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nwalshHello and welcome!
Norman Walsh maintains this site. It used to be for publishing software and resources but, twenty odd years in [yes, twenty!], those are mostly distributed elsewhere. There’s some archival stuff here and a few odds and ends. The activity stream is the only thing that’s regularly updated. Enjoy your stay. If you're interested in the stuff here, you may also be interested in norm's weblog. Or not. Only you can decide.
You can also find norm on Twitter, GitHub, Flickr (but see also his own site), the book of face (rarely), LinkedIn, Google+, and probably a dozen other places too.
And now, for your amusement:
Norm's activity stream
- 28 May 2020
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tweeted“@conal_tuohy @true_mxp And Twitter turns them into SVG images so just nevermind there then.”—@ndw tweeted“@conal_tuohy @true_mxp Well @true_mxp is certainly correct that it's inconsistent. Safari on Mac: ✓, Safari on iPad… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265984948202360833”—@ndw tweeted“@true_mxp Ah. Indeed. I knew there was a version in the BMP but my quick search ("right point hand") found the form… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265983053056409605”—@ndw tweeted“Baking (and burgering!) by @linguacelta this time! Home made turkey burger on a home made bun! Mmmm, mmmm !… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265970652865015809”—@ndw tweeted“I’m not uniformly pleased with the way Unicode is being hijacked for emoji. I’m glad that U+01F449 (👉) and U+01F517… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265965612876075009”—@ndw![[H]](/graphics/github.png)
pushed gh-pages in xproc/3.0-test-suite retweeted“RT @carolecadwalla: This is astonishing. Hot on heels of Newsnight comes this. The government is now literally using our money to *pay* the…”—@ndw tweeted“@AskCiti For the past 12+ hours, my attempts to login have been met with "We're sorry. https://online.citi.com/US/login.do is t… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265886502464208896”—@ndw- 27 May 2020
- tweeted““Now Bartosz Wojczyński has created a video showing full-day rotation of the Earth with footage shot in Namibia.” T… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265709041612926977”—@ndw
- 26 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @JElvisWeinstein: I strongly prefer to vote by mail but I'd be more than willing to walk through a Covid-19 ICU ward followed by a room…”—@ndw tweeted““You’re about to spend the next 25 minutes watching a guy solve a Sudoku. Not only that, but it’s going to be the h… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265336987906605058”—@ndw retweeted“RT @GraemeDemianyk: Stay alert. Control the virus. Drive for 30 miles to check whether you're going blind”—@ndw
- 25 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @EmmaJackson57: if you need a global pandemic to help you ram through fossil fuel infrastructure projects, maybe that's a sign you've lo…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @jaredpalmer: Software development https://twitter.com/jaredpalmer/status/1264915601354620928/video/1”—@ndw retweeted“RT @AbdirahimS: Eid Mubarak all✨
Especially to this Ikea branch in Germany.
Local Muslims asked if they can use the car park for prayers…”—@ndw commented issue citation-style-language/test-suite#13
- 24 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @CherylRofer: I'm again seeing appeals to @jack about Trump's appalling tweets tonight.
That's not the problem.
