tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post2159794526510261041..comments2023-12-22T03:51:16.223-05:00Comments on Big Monkey, Helpy Chalk: What question am I trying to ask?Rob Helpy-Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814390262154687969noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-40285574332201338402007-02-13T01:09:00.000-05:002007-02-13T01:09:00.000-05:00The question is always:What's up with that?The question is always:<BR/><BR/>What's up with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-82096389751491357492007-02-12T12:28:00.000-05:002007-02-12T12:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for the tip! Thanks for stopping by!Thanks for the tip! Thanks for stopping by!Rob Helpy-Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814390262154687969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-81815927219010930912007-02-10T19:58:00.000-05:002007-02-10T19:58:00.000-05:00Rob, you might consider turning to historians who ...Rob, you might consider turning to historians who look at the ways that the Confucian elite shaped their understanding of place and self when stationed in the marchlands of the empire. I'm thinking particularly of the work of Cong Ellen Zhang (once my colleague, now at U Virginia) and her reflections on the word "zhang" (sometimes translated "miasma," but connoting a sort of wilderness). Anyhow, the Confucian artistic productions (both painting and poetry) that established one's refinement often were extended meditations on the meanings of place in relationship to politics and one's status as a learned individual.bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257980437758725837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-8962490357912054552007-02-08T09:21:00.000-05:002007-02-08T09:21:00.000-05:00wow, thanks for the geekage!wow, thanks for the geekage!Rob Helpy-Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814390262154687969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102103.post-77023935971145067342007-02-07T23:28:00.000-05:002007-02-07T23:28:00.000-05:00"Does anyone know why the Perseus web page is so d...<EM>"Does anyone know why the Perseus web page is so damn slow?"</EM><BR/><BR/>I couldn't say for certain, but it looks like most of the pages at Perseus are dynamically generated from CGI scripts. Their home page mentions some aging hardware issues, but it also looks like either the the code or the database (or most likely both) would benefit from some tuning. <BR/><BR/>Although they don't seem to consider it quite production-ready--and it is occasionally down for maintenance as they work some of the kinks out--the new "Perseus 4.0" implementation is rather more responsive (and better looking, too) when it's up, which seems to be most of the time:<BR/><BR/>http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/<BR/><BR/>Also, if for some reason you prefer the 3.0 version, the mirror at Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin looks to me like it's a bit faster than the Tufts site. I'm not sure how often they sync (the news page at MPG looks out-of-date) but that shouldn't matter when it comes to lexicon and library content. Of course, as far as improved performance, YMMV.<BR/><BR/>http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com