arrgh!
I shouldn't have ordered new hardware. It's taking way too long to get here and while I'm waiting I'm not getting anything done. The machines that were just fine before seems so old and slow now that I know I'll have new ones soon. :-)
Quick update on the Validator. Code is getting cleaner and is pretty much in a runnable state now. I have a copy running on <URL:http://www.tss.no/~link/ val/> and a snapshot at <URL:http://www.ts s.no/~link/dist/val.tar.gz>. I still have charset mismatch problems to deal with as well as fleshing out ";imgonly" and XML-output support, but it should be pretty much all downhill from here.
Sean Palmer raised the question of XHTML Families and XML Schemas and I've offered to take a look at the problem. If it turns out to be easy (I doubt it) I'll probably include it in this round of sweeping changes (Gerald will kill me! ;D). Otherwise I'll try to work on that next.
I feel a rant about reinventing square wheels coming on every time someone mentions XHTML and the problems with DTDs to me, but I'm trying to keep my mouth shut as I don't really know enough about the subject to venture an opinion. Don't worry though, I'm saving up on vitriol until such time as I feel I'm on firm ground... :-)
Another four days gone by without any work done. Thursday and Friday got lost in incessant Day Job Demands and as it turns out I'd promised the SO I'd attend a wedding this weekend and had to go out of town. Shabby hotel; cost a fortune; no Internet access. /me is not happy! :-(
So now I'm back, but looking at the duty roster it doesn't seem too bright Monday through Wednsday. I've got Thursday and Friday off, but since I'm on Hell Rotation (don't ask!) this weekend I'll probably have to spend the time doing IRL-stuff.
Speaking of IRL-stuff, I'm planning on beefing up my hardware pool. Current plan is to get one of those kick-ass MP models from Apple (the 2x450MHz model) to deal with email/news/"Office"-type stuff and the 733MHz model from Compaq's Deskpro EN SFF line for a Linux box. None of them are actually typical hacker hardware, but they seem to suit me like a glove. It's going to cost me an arm and a leg, but I think it's worth it. My current hardware just won't cut it anymore; especially since I've got to return both my Linux systems to my former employer. I've already stalled much longer then I should. That leaves me with just a Macintosh Performa 5400/160 (160MHz PPC 601 CPU).
Of course, it all depends on what my bank thinks of the idea and my bank, it seems, is extremely slow in making up it's mind. :-(
Note to self: Look into adding "Watch" and "Watched" options to mod_virgule!
There are several people whose diary I'd like to keep watch on, but no easy way -- short of well organized bookmarks, of course :-) -- to keep track of them. If mod_virgule let you "Watch" a set of diaries, or possibly Accounts, for changes it'd be much easier. It could probably be listed on each page "This person is watching.../This person is being Watched by..." in addition to the Certification listings.
Against my better judgement, I've spent some more time messing around with the Validator (hey, the SO is out of town and who needs sleep? ;D), and it turns out it was well spent.
The code is still a mess, but now I no longer choke on pages with errors and I even validate more stuff then the original (the XML spec and SVG 2.0/2.1). I've got pretty CSS for the output (from the W3C Core StyleSheets) and a few other cosmetic changes (Gerald will hate me for this! ;D).
I still need to clean up the code, test more, fix some niggling little issues and possibly translate to Norwegian. However, things are looking good for a late-beta release this weekend. I'll probably have to browbeat Gerald into taking a look at it though. It's unlikely that all my sweeping and oftimes frivoulous changes will be right for use at w3.org so I'm sorta expecting to have to back out of at least a few of the changes.
Snapshot is available at <URL:http://www.tss.no/~link/dist/val.tar.gz>.
*sigh* Here we go again...
I was going to put out some new code for the W3C HTML Validation Service today, but RL is getting in the way. This probably means I won't be ready to release anything until next weekend. On the flip side, this probably also means that what I release will be beta instead of alpha. I bet Gerald would call this a Good Thing®. :-)
Status is:
A current snapshot is available at <URI:http://www.tss.no/~link/dist/val.tar.gz>.
Note to self: email Raph Levien and ask what Certification Level "Observer" signifies...
OK. Everyone is talking about this Advogato thing so I figure I have to have a look. I set up an account and I'm running through the list certifying (or is that Certifying?) everyone whose name sounds familiar if it turns out I know anything about them. Did Alan Cox up as Master; not because I know anything about the man, but, well, because he's Alan Cox for crying out loud! :-)
Then I stumble onto Chris DiBona's page...
His Notes say:
Blah Blah Blah, VA Linux, Blah BlahHe has a link to his homepage. Not a single solitary diary entry. A gazillion people have certified him. He hasn't certified anyone... At all!
Whatever else Advogato is, it's apparently designed to bring out the worst tendencies towards mental masturbation. :-(
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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