17 Oct 2000 raph   » (Master)

Ghostscript

Ghostscript 6.30 beta is released! Check it out from SourceForge and see if you can throw some files at it that it renders incorrectly. I've been tracking down a few bugs from the bug tracking system, and entering even more. It's a lot of fun, but I'm sure I'll be happy to get back to PDF 1.4 transparency hacking when 6.50 ships.

Brainclog

I've felt the mental equivalent of having cotton balls stuck in my ears for the last week or so. Part of it, I'm sure, has been having a cold, but probably not all. I've certainly had periods like this in the past. If it lasts past the end of the week, I'm going to go back on Zoloft. In the meantime, I'll try good diet, exercise, a more regular sleep schedule, and choice of work tasks that are both doable and satisfying.

When I get like this, the one thing I'm absolutely horrible at is followup. It feels like I have an immense queue of emails that need answering, design proposals that need review, etc. Ah well. I'll just do what I can.

bibref

schoen: Yes! I do have an idea for a free bibliographic database. A very (very) rough prototype is up at bibref.org. The basic plan was (is?) to add an Advogato-like account system so that trusted users could tweak the bibliographic data. I was also planning on using the Library of Congress database as a start. I played around with YAZ a bit to see if I could get access to the Z39.50 port, but with no success. I'd be interested to see your shell scripts - if it's possible to integrate them in less than an hour's work, I might just do it.

Of course, I have no time to work on bibref.org, so it's all a completely delusional fantasy.

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