March 2010

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Replying to @max_froumentin and @therealmaxf

You can pass CLI arguments on OSX, either with open (on 10.6) or by addressing the executable in the .app directly.

Replying to @versac

Attends, grosse amélioration quand même: il a repris le fond d'écran Désirs d'Avenir en pointant la caméra plus haut #regionales
Très bonne réunion avec @fondapol et @innovimax, maintenant il ne reste plus qu'à travailler!
The mail server for berjon.com and robineko.com seems to be down — if needed you can contact me at name.surname@gmail.com.
Having most of one's email blocked makes for a shockingly relaxing day.
My email addressability has resumed, thanks!

Replying to @glazou

Personne ne la pose parce que tout le monde sauf VGE savait qu'il était trop tôt pour la Grèce en 1981.

Replying to @abcoates

I know, that's why it angers me when people try to defend the French language as if it were under any threat! While 100s are dying

Replying to @koztoujours

Les stats, il faut que ça soit pertinent! Il faudrait plutôt comparer le %age par catégorie, nb de prêtres/total prêtres, etc.
It's quite telling to see how every person I show the Kindle to tries to use it as if it had a touch screen.

Replying to @bradneuberg

Well the use case is obvious, you need it for Word Art!
From the grapevine: IE9 announced at MIX with SVG, canvas, audio/video, some CSS3; all hardware accelerated. We'll see next week!
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Désespoir chez les Créateurs de Possibles — ils en sont à un mail par jour pour supplier les gens de faire vivre leurs initiatives. #cdp

Replying to @koztoujours

C'est un kiwi

Replying to @lauredlr

Il n'y a aucun consensus sur le sujet. Il vaut mieux définir quels usages on veut permettre, et choisir un seuil en fonction de ça

Replying to @anaisrassat

Why is matter unevenly distributed? Was time created at that moment? Can we conceive of a before?
Collecting SVG demos for #xmlprague, if you have anything awesome I'll be happy to show it!

Replying to @ilinsky

Yes, I already had Ample mentioned as an IE shim. Thanks!
Is there a browser that has some rudimentary support for CSS 3 attr() function (for arbitrary properties)? Can't seem to find one...

Replying to @innovimax

No, Firefox seems to only support it for the content property, it's apparently falsely listed as Ok (or I did something wrong...)

Replying to @gnat

Is that really a meme? Sounds more like micromeming to me.
The Froumentin Conjecture: an exhaustive list of requirements is undistinguishable from the final spec.
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Replying to @psd

I did know of it, but I'd completely forgotten! (and no, it's not my doing) Thanks a lot for the reminder :)
Almost done on #xmlprague slides, only two left and some demos to polish a little. Tired but excited!

Replying to @versac

Il faut creuser, mais l'UMP vend déjà des fringues dans le "Pop'Store" cf. http://bit.ly/9gDFno (couvert dans http://bit.ly/9kRBxf).
Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons, Peter Barnes. Too light on implementation details, but has some good ideas nevertheless.
It's almost time for #xmlprague to start, I'm sitting in the front row all excited!
@innovimax kicks off the #xmlprague conference, "Can people who don't hear me raise their hands?"

Replying to @glazou

Have you tried looking inside http://www.openclipart.org/ ?
And @michaelhkay gets on stage: "no one recognised me last year so I decided to grow the beard again". #xmlprague
XSLT 2.1 adds properties on modes, and you can support the identity transform directly using that. At last! #xmlprague
Since we're talking about XSLT 2.1 at #xmlprague, you *will* want to see http://xmlguru.cz/2010/03/xsltizer.jpg
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Replying to @dpawson

One rarely has 20Go *documents* — it doesn't mean it's all about data-heads now.
XSLT 2.1 looks very cool, I wish there were Open Source C implementations so that I could use it. #xmlprague
Tony Graham coming up at #xmlprague, "In the beginning, there was the page" [shows white page]. Genesis, XSL-FO version.

