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Blogging in XML

so far, i did not have a really good idea for examples and exercises for my xml course. in the fall 2006 edition of the xml foundations course, students were asked to build there own home page in xml, and... Read more →

Fast and Furious

recently, i ran into a felt b2 at a local bike store. this is probably the nicest affordable triathlon bike currently on the market. at $3300 it features a ultegra/dura-ace mix (the brakes are some weird shimano generic type, though),... Read more →

Running Sequoia

the way from death valley to the other (the western) side of the sierras is a pretty long one; after our golden canyon run we finally stopped at lake isabella, one of these lakes where the only approved activity seems... Read more →

Running Death Valley

arriving at furnace creek in death valley from big pine creek was quite a contrast, so we took a day off for sightseeing (scotty's castle and all the sights around furnace creek). then we decided to have an early start... Read more →

Running Kings Canyon

from mono lake, we went down to the east side of kings canyon park, more specifically to the big pine creek campground. very nice and well worth the steep 9 mile drive up from big pines. be sure to go... Read more →

Running Mono Lake

after a lot of up and down in yosemite valley, we were looking forward to flat trails at mono lake. however, it turned out to be less than perfect for running, because of all the sand. there are some 4wd... Read more →

Running Yosemite Valley

trail running in yosemite valley is really wonderful. we spent 4 days running various trails, and while some of it is pretty exhausting (you always have to climb quite a bit to get out of the valley), the views are... Read more →

Speaking in Tongues

Giving presentation to mixed audiences can be a tough job, and it can be hard to satisfy all audience members. To make this job at least a little bit easier, however, recently published research [1] indicates that audiences can be... Read more →

Publish or Perish

The following text has been entitled How to Get a Paper Accepted at OOPSLA and was presented by Kent Beck at a panel at OOPSLA 1993. The text is not specific to OOPSLA and probably not even to computer science.... Read more →

Representation of XML Schema Components

after some back and forth with final comments and formatting, felix michel has now produced the final version of this master thesis, which is now available as a PDF (produced of course by using latex). the official citation of his... Read more →