barnacle script

A stand-alone software module that can be slapped onto an existing application to enhance it's function or performance.

This is typically a JavaScript file that can be linked in a vanilla web page to add -- at load time -- Rich Internet Application (RIA) behaviors to the existing UI controls.

A "pefect" barnacle would be effective without any other changes to the web page code (but would allow incremental additions of attributes to customize the behavior).

I found a smart-table barnacle script we can stick on our web page to make those tables sortable and filterable.

I wrote a calendar barnacle that automatically converts any input box with class="date" to a calendar picker field.

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koyanaskatsi

noun: A Hopi word meaning "life out of balance" or "life that calls for another way of living".

Also a 1982 film film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass (no plot, no dialog, just haunting images and music -- really conveys the point about the spiritually impoverished way that western civilization is living).

I've been working too much, my life is really koyanaskatsi right now.

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boondongle

A device you must plug into your computer to verify that you bought -- and are entitled to operate -- an over-priced and under-performing software application.

I found and plugged in the boondongle, but the software application turned out to be useless.

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certificant

A person who has been certified or has received a certification.

We will notify all certificants 30 days before their certifications expire.

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magpie navigation

A method by which some users choose their path through websites, i.e., by clicking on the "shiny" buttons and links, with little regard for the information architecture or existing navigation hierarchy.

We made the happy path buttons larger and bright blue to facilitate magpie navigation.

Determinate

To resurrect.

Since we found out you didn't steal from petty cash, we have decide to determinate your employment.

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e-spoke

To have communicated with someone via chat. Can also be used in the present tense (though less effectively) as e-speek.

I e-spoke with the client yesterday and he gave the go-ahead.

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