The problem is that th…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @jayrayner1: To drop the snark for a moment, what’s extraordinary is that the UK govt would willingly undermine the vital public health…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @CissnaMatthew: To all those saying church is an “essential business,” thanks for admitting it’s a business.”—@ndw retweeted“RT @ThatMandyNicole: I am begging you to understand that “people on unemployment are currently making more than people working for minimum…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @LinguaCelta: @tirleteanga It's so nasty to be left with that unease and distress after a dream. Be kind to yourself. You're strong, and…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @lecanardnoir: During this lockdown, my 8 yr old daughter has been undergoing treatment for cancer. There were times when I could not be…”—@ndw commented issue citation-style-language/test-suite#13 opened issue in citation-style-language/test-suite opened issue in citation-style-language/test-suite pushed gh-pages in xproc/3.0-test-suite commented issue citation-style-language/test-suite#14 commented issue citation-style-language/test-suite#13 commented issue citation-style-language/test-suite#12 opened issue in citation-style-language/documentation opened issue in citation-style-language/test-suite opened issue in citation-style-language/test-suite commented issue citation-style-language/test-suite#12 opened issue in citation-style-language/test-suite
- 23 May 2020
- tweeted“Today’s experiment: walnuts and maple syrup. Yum! https://photos.nwalsh.com/images/ndw/2020/05/23/IMG_20200523_153313 https://twitter.com/ndw/status/1264301570772144133/photo/1”—@ndw opened pull request in docbook/docbook created branch iss144 in ndw/docbook deleted iss144 at ndw/docbook retweeted“RT @shannonrwatts: Today Dr. Birx officially joined the ranks of faux doctors and Trump apologists that includes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil and Dr. D…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @BetoORourke: Dangerous, dumb and weak. https://twitter.com/gregabbott_tx/status/1264029637669203969”—@ndw created branch iss144 in ndw/docbook pushed docbook-5.2-dev in ndw/docbook deleted iss144 at ndw/docbook deleted iss141 at ndw/docbook pushed docbook-5.2-dev in docbook/docbook merged pull request in docbook/docbook commented pull request docbook/docbook#146 opened pull request in docbook/docbook commented pull request docbook/docbook#145 closed pull request in docbook/docbook opened pull request in docbook/docbook tweeted“Guns N’ Roses aren’t really to my taste most of the time, but this t-shirt is priceless. Also, “covid 45” is his ni… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264116363632742402”—@ndw
- 22 May 2020
- opened issue in docbook/docbook opened issue in dourouc05/DocBookLibrary opened issue in docbook/docbook pushed gh-pages in xproc/3.0-test-suite
- 21 May 2020
- opened issue in docbook/docbook
- 19 May 2020
- tweeted“Only physically attended. Balisage is just weeks away! https://twitter.com/cerstinmahlow/status/1262138119803097088”—@ndw tweeted“@dpawson I was a little worried about that. I cut back on the water just a tad, but olives are pretty dense and it… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1262786200856752128”—@ndw tweeted“I declare the experiment a success! And delicious. https://photos.nwalsh.com/images/ndw/2020/05/19/IMG_20200519_164326 https://twitter.com/ndw/status/1262785187194208263/photo/1”—@ndw tweeted“What effect will an entire jar of kalamata olives have on my simple bread recipe? Let the experiment begin! #bread… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1262686013224374272”—@ndw
- 18 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @MsPackyetti: Among the saddest things history will reflect about this moment?
How many people simply do not care about our interconn…”—@ndw tweeted“Bread. I don’t think the top was quite that dark in real life. But I can’t check because we devoured the whole thin… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1262348125009739776”—@ndw
- 17 May 2020
- 16 May 2020
- tweeted“Number six died today. This was just more than he could stand. https://twitter.com/DanSeanClayton/status/1261667316439400448”—@ndw opened issue in docbook/docbook
- 15 May 2020
- tweeted“I figured it out. I created a symlink in "build" to "../src", so that relative URIs would resolve to some "src/test… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1261359506367406080”—@ndw tweeted“For the first time in a long time, I did a bunch of work and then accidentally deleted all the files (I’m not even… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1261208435162562560”—@ndw
- 14 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @doctorow: #ModernMonetaryTheory is an economic lens for understanding how money works. It starts from the commonsense assertion that na…”—@ndw
- 13 May 2020
- commented issue xproc/3.0-specification#971 pushed gh-pages in docbook/docbook.org deleted pub52b09 at ndw/docbook.org pushed master in docbook/docbook.org merged pull request in docbook/docbook.org opened pull request in docbook/docbook.org created branch pub52b09 in ndw/docbook.org
- 12 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @devisridhar: New piece out on exiting lockdown safely--> without package of public health measures in place, the past seven weeks of lo…”—@ndw pushed gh-pages in docbook/docbook.org pushed gh-pages in docbook/docbook.org pushed gh-pages in docbook/docbook.org pushed gh-pages in docbook/docbook.org retweeted“RT @Mikel_Jollett: The President is tested every day.
Every single person he comes into contact with is also tested.
