Kores random thoughts
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Extracting data from HTML
by Kore Nordmann at Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:17:41 +0100
A lot of people try to scrape content from HTML - the first approach always seem to be regular expressions, which are incapable of parsing HTML - which I proved earlier, already. So, how to do it properly with PHP? read more…
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Does accept_charset help in HTML forms?
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:45 +0100
The accept-charset attribute allows you to specify the encoding the server should receive the HTML form contents in. Does that help maintaining a consistent encoding in your web application? read more…
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Seven things - Tagged by Derick
by Kore Nordmann at Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:50:42 +0100
I normally don't follow those chain letters - but I guess I have no choice here, since Derick "tagged" me :) - whatever this exactly means. Not knowing the term in this context seems common though. read more…
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VCS wrapper development
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:57 +0200
We started developing a wrapper for different version control systems. A rough description and some context... read more…
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Fun with XML schema
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:55:38 +0100
For university I currently have to analyse XML schema quite in depth and there are some interesting / funny things inside the specification I wasn't before. First: The default elementForm value: unqualified. Let me try to explain what this is and why it is kind of strange... read more…
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Current state of semantic web
by Kore Nordmann at Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:31:52 +0100
For university I have been asked to summarize the current state of the Semantic Web. Existing and emerging technologies. There was a quite tight limitation on the amount of content, but it resulted in a good overview on this topic with a slight focus on computer science. read more…
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Released first arbit development snapshot
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:57 +0200
"Arbit aims to provide a decent modern extensible multi project tracking tool." We just released a first development snapshot. Read more... read more…
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CouchDB - A use case
by Kore Nordmann at Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:12:07 +0100
This article tries to give you an overview on how CouchDB can be used to map data to a data storage and how it is completely different from relational databases. I try to introduce the basic concepts and show an advanced use case. read more…
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Shell bookmarks
by Kore Nordmann at Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:56:55 +0200
Developing in lots of different projects with different directory structures and navigating mostly on the shell sometimes makes it hard to keep track on where you currently are. A simple script for shell bookmarks made navigating much easier for me. read more…
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Released PHPillow 0.2-alpha
by Kore Nordmann at Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:37:29 +0200
CouchDB 0.8.1-alpha has just been released, and so I am doing a second release of PHPillow. The test suite runs just fine against this version of CouchDb. Thanks to the CouchDB team for its awesome work on this new and refreshing kind of database. read more…
