Re: [CODE4LIB] free HTML text editors - a compilation of responses

2015-05-20 Thread Peter Schlumpf
vi On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Sarles Patricia (18K500) < psar...@schools.nyc.gov> wrote: > Thank you to everyone who weighed in on free HTML text editors for my old > Macs running 10.5.8. The only one that seemed to work is Thimble. My Macs > at school are just too old - even for cloud-base

[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova 0.2

2013-02-07 Thread Peter Schlumpf
component used in a real application. Download and documentation is up on the project web site: http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com This time I plan to really stick around awhile with this project, and I will share my progress with the code4lib community from time to time. Peter Schlumpf

Re: [CODE4LIB] souvenirs

2013-02-13 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Navy Pier, perhaps. -Original Message- >From: Will Clarke >Sent: Feb 13, 2013 9:56 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: [CODE4LIB] souvenirs > >Can anyone recommend some good / cheap places to get some Chicago souvenirs >and t-shirts?

Re: [CODE4LIB] You *are* a coder. So what am I?

2013-02-13 Thread Peter Schlumpf
If a person writes programs -- code, then one is a coder. It's as simple as that, whether one has a computer science degree or not. I have always been puzzled by the self-consciousness betraying a lack of confidence that librarians suffer about what they do. "Is Librarianship a profession?" s

Re: [CODE4LIB] Video from the Conference

2013-02-15 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Thanks Francis and everyone else who made the conference available via streaming video for those of us who could not attend. It was great! Peter -Original Message- >From: Francis Kayiwa >Sent: Feb 15, 2013 4:56 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: [CODE4LIB] Video from the Confe

Re: [CODE4LIB] You are a *pedantic* coder. So what am I?

2013-02-22 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Reminds me of the Zen saying: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few." -Original Message- >From: Justin Coyne >Sent: Feb 21, 2013 11:59 AM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] You are a *pedantic* coder. So what am I?

[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova version 0.3

2013-02-27 Thread Peter Schlumpf
o to http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com Peter Schlumpf Avanti Library Systems pschlu...@gmail.com

[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova version 0.3.1

2013-04-05 Thread Peter Schlumpf
that interfaces a real DBMS, either MySQL or an embedded database solution. Peter Schlumpf Avanti Library Systems www.avantilibrarysystems.com

[CODE4LIB] test

2013-05-06 Thread Peter Schlumpf
This is a test. Please ignore.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Libraries and IT Innovation

2013-07-17 Thread Peter Schlumpf
I have come to believe that to really innovate, one has to stop thinking in terms of "clouds" (whatever the hell those things are) tables, relational database, MARC records, the technology du jour. Throw that all away. Don't even think about it. Even more important, don't worry about what ot

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-29 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Python and Ruby (and any other programming languages) are just tools. Some do some things better than others. Imagine if the library community had its own programming/scripting language, at least one that is domain relevant. What would it look like? Peter Schlumpf -Original Message

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-29 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Somebody needs to invent one, throw it out there and see what happens. -Original Message- >From: Ed Summers >Sent: Jul 29, 2013 4:06 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby > >On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Ross Singer wrote: >> Over the NISO standard

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby

2013-07-30 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Real coders roll their own programming languages. -Original Message- >From: Francis Kayiwa >Sent: Jul 30, 2013 10:45 AM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Python and Ruby > >On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:21:24AM -0400, Andreas Orphanides wrote: >> Whatever; if you're not

Re: [CODE4LIB] simple,flexible ILS for a small library.

2010-09-28 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Here's what I have done some time ago toward a simple flexible ILS for a small library: http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/microlcs.html Peter Schlumpf www.avantilibrarysystems.com -Original Message- >From: "..." >Sent: Sep 28, 2010 9:43 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LIST

Re: [CODE4LIB] PHP vs. Python [was: Re: Django]

2010-10-29 Thread Peter Schlumpf
or Python or Django were handed down to us chiseled in stone tablets. All languages are arbitrary things anyway, and it doesn't matter how they are implemented. The point is to keep the layers of abstraction well defined. But otherwise, break down those walls.

