XFN Graph v1.2

I just finished the relase of XFN Graph v1.2. This version removes the text labels on all the links, opting for a colour-coded approach. Maybe the choice between the text and the colours will be an option in a future version.
Here’s the list of what’s changed:

• Added a more visual representation of what the links are.
• Added Help.
• Made the spider follow frames as belonging to the same site.
• Fixed a bug whereby some sites didn’t get spidered because they were marked as visited but not spidered.
• Fixed issue with rel=”me” links that were not being spidered.

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Lost in Translation?

From Lori’s site:

1. Take the lyrics to a favorite song.
2. Go to Google Language Tools and translate the lyrics into German; then from German to French; and finally from French back into English.
3. Post the results verbatim.
4. Invite your friends to guess the song based on the newly mangled lyrics.

“There keep of Oh- I you by the window and me absurd thus bound in top to you stare of wear nothing however you wear him wellbeing and, does not come the manner which I would like to be for you, for me, demolition in me”

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So, What do you Do?

Everyone’s been asked the question ‘what do you do?’, I’ve been thinking about the right answer to it lately. I could say that I’m a computer or software engineer, but that’s not right because you can’t claim the term ‘engineer’ unless you’re a P.Eng. So, ’software developer’, or ’software designer’ seems to be what I can claim.

After I had thought that I had my conclusion, I began to think about it again. The terms above describe my job, but is that all I I do? I like to think that my job is only a small portion of ‘what I do’. I read (although I haven’t started a new book in over a month), watch movies, and watch TV (recorded, of course). I play poker, golf, and video games. I tinker with things, be it my computer or anything else that may be broken, I design/develop web sites. I try to stay reasonably active in the Linux/Open Source community (through developing software, or through education/advocacy).

So, the answer to the question doesn’t seem quite so simple. I know most people are expecting your job to be your answer, but I don’t think that it’s the real answer–unless your job is everything in your life, which I don’t think is healthy.

It’s something to think about the next time somebody asks you what you do.

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