I hate XML namespaces. I strongly dislike them.

I will rant about this in detail in the future, as if there hasn't been enough vitriol on this topic already. But let me present my current problem:

gsoap is returning this:

<soap-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope …

I bought a Creative Nomad Muvo MP3 Player a little while back. I love this thing; it's exactly what I wanted.

Before buying that, I tried a Lexar MPC-231 JumpGear, which is basically a cap for a USB memory stick that turns it into an MP3 player. I wasn't happy …

I have nothing interesting to say. Yet the urge to share my inner-most superficial thoughts with you, dear stranger, is so strong, I must start blogging. All the cool kids are doing it. And so I blog.

The blog was down due to power being shut down (because of the fires) for a while. The server was back on but not responding. Turns out I still had the Ubuntu 5 CD in the drive from when I installed it! Impressive that it'd been running that long without …