Looking to execute xpath statements over a XOM object graph?

The anytime-real-soon-now-upcoming Jaxen 1.1 will support it. It is currently in CVS now, so go try it out.

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I have been using CVS for years, and Subversion for about 8 months. The difference now is how easy Subversion is to use. Here are some examples:

• Commands by default are recursive. If I just svn add some directory, it adds all of the files and directories underneath it. No more cvs add foo, cd foo, cvs add bar, etc.
• svn rm actually removes the file. That is just too cool, coming from the CVS perspective.

What I don’t like about Subversion: all the dependencies and problems I have had/will have with other tools, such as SWIG, neon, etc. Although I will note that these problems are with code external to subversion. So if you just pick up a binary build, you should be completely happy with it.

Will talk about subversion GUIs a little bit later.

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I have just added a new category named: In the Shop. This is because of the fact that for the last 6 months, I have been scheming to start practicing metalworking in my spare time. My dream since childhood was to mix computers and machines for the benefit of mankind (isn’t this every boy’s drem?), so I have now started down that road.

I just received a lathe and milling machine from Sherline Tools.

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Required a dump/load cycle since the database schema change, but it was generally painless. Great instructions from the svn book. Took about 1 hour to download, build, dump, load, and verify 6 repos. This sysadmin stuff is getting easier, but it is still too hard…

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From the mailing list:

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I have just settled into handling the previous week’s snail mail this afternoon, and have found that the concepts of making spam cost companies money has me stuffing every credit card application that I receive with the latest grocery store ads, trash, and even other credit card companies inserts. It actually allows me to acheive a zen-like calmness, knowing that if enough people also do this (they must be, since I sometimes have to cut a bar code off of the return envelope), then spam will cost quite a bit more. I know most of America must be tired of it, but since it takes an act of GOD to get anyone to write their congressman to change the situation legally, we must change it at the basest of levels.

I now return to my afternoon of envelope stuffing for a better America

Update: now if there were something to do to get AT&T wireless to stop sending me spam to get a phone. They send no return envelope, so they got off too easy.

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Say it ain’t so

From XML is a stupid transport, comes this gem:

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