[CODE4LIB] Let's go somewhere [was PHP vs. Python...]

2010-10-30 Thread Peter Schlumpf
ork in. We've all got ideas. Fire up vi and get busy and make something happen, like a library domain-specific language. Start fresh. There is nothing wrong with that. What's wrong is how the library community goes about such things. Let's go somewhere. Peter Schlump

Re: [CODE4LIB] He's Pro-Django (humour)

2010-10-30 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Bravo!! Well done! I guess I'm not the only one whose mind instantly played that song in his head when first reading about Django. -Original Message- >From: "Doran, Michael D" >Sent: Oct 30, 2010 2:24 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: [CODE4LIB] He's Pro-Django (humour) > >He'

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's go somewhere [was PHP vs. Python...]

2010-11-02 Thread Peter Schlumpf
programmer yet because I'm still building the thing. There's no community around this yet. It may be homegrown by a lone developer right now but that's the way many things start. And besides, as far as doing it goes, what the heck? Peter Schlumpf www.avantilibrarysystems.com

[CODE4LIB] Nova

2011-05-01 Thread Peter Schlumpf
To Elliot Hallmark with your distributed library system: keep up what you are doing. It is good. Peter Schlumpf www.avantilibrarysystems.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Programmer Orientation to Library/Lib Sci

2011-07-20 Thread Peter Schlumpf
n computer science and work thereafter which turned into a positive cycle. For me, the one gives a reason to do the other. Peter Schlumpf -Original Message- >From: Laura Smart >Sent: Jul 20, 2011 11:04 AM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: [CODE4LIB] Programmer Orientat

[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova version 0.1 released

2011-08-19 Thread Peter Schlumpf
to the version that was demonstrated at the Code4lib Midwest Meeting at UIC last month. Development on Nova will (really!) continue and any feedback, positive or negative, is welcome and appreciated. Peter Schlumpf pschlu...@gmail.com http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Plea for help from Horowhenua Library Trust to Koha Community

2011-11-22 Thread Peter Schlumpf
, probably as I am pretty much on the fringes of anything right now. I am still shocked though, that LibLime would do something like this and actually persue it as a legal matter. As one who has been involved in and observed open source software in libraries from Day One, I am shaking my hea

Re: [CODE4LIB] Plea for help from Horowhenua Library Trust to Koha Community

2011-11-22 Thread Peter Schlumpf
ace in the O'Reilly booth to show off our work. There were only a few of us back then and Koha wasn't on the radar yet. LibLime is a Johnny-come-lately in this grizzled old person's mind. I am so disappointed in LibLime that they would sink to something like this. Peter Schlumpf

[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova web interface

2012-02-23 Thread Peter Schlumpf
server via its own application network protocol. Everything is clickable. Give it a try! And let me know what you think. A direct link to the application: http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com/nova/client/index.php?data=home&cmd=1 Peter Schlumpf pschlu...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Good advanced search screens

2008-11-15 Thread Peter Schlumpf
to learn to use the interface to the level that satisfies their needs, and in the long run probably find it much easier to use. Peter Peter Schlumpf [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com -Original Message- >From: "Walker, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &g

[CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-05 Thread Peter Schlumpf
ke without those things? Sometimes the biggest prison is between the ears. I am in a position to do this now, and that's what I have decided to do. I am getting busy. Peter Schlumpf

Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-07 Thread Peter Schlumpf
bject referencing another we increment a counter for that link by one. There are many ways to implement something like this, and I have one in mind, but this is sort of the theory behind it. It is going back to simple things. Peter Schlumpf -Original Message- >From: Karen Coyle >Sent:

Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-08 Thread Peter Schlumpf
-Original Message- >From: Alex Osborne >Sent: Apr 8, 2009 4:40 AM >To: Peter Schlumpf >Cc: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different >If I'm understanding you correctly, what you have in mind is a >triplestore. A d

[CODE4LIB] You got it!!!!! Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-09 Thread Peter Schlumpf
n clearly, but I will share a draft of it with y'all on here soon. Peter Schlumpf -Original Message- >From: Bill Dueber >Sent: Apr 9, 2009 10:37 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different > >On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:26

[CODE4LIB] Ten years

2009-04-18 Thread Peter Schlumpf
think about the past ten years? What about the next ten? Peter Schlumpf Avanti Library Systems http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Alert!