Replying to @abcoates

Wait — for your maths to work out you'd have to call me Tony too.
Seen in JS code in the wild: // JSLint doesn't like it but it's the twenty-first century, dammit. var π = Math.PI;
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After @ndw showing DocBook and XProc to assemble documents, @fgeorges on EXPath #xmlprague
EXPath is really interesting, I wish it had been around several years ago already. #xmlprague
It's lovely to hear Aussie accents at #xmlprague
#xmlprague @abcoates "Order in XML elements is more a nuisance than anything else"

Replying to @abcoates

I heard you right, but it's not so much fun if I don't misquote you out of context :)
Wondering if we should open the windows at #xmlprague, it's getting hot in here and I'm not quite ready to take the top off just yet.

Replying to @null and @ndw

I'll tell you what a 'ho is for.

Replying to @JeniT

Could. Not. Resist <grin type='sheepish'/>. You're not here this year? :(
@sheilaellen You'll have more luck with higher end browsers ({Opera,Safari} Mobile). IIRC NetFront doesn't. Opera Mini might, server-side.
It's about time someone got their act together and implemented XSLT 2.1 in a Javascript library. #xmlprague
#xmlprague @fsasaki about the virtue of hiding XML from users.
Reporting on the Japanese Layout Task Force, or how to make Japanese text look good in Web technology. @fsasaki #xmlprague

Replying to @dnovatchev

Yes, you have XML parsers and grammar-based parser generators in JS — that would not be the complicated part.
Wondering if there's a Jean Ferrat song that we could play at #xmlprague

Replying to @DominiqueRabeuf and @MafiaDeadMan

If we have Blind XML like Blind Poker, we could have Strip XML #xmlprague Drop a garment for every hit on http://bit.ly/6KvKk4
@fsasaki is showing very interesting microvalidation inside XHTML, could reuse it for ReSpec #xmlprague
Chamarkupeleon geek — following both #sxsw and #xmlprague.
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OH: "Spreading the word without speaking it too loudly", @fsasaki #xmlprague || I like that!
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One could use http://code.google.com/p/jsrelaxngvalidator/ to validate directly in the browser. #xmlprague
Question about text layout for Ancient Egyptian from the floor at #xmlprague
Stéphane Sire coming up to talking about lightweight in-browser XML document editing #xmlprague
Stéphane Sire: "you may be disappointed, we haven't tested with ancient Egyptians" #xmlprague
What Stéphane Sire is presenting seems to be exactly what I've been looking for. #xmlprague
Torn between the excitement of discovering a sexy solution to a problem I have and the horror of seeing Comic Sans on a slide! #xmlprague

Replying to @sjoerd_visscher

I have to look at XOpus again, last time was too long ago (IIRC it only worked in IE so I didn't get very far)
It feels as if all of #xmlprague has gathered in a circle around the camp fire as Sharon Adler recounts our history, starting with SGML.
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The last bar we went to before sleep was in full 80s nostalgia mode. Fittingly, SGML is on the menu first thing in the morning. #xmlprague
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"ODIF didn't work any better than the XML syntax for RDF — that's just not how you do it." --Sharon Adler
Sharon Adler just rocks. #xmlprague
Dana Florescu up now with "A Time Machine For XML" #xmlprague
Quels sont les meilleures sources pour suivre les résultats de ce soir depuis l'étranger? @lemondefr fait une bouse en Flash, ça marche pas.

Replying to @adamretter

I think Mohamed won the late night contest by being chivalrous in the face of lots of alcohol.
Dana adds axes to XPath for versioned documents, future-or-now:: etc. — surprisingly elegant approach. #xmlprague
This is #xmlprague day 2. I could tell the second I woke up, simply from the quality of the hangover.
@innovimax wants @xquery to give me a kiss at #xmlprague. I don't have enough brain cells left to understand why.

