two weeks to undelete them before MeatBall:KeptPages garbage collects them.

I sent an e-mail to Andrew Bromage, he didn't reply. Reini reverted the changes, so I posted a larger rationale for deleting the page, reapplying the deletion.

If you really want to continue the project, ok, but please bear in mind that MeatballWiki is not Geocities. If you want to use MeatballWiki, please respect it.

I was just talking with Jeremie Miller, leader of Jabber.org. Jabber.com and Jabber.org just went through a significant reshuffle of its priorities. Jabber.org will be improving it's developer focus now, trying to open up. What I would think might be interesting is plugging something like a real time Jabber-based MeatBall:WhoIsOnline system into a site, or a network of sites. Or even updating a network of sites in real-time with each other's status using their dedicated socket protocol. Jabber is a lot more than instant messaging.

Yes, this is a rehash of what's posted on MeatballWiki, the meatball mailing list, and the p2pj list. I'm just really happy about it. Jabber is cool.

I'm not sure why I'm writing this diary entry here instead of on MeatballWiki where my real diary is. Maybe it's because I'm so far behind on content production for MeatballWiki, I don't want to start.

My parent's computer konked out again. Office2000 just deinstalled itself for no good reason. I have to go back yet again to install Windows. A small part of me wants to install QNX.

Continuing my slow conversion from using DOS/Windows to now being at least partial to Unix, I've been using vi commands everywhere, even when it's not appropriate. This is extremely annoying. It seems that most modern applications (especially on Windows) have a sane text editing interface, unlike vi. So, when I hit <esc>, this isn't appreciated. Much frustration.

:wq

21 Feb 2001 (updated 21 Feb 2001 at 04:51 UTC) »

I recently implemented an inter-wiki title search called MetaWiki.

I added the listing from http://advogato.org/proj/ to the search engine.

I should also know that the SVG Jabber Whiteboard has been stalled for a little while. At first, I needed a good way to do hierarchical diffs against the XML tree as well as representing relative ordering. By good, I mean in a way that would not flood the network with a lot of fork messages and would still leave the distributed model correct.

I discovered XML Fragment from the W3C, but it doesn't look promising. Consequently, I'm going to have to do something myself.

Meanwhile, at work (where I'm developing the whiteboard), I've been sidelined to meet another deadline. So, my time is limited. For the moment, I'm moving forward with the whiteboard in my infinite free time, for small values of infinity.

I've been working on Jabber lately, trying to see where it fits into the Big Picture. I've been developing a SVG Whiteboard for the last month.

I'm rather worried about jabber.com's survivability given the most recent news. I hope they survive because Jabber is really good. Not as an instant messaging system (like, who cares?) but as a protocol layer.

6 Nov 2000 (updated 6 Nov 2000 at 08:41 UTC) »

I tried writing this eloquently--lyrically even--but I don't think I could pull it off. In fact, I think I detracted from the contribution of others.

The news: I believe MeatballWiki, the online community about online community (and other society <-> technology dynamics), has hit critical mass. MeatBall:RecentChanges is jumpin'.

I can't keep up with it, and I'm the worse RecentChangesJunkie out there. And the conversations are good--I want to reply to everything. I'm awfully proud of the quality.

So, yes, this is an indirect plug, but I would be happy just to publically credit the contributions of others. Good work, folks.

I recently acquired a turquoise Photon light from ThinkGeek. Currently, I am up pulling an all-nighter writing a paper that is due in seven hours. Getting a little woozy, I decided to blow turquoise photons onto my retinae in order to shock myself awake.

A few seconds of that was enough. I got up, walked around, came back and noticed that my screen had deep yellow splotches on it. Not making the connection, I degaussed it. No change. Crap!, I thought. I hope my monitor isn't fried.

Then I moved my head. The splotches moved. One neuron talked to another and suddenly I realized my retinae were fried.

Cool!

Maybe my brain is fried.

Right, so I'm doing a little hacking at MeatBall:CrystalPalace tonight instead of studying for my midterm (having achieved brain freeze), and I get to the point where I need to do a HTTP redirect. No problem, I just do a simple

     print "Location: $url\n\n";

which adequately makes MSIE4 load the right page. All is good...

Until I read the location bar. Instead of pointing to crystal.pl?Foo%20Bar, it's pointing to just crystal.pl! Crap!

I'm dieing everywhere trying to trace this bugger. Then I remember seeing and fixing the same thing when Cliff upgraded UseModWiki to do the same thing. "How did I fix it?" I wonder. "How did I fix it?"

Bammo. I remember. I close MSIE, reopen it, try it again. Sure enough, the location bar shows the correct URL. What was wrong? MSIE4's cache. @?$#(*&!!!

28 Sep 2000 (updated 28 Sep 2000 at 07:13 UTC) »

It's job hunting season again here in the backwoods of Ottawa. Us young co-ops are off looking for work come January in order to keep us warm in the snow.

Looking at the co-op board, it is as uninspiring as ever. "Blah blah blah Java blah blah blah HTML blah blah blah ASIC blah blah blah Software Verification Specialist." But then again, I'm kind of burnt out.

Or maybe I just hate Java on Linux eBusiness solutions for an exciting pre-IPO opportunity. Whatever.

I would like doing some pervasive computing (maybe even with pie-in-the-sky BlueTooth) or writing articles about online culture. If I was smart, I'd try to land a job doing that.

I definitely don't want to go through another JustaStudent round. That would make me angry.

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