Dan Wood: The Eponymous Weblog
Dan Wood is co-owner of Karelia Software, creating programs for the Macintosh computer. He is the father of two kids, lives in the Bay Area of California USA, and prefers bicycles to cars. This site is his weblog, which mostly covers geeky topics like Macs and Mac Programming.
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Watson updates today (whew!)
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After a weeks' vacation, I finally got to a few updates to Watson.
- Epicurious, to version 1.7.5.1. They changed their site significantly. This update should bring back pretty much all the original functionality of the tool. (There may still be a few glitches.)
- TV, to version 1.7.5.8. I've added in the ability to add iCal and EyeTV events, based on the limited information available in the grid. Since it can't be determined just from the grid, any program that is not followed by another program on the grid causes a warning to be shown that the entire time might not be captured. It's not ideal, but at least it's something.
- eBay, to 1.7.5.9.5. Fix a problem with search by seller, where the description wasn't showing up.
TV Listings updated, but with reduced functionality
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I've just posted an update to the TV listings tool, to version 1.7.5.7. TV Guide has once again changed their Web site in a major way. Unfortunately, some of information that was once displayed on the Web site is now part of a Macromedia Flash presentation. That makes the Web site a lot nicer (as long as you have the ability to view Flash) but not great for Watson. So although Watson can still show the grid, we've unfortunately lost the ability to show details about each show, add it to the Calendar, etc.
Going forward, TVGuide.com is clearly not going to be an ideal data source as Watson moves forward in its new incarnation from Sun.
A few Watson updates today
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Watson Updates du jour:
- Phone, to 1.7.5.9.1: Fix broken residential listings in Canada
- Stocks, to 1.7.5.1: Fix formatting error when zero change in price
- Weather, to 1.7.5.6: Fix missing doppler radar in certain locations
A hodge-podge of "h" duples.
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Today I noticed a bunch of interesting words, mostly nonsense, that all begin with the letter "h":
hanky panky, helter skelter, hoodoo gurus, hodge-podge, Hunca Munca (a character from a Beatrix Potter story), harum scarum, hokey pokey, hoity-toity...
And then of course a Google search led me to this page and this page and this page, where I found a bunch more. Lots more H words: heebbie-jeebies, hee-haw, higgledy-piggledy, hip-hop, hocus-pocus, hoi-polloi, hoochie-coochie, hurdy gurdy, and so forth.
Quote from the Defense Bill, August 5, 2004
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Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.-- George W. Bush (complete transcript) [tip o' the hat to Steve-O]