Replying to @georgebina

QNames and URIs are pretty much the same thing, given the right convention. #xmlprague
Name and shame those who didn't show up in the morning: @ndw, @fgeorges, @adamretter. Who else? #xmlprague
"It's a big spec, 450+ pages", @bnjminbck. Ha! 450 is just what you need for the introduction :) #xmlprague
If you bring me a kebab right now, I will, quite simply, worship you. #xmlprague
This is the first time that Topic Maps seem to make sense to me. Colour me impressed! #xmlprague
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Replying to @null and @xquery

I'm not Robin Berjon the speaker, I'm someone else entirely!
Demo of XQuery running in the browser, fun! #xmlprague
Liam comes up and has a directory called "EXTRA SECRET XML PLANS" on his desktop #xmlprague
"The Future Is Mutable", @barefootliam. #xmlprague

Replying to @michaelhkay

That person was the same person :)
Has anyone tried Geoduck? Apparently it's a delicacy http://flepi.net/image-insolite/geoduck-une-espece-meconnue/

Replying to @lvdo

I'll help!
Amis Suisses, amis Belges, où sont ces résultats en avance dont on nous parle tant? #regionales
A voté! (par procuration, je viens de recevoir le SMS) Go @CecileDuflot!
Be sure to check this out: XTiger/AXEL (as presented yesterday at #xmlprague) http://media.epfl.ch/Templates/

Replying to @simonstl

You should come next year, it's an amazing conference. #xmlprague
Strange idea, strange ads that I keep getting in Tweetie: http://www.icelandwantstobeyourfriend.com/ I quite like it (and Iceland).
Just won the Best Tweet Award at #xmlprague, woooh thanks!
In 20 minutes I'll be talking live at http://www.xmlprague.cz/2010/twitterwall #xmlprague

Replying to @kiphampton

I believe the one about kebabs was a close second, but it was for "The Future Is Mutable" — thanks to @barefootliam!

Replying to @fgeorges

It probably took closer to 10 seconds, so that makes an *hourly* rate of $216.000 — not too shabby. #xmlprague

Replying to @michaelhkay

Shame! It's full of outrageously gratuitous uses of technology — I even make DocBook look sexy #xmlprague
What's double-cool with the Tweeter Award is that it's right on time for my birthday tomorrow :) #xmlprague (FLWOR Fondation)++
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Replying to @null and @ndw

Anything looks sexy in contrast to me :) #xmlprague
Premiers chiffres Suisses http://bit.ly/bzn7lb #regionales Ça ressemble à une déculottée pour l'UMP. @europeecologie à 11-13% — yeah!

Replying to @ldeboissieu

Je viens de le faire :)
tdg.ch et letemps.ch semblent saturés! #regionales http://lesoir.be marche mais ils annoncent des 1ers résultats à 18h qui ne sont pas là.
Gah mais donnez-moi des estimations bordel! #regionales #suspense
#xmlprague over! Awesome, as usual — awesomer every year actually!

Replying to @null and @marcosc

Thanks man!

Replying to @evamen

Bah, 33 isn't old yet :) And yes, happier all the time. Besos!
@laurentwauquiez Simple question: après le 1er tour, pensez-vous toujours que le "débat" sur l'identité nationale ne fait pas le jeu du FN?
Choix de photo très pop star pour @n_km sur Le Monde: http://bit.ly/copIR4
Mot du jour: Acheiropoiète, "qui n'est pas fait de main d'homme".

Replying to @null and @amyvdh

Thanks! Double-extra bambi eyes it is today :)

Replying to @rigow

Provoc'? Who? Me? Noooo! I'm not sure what you're referring to :)

Replying to @null

@Huchon2010, @valeriomotta: T. bonne idée les outils cartographiques sur la #coopol ms il ne faudrait pas que ce soit réservé aux adhérents!

Replying to @fgeorges

Thanks! I hope you made it home fine. Have fun in London!

Replying to @null

@ndw, @JeanKaplansky: the quote is actually older (about HTML, not CSS) but I could never find a clear attribution, alas.

