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Archive for August, 2003

Tenterhooks

Posted on August 26th, 2003 by Arthur

I’m on tenterhooks waiting to hear whether the Internet Professional Program is going to go ahead this September. They’re waiting to see how many people sign up.
There’s an information session Wednesday evening at Robson Square. I hope there’s a last-minute surge of interest.

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Back to Blosxom

Posted on August 23rd, 2003 by Arthur

I’m in the middle of a switch back to Blosxom for this weblog, but I haven’t decided exactly how to set it up. In the meantime, here’s the blosxom version, subject to change without notice.

Gay Marriage

Posted on August 19th, 2003 by Arthur

Until now I’ve avoided politics here, but I can’t keep silent about this. Gay marriage will be good for gays, good for society and good for the institution of marriage. Some kind of newly-minted “domestic partnership,” on the other hand, won’t satisfy those gays who wish to partake in the [...]

Back to School

Posted on August 12th, 2003 by Arthur

I’m going to be a student! Starting September 29, I’ll be taking a leave of absence from my lovely job to attend the Internet Professional Program, a full-time, nine-month certificate program offered by UBC Continuing Studies, Division of Applied Technology. Here’s a tenative list of the courses I’ll be taking:

Introduction [...]

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Really Simple Blogging with the Atom API

Posted on August 6th, 2003 by Arthur

Danny Ayers has created a “totally minimal blogging system” based on
the Atom API.
All it does is post entries from a HTML form and add them to a file containing all the entries on the server side (as in section 5.2 in the API). The code’s not for the purists, but it pretty much follows [...]