If anyone tests posi…”—@ndw pushed gh-pages in xproc/3.0-test-suite pushed gh-pages in docbook/docbook.org pushed master in ndw/docbook.org deleted ver52b09 at ndw/docbook.org pushed master in docbook/docbook.org merged pull request in docbook/docbook.org opened pull request in docbook/docbook.org created tag docbook-52b09 in docbook/docbook merged pull request in docbook/docbook pushed docbook-5.2-dev in docbook/docbook opened pull request in docbook/docbook created branch ver52b09 in ndw/docbook.org pushed docbook-5.2-dev in ndw/docbook pushed docbook-5.2-dev in ndw/docbook pushed docbook-5.2-dev in docbook/docbook merged pull request in docbook/docbook retweeted“RT @JimMFelton: No shaming commuters please. Johnson told people to go back to work, so they risk getting fired if they don’t. No “but he s…”—@ndw
- 11 May 2020
- tweeted“@delaiglesia I was afraid it was going to be something like that. I'm not at all sure that Java handle's UNC path n… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1259834518820868096”—@ndw tweeted“@delaiglesia Can you give an example of a URI that isn't working? (Not that I need to be able to access it, I just… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1259780884842139650”—@ndw tweeted“@timbray Yeah. I don't have any particular preference for ".", but it was used in the examples of "tumbler IDs" dec… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1259760697178836999”—@ndw commented issue docbook/defguide#68 tweeted“TIL: It is unwise to use “.” as a separator in ID values. You can’t then easily search for them with document.query… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1259734845867130880”—@ndw
- 10 May 2020
- pushed gh-pages in xproc/3.0-test-suite tweeted“This is so spectacularly awful that I cannot compose a response that I feel expresses how spectacularly awful it is. https://twitter.com/DrClaireH/status/1258851749928079362”—@ndw
- 07 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @newscientist: Finland’s two-year test of universal basic income has concluded that it doesn't seem to disincentivise working, and benef…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @Tim_Burgess: Not sure who made this... https://twitter.com/Tim_Burgess/status/1258391827503349760/photo/1”—@ndw retweeted“RT @misszing: McSweeneys on lifting the lockdown is *chef's kiss* https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-the-velociraptors-are-still-on-the-loose-but-thats-no-reason-not-to-reopen-jurassic-park https://twitter.com/misszing/status/1258477920525398017/photo/1”—@ndw
- 06 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @hackerfantastic: I am exploring a new technology which is exciting and interesting to me, would I post about it online now? hell no. It…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @LauraHopeGill: Young people, I want you to know there was a time 19 years ago when Americans were so sad when 3000 people died in one d…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @StephenPunwasi: Give a poor person $2,000, and it's instantly recirculated into the economy when they need to buy necessities.
Give a…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @JamesGleick: Trump is trying to get us used to the idea that NOTHING CAN BE DONE. Be brave, people: DEATH IS INEVITABLE.
To believe t…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @LinguaCelta: More thoughts on Twitter’s limits on how many accounts you can follow. Apparently they want to “to promote authentic exper…”—@ndw favorited“If you're looking for an unusual gift, I'd recommend browsing https://www.cameo.com/9. You can get a personalised v… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1258023019416629248”—@LinguaCelta tweeted“@dizzzz It happens when I VPN. I have come to the conclusion that it’s a “feature” provided to sites hosted on Clou… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1257961731722280960”—@ndw tweeted“The interstitial page weirdness that I mentioned yesterday seems to be related to Cloudflare and a browser extensio… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1257919402764316672”—@ndw
- 05 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @petersagal: As profound a violation of the Constitution as he has ever committed, perhaps the most egregious. If there is a core idea t…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @petersagal: The Constitution wasn't designed with mechanisms for each branch of government to *force* the others to comply with their d…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @rabiasquared: I expected this Presidency to be horrific but human sacrifice still a slight surprise”—@ndw retweeted“RT @DanielMiessler: A reminder to all the awesome professionals, creators, and thinkers here on Twitter.