Replying to @xmlguild

Thanks! I look forward to another year playing with XML :)

Replying to @laurentwauquiez

Si vs permettez, je trouve facile de dire http://bit.ly/duHAVp avt élections, puis de laisser aux politologues aps sanction

Replying to @RegardsCitoyens

Plus propre, plus lisible: très bien!

Replying to @tamarou

Thank you Tamarou!

Replying to @dalmaer

Why would that be only for mobile? Also, that's the wrong document you're pointing to :) http://bit.ly/cZfj3Q Feedback much welcome

Replying to @michaelhkay

Yikes, I find "habits" 1, 2, 3, 7, and 10 to be particularly bad, or useless :) ttp://bit.ly/a9xSjU

Replying to @Cutlass

Oh yeah, I do that too — but it's certainly not "a good habit to get into"

Replying to @dpawson

The whole demo material will be made available along with the slides, I just need to add a readme to it.
"A primary goal of the DAP WG is to protect Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan."

Replying to @glazou

Not a very good poll, where's the "I like them at first but they should go away whenever we have stability" option.
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OH: "It's a 'midget', or 'malicious widget'."
OH: "This technology is held together by its issues."

Replying to @stubbornella

How would that break things if they're stable?
OH: "There is an edge case, which is the desktop".
Giving your private data should have a license in reverse, a privacy license — the pricense. #dap #privacy
It's great to watch @therealmaxf, he's like a crazy professor scribbling madly at the white board. #dap

Replying to @quatremer

Euh, le français se porte très bien, le nombre de francophones grandit chaque année. #aneries #maronniers

Replying to @quatremer

Mauvaise question. La bonne question c'est pourquoi voudrait-on convaincre les étrangers d'apprendre le français?

Replying to @lauredlr

On a l'habitude d'interventions plus subtiles que ça de vôtre part ici!

Replying to @kaihendry

It's very simple, all French operators are horrible. Just pick the cheapest one.

Replying to @kaihendry

I don't think any of them does, but it's been a while since I last checked.

Replying to @Maitre_Eolas

Le NC est plus sarkozysiste que centriste, non?

Replying to @null and @sgalineau

SVG seems to have taken over with Microsoft, Macromedia, then Adobe sitting out — these things change, the future is mutable.

Replying to @null and @sgalineau

I could find myself using IE, certainly targeting, and I have strong demand not to have to use anything from MPEG at all.

Replying to @muratamakoto

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Replying to @null and @sgalineau

I wish the people who describe H.264 as "pragmatic" had worked with MPEG. If they had, they'd be running. Fast. Very, very fast.

Replying to @null and @sgalineau

Oh it's not for me, I don't use the stuff. I'm just trying to help *you* out :) Don't say I didn't warn you!

Replying to @null and @sgalineau

Ah-huh. That be what dem last peeps said. Ne'er heard from 'em 'gain, nossir.

Replying to @danfooo

javascript:(function(){var%20ls=document.querySelectorAll("body>*");for(i=0,n=ls.length;i<n;i++){ls[i].style.display="none"}})();
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@nk_m Que pensez-vous de l'Institute for Web Science de G. Brown http://bit.ly/dnX2H9 ? Peut-on combler le retard français dans ce domaine?
Dear Browser Vendors, any interest in making xml-stylesheet able to load script when using the appropriate type?
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Une nouvelle excellente analyse des #regionales par @versac, à lire absolument: http://bit.ly/aibGyw

Replying to @nk_m

Cette analyse est criblée de flous et de fautes. Ex:"Menée 16 pays d’UE+USA (...) seulement 13% des internautes mondiaux acceptent..."
Le Secrétariat exécutif des Verts Paris m'écrit en Comic Sans, vert pomme sur fond blanc. Soyez pas méchants, j'ai voté @europeecologie!
@quatremer Les commentaires ne marchent pas bien sur votre blog, on peut cliquer sur "commentaires suivants" mais rien ne change.

