Shadow with CSS

http://www.theshapeofdays.com/2005/11/my_contribution.html

CSS Templates

http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/page_layouts/index.cfm

another tool...

http://tools.i-use.it/

iCalendar

PHP iCalendar - and yet another implementation of AJAX

The picture guy within

I forgot how fun it was to play with and manage pictures. Really, I almost forgot what I had a camera. I was reading through some reviews of picture management applications. I must say that I really like what I've seen. There are many programs that offer a lot of features. But Google has done it again. For free, Google offers a program that not only makes it easy to maintain all of those pictures, but also to edit out unwanted red eye, correct darkness, trim, or whatever else your editing desires may entail. Picasa, the name of this great little program, also integrates itself into many other features. You can blog straight from the application or even order prints of your pictures over the internet. Picasa is what other photo-managing applications aim to be, while still maintaining that inexperienced computer users can do everything the IT guru can.

Picasa - from Google

open source magazine = free

o3 - a very promising magazine full of useful projects. I had never heard of wifi dog. If you dont know what it is, I suggest you get in on this free pdf distributed over bittorent. (and no, this isn't illegal)

usb/ip project

USB/IP - use any usb device over an ip network as though it were directly connected to your local machine...

Linux on iPod Nano

Linux on the iPod Nano

TV tad

TVtad.net
rss + torrent + your fav tv shows = TVtad
keep up with the episodes...

bandwidth aggregation

Combine multiple network connections to get better down speeds through the linux kernel...

anyone have a neighbor with wifi???

mysql on cygwin

So I am running a windows 2000 server box with cygwin now. I have the latest and greatest running... However, for some reason Cygwin doesnot natively install mysqld in the databases section in the installation. But fear not: there is source out there to compile for your cygwin mysql needs: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/cygwin.html

and here are the instructions: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/installing-source-tree.html

Color MatchMaker...

Color Matcher - this tool will let you know what colors work with other colors for style...

PHP FTP uploads

PHP FTP uploads (wiki page...)

ssh on windows

So there is no port of OpenSSH to windows. There is always Cygwin though. Hopefully it wont be that big a pain in the ass to setup... I used to like digging into all the aspects of something that I was interested in. Now I'm starting to get to the point where I want it to work and be secure. Still like all the details, but take a more objective approach to everyhting now.

A good tutorial

Get money for that Tech Support

Your own Geek Squad

A good idea on how you can use Ultra VNC and your own website to start making money for all that tech support that you do...

Sign up for free Spam

http://www.toastedspam.com/freespamlist

Ok so someone is just really irritating...

Kill their inbox with almost every spam database ever... (most of them don't even verify, they just start sending out...)

AJAX revolution...

Mixed opinions flood the web about all new technologies. The only difference is that this particular technology is to revolutionalize the web itself. AJAX is to change the way that we view content. Now this language is in serious need of standardization. A lot of pioneering coders have implemented serious logic errors while maintaining that "it looks cool." The main reason AJAX is looked down upon is simply because of the fact that all it offers, all the glamor is capable of rendering, can easily be taken advantage of, and exploited, turning it into the next Flash: All style and no substance.

I would say with maturation this language posseses what the web needs to keep on top of the game of web fashion, while still providing adequate measures of reliablity to still offer the substance sites provide to date. This provides a lot more bells and whistles, giving web developers the options needed to develop a true unique solution or sense of style.

"Browsers whose JavaScript Interpreters provide the XMLHttpRequest object can make nonblocking calls back to the server. The server can return peices of HTML to be displayed, JavaScript to be run by the browser, or indeed any data you like."
-Rick Wayne of Software Development magazine

Mr. Waynes latest craze is integrating AJAX into his future productions utilizing a dynamic scripting solution called Ruby on Rails. This open source platform integrates easily with database architecture (mostly automating the process for you) and is not hard to pick up. Making that latest idea come to life with the latest technology web programming and design has to offer is only getting better. At least check it out, so you're not left behind.

For more on Ruby on Rails with AJAX check out O'Reilly

from the AJAX wiki

Articles

• Compilation of AJAX articles, by Robson Junior


• Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications, by Jesse James Garrett. The original article which coined the term


• Beginners Guide to Ajax A quick no-nonsense tour of the fundamental Ajax principles, with example code


• Ajax: Usable Interactivity with Remote Scripting Introduction on how to use Ajax



• Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest (with Baby Steps) Tutorial by Bill Bercik introducing XmlHttpRequest


• Implementing Ajax in ASP.NET using the Ajax.NET wrapper by Karl Seguin


• Rasmus' 30-Second AJAX Tutorial A simple but functional example and ad hoc tutorial posted by Rasmus Lerdorf of PHP fame.



• AJAX:Getting Started Article by Mozilla.org.


• State of Ajax: Progress, Challenges, and Implications for SOAs


• Ajax's Achilles Heel maps.google.com with Javascript disabled


• Why Ajax Matters Now by Jesse James Garrett


• Ajax gives software a fresh look Blurring the line between desktop and Web applications.



• Ajax for Java developers: Build dynamic Java applications IBM developerWorks Article by Philip McCarthy


• Javascript Refactoring for safer, faster, better AJAX by Pavel Simakov

Web 2.0 Explained

Web 2.0 is the future. What is Web 2.0? Well here we go...

Tech aspects:

O'Reilly
Web 2.0 Conference
Technology Review an online MIT publication

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/10/06/barry-diller-opens-web-20.html
http://paulmiller.typepad.com/thinking_about_the_future/2005/08/thinking_about_.html
http://internetalchemy.org/

examples of the future: bindows.net

What this means to you:

No expensive operating systems

No going back and forth with files to print out or something like that (as long as a computer has an internet connection, you have access to your entire office space...

This could mean major savings for the corporate computing structure (if a secure solution was implemented in-house) I think this is going places. You dont have to have people off with Laptops equipped with expensive software, all you need is a tunnel to the internet. Just a browser that runs on a locked down operating system. So much for document viruses... We just have to have reliable servers, that experience little to no downtime and this "coming of the future" will be the future...

os x86 anyone???

So I did the vmWare install, and I like. I stayed up a little to apply a hack to use networking correctly... I like the simplistic approach to things. I think I'm going to try it out. Went through the apple store today, and I must say that I really like the 12in. powerbook. Good times
Are you ready to join the cult and harness the simplicity of stable computing? I think I'll dive in permanently when the intel chips start making their debut...



http://www.osx86.theplaceforitall.com/howto/

a Linux Firewall Solution

This is a great application for network security.

Three nics in an old machine will get you connectivity for:
1) WAN
2) LAN
3) a True DMZ access zone

so create a true NAT router/Firewall solution

This comes complete with all the bells and whistles of an html interface. Easy to both install and configure.

a quick word on headphones

Ok, so I am a Nano fan. The headphones supplied with iPods are all kinds of horrible though. I did however take the plunge and spent the $30 on sony's in ear headphones. Which turned out to be a horrible mistake made twice. Excellent sound quality horrible engineering in terms of product tolerance. Just from being in my pocket, both pairs of the sony MDR-EX71SL/WK white wire covering striped off and then the left earphone stopped playing sound. So after having this happen twice I dove in deeper to regain the quality of sound that the Nano harnesses: I went mac yet again, with their in ear headphones, and I am loving it. The engineering behind the tolerance on these is still to be determined, but I do love the way the headphones fit the ear better.


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These rock so go for it...