If you have your blog or newslett…”—@ndw tweeted“A couple of times recently, I’ve attempted to reach a web site (https!) and Cloudflare (or someone spoofing Cloudfl… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1257746760430170115”—@ndw
- 04 May 2020
- tweeted“@cmarchand7276 Nothing I can do about it. Twitter borked the link. They dropped the last four or six characters from the URI.”—@ndw tweeted““Stay tuned for some exciting news” has to rank pretty highly in the category of stupid email subjects. I’m not tun… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1257360874572054529”—@ndw commented issue xproc/3.0-steps#395 tweeted“@fgeorges @mrwatson_de I have no explanation for why Twitter dropped the last four characters off the URI that it i… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1257260964795371528”—@ndw
- 03 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @MazMHussain: Despite all the "natural is healing" commentary global CO2 emissions have not considerably declined during the pandemic. T…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @Strandjunker: How the hell is 1 dubious allegation against Joe Biden worthy of a media storm when Donald Trump’s 46 allegations plus 2…”—@ndw tweeted“@shelleypowers Yeah. I mostly get it right based on my locale, except when I get it backwards.”—@ndw tweeted“I thought that “classic cheeseburger” was the end of my odd (odd, but undeniably tasty and cheeseburgery in this ca… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1257032684427239424”—@ndw
- 02 May 2020
- retweeted“RT @capnfabs: @ElleArmageddon The lesson: there's never a feature too small for a test”—@ndw retweeted“RT @rafi0t: @ElleArmageddon <Act 1> I'm gonna upgrade my Linux laptop tonight, and reboot, so it will be fresh and clean for my talk tomorr…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @windypundit: @derekjmcknight @ElleArmageddon Yup. Back when I did more ops stuff, I used to tell the new folks something like "Sooner o…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @DaytimeCoder: @ElleArmageddon @Kolor_Koded_101 I personally like to point out that engineers entire job is to solve problems. It is lit…”—@ndw tweeted“@shepherdsworld @ElleArmageddon I fried two hard drives because, although the DIN connectors are a standard size, w… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1256713463579193344”—@ndw retweeted“RT @ngleicher: @alexstamos @thegrugq @ElleArmageddon At this point, this feels similar to how all money is created...”—@ndw retweeted“RT @ElleArmageddon: Based on all the responses to this thread, I’d also like to throw this reminder out there: no matter where you are in y…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @jaketapper: So is it now time for President Trump to sit for an interview and take questions like this about allegations made by Jessic…”—@ndw retweeted“RT @alicemazzy: undoing the lockdowns isn't going to save most businesses. capacity restrictions and cleanliness theater lower revenue ceil…”—@ndw tweeted“@tgraham_antenna Point taken. AH Formatter is so good. I was hacking about with some HTML pages, though.”—@ndw tweeted“At the risk of becoming “that Dash guy,” I built a Dash version of the HTML Living Standard document. See https://dash.nwalsh.com/”—@ndw
- 01 May 2020
- 30 Apr 2020
- retweeted“RT @KaivanShroff: No media questions about Trump’s tax returns.
No media questions about Trump’s many NDAs.
No media questions about th…”—@ndw tweeted“@shelleypowers That happened during one of the "briefings" recently, surely? We're past that and into uncharted territory.”—@ndw tweeted“In a quarantine induced haze, I gave in to temptation and placed an order at the Whiskey Exchange. I now have decen… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1255910250705813504”—@ndw
- 29 Apr 2020
- retweeted“RT @WalshFreedom: ANY vote for ANYONE but the Democratic Party nominee is a vote for the most dangerous, most unfit, most corrupt, and most…”—@ndw tweeted“Katsu curry. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually had katsu curry, but the crisps are good! https://photos.nwalsh.com/images/ndw/2020/04/29/IMG_20200429_144853 https://twitter.com/ndw/status/1255602209624031237/photo/1”—@ndw tweeted“Why is enterprise desktop software always so aggressively user-hostile? (Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, I… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1255474794419621888”—@ndw
- 28 Apr 2020
- retweeted“RT @LoopdiLou: Presented without comment. https://twitter.com/LoopdiLou/status/1254605777983111170/photo/1”—@ndw retweeted“RT @ViWiWrites: Star Wars Characters and how they make their coffee: a thread
Obi Wan makes French press coffee and gently uses just the w…”—@ndw
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Announcements
- 15 Mar 2018
Converted to build with gradle; refactored a whole bunch of stuff. Hopefully I didn’t break anything. I did remove a bunch of cruft that appears to have been broken for years.
- 29 Mar 2015
I reorganized almost everything to be more mobile-friendly and responsive.
- 20 Oct 2011
I converted the repository where I store the sources for this site from Mercurial to Git. You aren't supposed to be able to tell. But if I'm wrong, please do tell me.
- 11 Aug 2006
I've just finished a complete redesign along the lines of the recent redesign of docbook.org. I think I've preserved all of the existing URIs, but let me know if you notice something missing.
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