Replying to @nicolasvoisin

http://www.xkcd.com/672/ re l'algo de Facebook :)

Replying to @null and @sgalineau

Actually, I think that the least bad option for vendor prefixes is the one from Ajaxian (at the end): http://bit.ly/atateV
I'm not into dedicating days to anything, but Ada Lovelace rocked and it's Ada Lovelace Day http://findingada.com/about/
Toying with #sproutcore development locally, but it is horridly slow. Is it just me or is that a common issue?
@lauredlr Sans transparence, il n'y a plus de crédibilité. @deputetardy l'a bien compris!

Replying to @okito

Thanks for the tip. Mostly though, it's loading through the browser that seems constantly slow (load times >1 minute).

Replying to @null and @sgalineau

It places the decision to prefix or not in the hands of authors — if it works, cool, if it breaks, it's their fault.

Replying to @NachoMan

In early tests #sproutcore looks real good, except for my speed issue and insufficient docs. I need to try it on sth more complex.

Replying to @null and @sgalineau

Today doesn't have rules for vendor prefix precedence as described there.

Replying to @tomdale

Trying that now, thanks! Is it possible to use the minified JS libs in development? (those not developer-edited I mean) #sproutcore
Thanks for all the #sproutcore suggestions, it is indeed much faster with Ruby 1.9.
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Replying to @kaihendry

lwp-request will!
@deputetardy Vous demandiez ce que l'État devrait faire pour le numérique, un débat similaire est à: http://bit.ly/cJzMfV

Replying to @alainlambert

Ça dépend de quelle Europe — dans le XXème les poussettes on ne sait plus qu'en faire!

Replying to @null and @ndw

I'd love you (even more) if you did that (a wrapper script for svn/git/cvs/etc).
Un bon post de @deputetardy, député UMP intelligent: http://bit.ly/ccd4pm

Replying to @plhw3org

Do you have a location yet?

Replying to @kaihendry

You could tell the DAP WG rather than ranting on your blog!

Replying to @plhw3org

There's a very nice park right outside my place, if the weather's right you could do it there!

Replying to @kaihendry

It's always worth discussing options — tone is what makes something troll bait or not.
Marc Benioff really is on crack http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/29/ipad-cloud-2/
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It's a great day for science: today a collision with the kinetic force of seven mosquitoes has been achieved.

Replying to @barbaraneves

Do not mistake sarcasm for the belief that something is irrelevant :)

Replying to @barbaraneves

Heh, I didn't know that the LHC used the mosquito example too. It seems to be universal :)

Replying to @hsivonen

The translation is "we've decided to be mean to Apple"
Reminder SVG people: SVG Open 2010 is going to rock Paris, so be sure to submit a paper! http://www.svgopen.org/2010/participate.shtml
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Replying to @consttype and @octoberequus

I would say "to be growled at"

Replying to @null and @FranckContat

N'est-il pas important d'avoir une idée précise d'où viennent nos émissions pour pouvoir les réduire plus efficacement?

Replying to @dontcallmeDOM

Your first decision is e-Ink or LCD I think. Me, I love my Kindle, but then again you knew that!

Replying to @torgo

You need *both* emacs and vi for TAG minutes? Wow, it's a wonder you can find enough people to staff that group!

Replying to @glazou

Congratulations! Wheee!!!!
Meet up with @w3c in Paris next week (Apr7, 7pm) on HTML5, web apps, and everything http://kwz.me/hf with @tidoust, @plh and @dontcallmedom

Replying to @null and @FranckContat

L'article le dit, d'où ma question :) Il n'est pas parfait, mais je trouve ta réaction un poil exagérée, ce qui m'interpelle.

Replying to @null and @FranckContat

Et FYI, je cuisine souvent à la mode "Food Matters" de Mark Bittman depuis bientôt un an!

Replying to @dontcallmeDOM

Ah, didn't see that. The second thing to look at is the books you can get. After that, I guess it's mostly price.