I recently had to make a presentation at work on ontologies–the basics, really, of what they are, how they’re used, and what the heck is OWL? I found the following links and sites helpful in creating my presentation, and thought I’d share them here. The Basics Synonym Rings and Authority Files – Boxes and Arrows: …
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Davy et Dorothy
Davy et Dorothy
Mental Accounting for Dummies
The Bank of America’s Keep the Change program freaks me out. Every time you make a charge with your B of A debit card it rounds the figure up to the nearest whole amount and transfers the change to your checking account.* Commercials for this service are all over the television and radio – tagline: …
The economics of cats
Many people have been clamoring for this topic over at the secret blog. My views are simple: we have too few cats in the world, relative to dogs. Dogs, for reasons of temperament, can in essence precommit to being our slaves. (As long as they are not Irish Setters.) That makes us more willing to …
Featured Windows Download: Add tabs to any program with WinTabber
Windows only: Freeware app WinTabber can add tabs to any program for easy grouping. Not only can WinTabber group multiple instances of the same program into tabs, but it can also group different programs together into tabs (as shown in the screenshot). Its possible uses abound, but grouping your applications based on purpose is one …
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Arf Review
Heidi MacDonald alerted me to the fact that Publishers Weekly just ran a review of Arf Forum on their “PW Comics” website. I’ve taken the liberty of reprinting the text below. (order Arf Forum here) “Readers will find this book doing strange and wonderful things to their minds. Imagine someone going through old magazines and …
And Now A Word From Our Sponsor, Part 3,462
Mid July , being barbeque season, is a good time to run one of my fave 1950s comic book ads for the Original Kentucky Tavern Barbeque Ash Tray. Beware of buying one that’s not an original but a newfangled cheap shit imitation, I guess. And it’s so much in one: “a miniature fireplace, a cigarette …
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Poetic Lines
A wee gem from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s journal, dated October 1848: “Every poem must be made up of lines that are poems.” Poetic Lines
Amazon: Shop via drag and drop with Uncluttr
Third party Amazon shopping web site Uncluttr makes shopping Amazon a simple drag and drop experience. Searching for a product brings up images of the results with prices; you can view more details for each result by hitting the more info link. Once you find something you like, just drag and drop the item into …
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Excessive Ovation Syndrome
There’s a malady sweeping the nation that’s highly contagious to concertgoers. It doesn’t have a name yet, so let’s call it Excessive Ovation Syndrome (EOS for short). Those suffering from it stand and applaud at performances that aren’t good enough to deserve such enthusiasm. In extreme cases, they shout “Bravo!” during events that are best …
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