2009-12-23 Thread Peter Schlumpf
t things. They are the containers into which we pour content. Peter Schlumpf www.avantilibrarysystems.com -Original Message- >From: Glen Newton >Sent: Dec 23, 2009 12:10 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: [CODE4LIB] Alert! "Programming skills could transform

[CODE4LIB] Avanti!

2010-01-02 Thread Peter Schlumpf
would you tell someone who has nothing better to do with his time than to build such a thing? Come January 4th, I will go to work. Best wishes, and good health to all in the new decade. Peter Schlumpf http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] PHP bashing (was: newbie)

2010-03-25 Thread Peter Schlumpf
y will probably never quite get itself out of. Peter Schlumpf www.avantilibrarysystems.com -Original Message- >From: Joe Hourcle >Sent: Mar 25, 2010 11:00 AM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: [CODE4LIB] PHP bashing (was: newbie) > >On Thu, 25 Mar 2010, Brian Stamper w

Re: [CODE4LIB] NoSQL - is this a real thing or a flash in the pan?

2010-04-12 Thread Peter Schlumpf
atter? They certainly weren't inscribed on stone tablets. These things can become mind prisons. I think it's refreshing that there are those willing to look at databases beyond SQL. Peter Schlumpf www.avantilibrarysystems.com -Original Message- >From: Thomas Dowling &

Re: [CODE4LIB] generating unique integers

2010-05-28 Thread Peter Schlumpf
ex number and use that for integer in the filename? That way you know that the number generated will be unique every time you run the script, and you only have to remember the last used key -- not the whole list of previously used keys. The disadvantage is that you would be using up integers indefinitely, and there is a limit, but perhaps that might be good enough. Peter Schlumpf

[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova

2010-06-07 Thread Peter Schlumpf
www.avantilibrarysystems.com by late June or early July 2010. More details to follow. Peter Schlumpf http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com pschlu...@gmail.com

[CODE4LIB] Avanti Nova version 0.1 released

2010-07-23 Thread Peter Schlumpf
. This is a working prototype and is not meant for real world applications. Future versions will build upon it. Please visit http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com for more information and to download the software with source code. Any feedback, positive or negative, is much appreciated! Peter

Re: [CODE4LIB] one tool and/or resource that you recommend to newbie coders in a library?

2012-11-02 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Kernighan and Ritchie's "The C Programming Language." A keeper for life, and surprisingly readable and directed to the newbie. Also "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. -Original Message- >From: Bohyun Kim >Sent: Nov 1, 2012 3:24 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.ED

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-05 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Whatever you want to call these things I would definitely subscribe to this list. Thought I do agree with Karen that catalog is what we are talking about, regardless of what label we decide to put on it. Peter Schlumpf -Original Message- >From: Ross Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [CODE4LIB] next generation opac mailing list

2006-06-05 Thread Peter Schlumpf
one of the the main interfaces to the library that all patrons use. How can we make that experience most productive? We need to pay lot of attention to that. Peter Schlumpf -Original Message- >From: Michael Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jun 5, 2006 9:04 PM >To: COD

[CODE4LIB] Avanti MicroLCS version 1.0.1 released

2006-09-25 Thread Peter Schlumpf
http://www.avantilibrarysystems.com . Peter Schlumpf Avanti Project Manager

Re: [CODE4LIB] java application on a cd

2006-10-19 Thread Peter Schlumpf
about the lifetime of such a device given the finite number of writes that can be made to Flash memory. But it does provide a nice platorm in which to develop an OPAC that is much an appliance device as possible which is my goal. Peter Schlumpf -Original Message- >From: Art Rhyno

Re: [CODE4LIB] Getting data from Voyager into XML?

2007-01-19 Thread Peter Schlumpf
Are there such limitations in contractual agreements with ILS vendors? That is weird. I agree generally that such a limitation should be intolerable. But I can understand their point of view though. The vendor is probably trying to avoid situations where users muck with their systems and cal