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Comment on The origins of cat herding, from television ads through Warren Bennis to Poul Anderson by Joy

Joy — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:18:58 +0000

I love animals… have taken some in and fond homes for them.. have placed over 50 cats and dogs with loveing homes…especially cats… is there anythingelse to say.

Comment on Google font API makes embedded web fonts easy, were it not for a bug by Paul Sladen

Paul Sladen — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:26:14 +0000

The page load lag can be avoided by using the Javascript Webfonts API loader. See View Source on www.ubuntu.com. If you're serving fonts locally, you still need to ensure that you have them encoded for each of the needed browser formats and to return the appropriate one.

Comment on Using Ruby on Rails with Alfresco by Carmelo

Carmelo — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:23:16 +0000

Nice article, exactly what I’ve been looking for and wanting to hear! We are embarking on a similar project at work and have chosen Alfresco to do everything (where I have some concerns), so reading your article is very timely.

I have a question: Where did you store the CRUD data and what mechanisms Ruby and Rails and Alfresco talk to each other – can you provide more details on the integration between the Ruby and Rails CRUD application and the Alfresco’s Document Management and Worflow..?

It will be most appreciated, Thank You!!!

Comment on The origins of cat herding, from television ads through Warren Bennis to Poul Anderson by Paul

Paul — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:55:57 +0000

Yes Rob, the phrase is in the book. Search Google Books to find it. Good spot on the Mensa shirt. I remember seeing that too, but dismissed it as spurious given that it’s based on one person’s hazy recollections some 20 years after.

Comment on The origins of cat herding, from television ads through Warren Bennis to Poul Anderson by Rob

Rob — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:10:39 +0000

“And where did Bennis get the phrase from? A very likely candidate is science fiction writer, Poul Anderson. His post apocalyptic novel Orion Shall Rise dates from 1983.”

I can’t find a validation for this connection … are you saying the phrase actually appears in that text or that the idea is somehow inspired by something else in the book?

Have a read of this … down to the end.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=163007

The 1981 Mensa conference reference predates Orion Shall Rise’s 1983 date.

Comment on Google Docs as a collaborative space: the pros and cons by Methodise

Methodise — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:47:50 +0000

Interesting, thanks.

Comment on The origins of cat herding, from television ads through Warren Bennis to Poul Anderson by Paul

Paul — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:36:28 +0000

Shadow, you might want to read the post properly; the Poul Anderson book I mention dates from 1983.

Comment on The origins of cat herding, from television ads through Warren Bennis to Poul Anderson by Shadow Blasko

Shadow Blasko — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:29:54 +0000

Not to offend, but the origins of the term “Cat Herding” dates back WELL before the book.

More than a decade before the book, if you want to just use a quick google usenet search as a verifier.

The first archived post showing the phrase dates back to May 29, 1987.

We have been using it in the IT industry for a long long time. It just fits.

-Shadow

Comment on Google font API makes embedded web fonts easy, were it not for a bug by Paul

Paul — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:28:00 +0000

All well and good if it worked that way, Paul. And it does so more or less beautifully with all Google’s hosted fonts, except Droid Sans which doesn’t. I say more or less because I’ve noticed the overhead which isn’t noticeable normally really hits home on those occasional bad network days when calling Google takes a little longer than you’d like. Since writing the original post, I’ve found serving up the fonts locally to be a better route.

Comment on Google font API makes embedded web fonts easy, were it not for a bug by Paul Sladen

Paul Sladen — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:26:32 +0000

The CSS file that Google Font API is returning is specifically customised to the browser and version combination that requested it. Some browsers need .ttf files, some need WOFF, EOT or SVG. The magical part of the Google Font API is knowing which one to link to in the CSS… By saving the generated CSS locally you will have saved the customised CSS for your particular browser, so it'll look great when you look at it, but not necessarily on everyone else's browser (which is the advantage of using the cross-browser Google Font API in the first place!). If you want Bold as well as Regular, you need to request it: link="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Sans:regular,bold"