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Brian Jackson wrote about the poor state of XSLT debugging tools the other day. I have seen one promising tool - Komodo - but I have not heard about that tool in nearly a year. Today I saw a posting from Don Box talking about a XSLT visual debugger from ActiveState. Brian, we ought to check this out. Ooh! It turns out that the ActiveState XSLT debugger is Komodo! I saw and used this tool at a DevelopMentor seminar (Guerilla XML) about one year ago. It looked like a very nice tool. Don taught a couple of the sessions, but I think it was Aaron Skonnard who showed me the Komodo tool. |
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Google! DayPop! This is my blogchalk: English, United States, Chicago, Hoffman Estates, Mark, Male, 41-45! 3:01:42 PM 
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Have you ever been so moved by something that you wanted to change your life because of it? Maybe it was a book you delved into deeply, or a beautiful piece of art you experienced. Maybe it was some piece of music that washed over you and spoke to your soul, or a character you identified with in a drama. Maybe it was a movie you were drawn into, or a person you met and were inspired by. Have you ever been so moved by something that you changed your life in a positive way because of it? I was listening to the Lord Of The Rings soundtrack on the way into work this morning and reflected on how profoundly J.R.R. Tolkien's books have impacted me. I do not know if this is the time or the place to write about such changes. However, when I think of some of the big changes in my life, I can relate most of them to relationships or something in the arts that impacted me. Reading the Lord Of The Rings when I was a teenager (some 30 years ago). Experiencing the snow-capped peaks of the majestic Rocky Mountains in winter time. Mrs. Welsh (my third grade teacher) expressing her confidence that I would turn out OK. Seeing the Goodman Theatre's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Reading The Chronicles of Narnia. Flying over San Francisco and Sydney (beats me why, but something about the similarities in their hills and red tiled roofs struck me). This reminds me of Roy's sililoquy in the film "Blade Runner" ("I've seen things..."). I am certain we have all had similar experiences - seeing something inspirational that deeply affected us. Moments where time slowed down, where we saw something beautiful and realized we could be better human beings if we would commit ourselves to making a change. Sometimes we follow through, sometimes we do not. It's a choice, is it not? Will we allow ourselves to be transformed by the event, or will we harden ourselves against it? Stimulus and Response. Freedom to choose. Growth. I am prepared to risk change for an opportunity to grow. |
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It looks like Mark has changed the search.txt page - so please, do not copy my code from yesterday's post. Mark indicates that he is going to incorporate my suggested change to permalinks in Kit. I am going to wait for him to make those changes before going anywhere else with this. Thanks Mark! 9:57:09 AM Google It!
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Dave, you can quit smoking. I encourage and pray for your efforts and admire you for tackling this addiction. Between every stimulus and response there lies a space. In that space we have the freedom to choose our response. In that freedom to choose lies our potential for growth.I paraphrased this quote from Viktor Frankl. I am not sure where he wrote it, probably in his book Man's Search For Meaning. I picked it up in a Steven Covey seminar many years ago. At any rate, I have found it to be inspirational in controlling my own responses to situations which might provoke me to anger, defensiveness, lust, etc. 9:50:45 AM Google It!
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