Wednesday, May 19, 2004

It's news to me that ESPN has feeds. I added them to our directory. [Scripting News] 12:18:49 PM    comment []  trackback []

UML2PHP5 1.1. A Dia plugin to generate PHP code from UML. [freshmeat.net] 11:14:26 AM    comment []  trackback []

Visual Basic at the Movies has been Updated!!. Check out VB at the Movies! This set of 101 short films will provide everybody from the beginner through the advanced developer with an opportunity to increase their VB skills. All 101 movies are now available!! [MSDN Just Published] 9:45:38 AM    comment []  trackback []

Mozilla Open-Source Browser Suite Reaches RC2. Among the changes made since RC1 debuted in April are the ability to fine-tune the browser's pop-up ad blocker, support for Secure Password Authentication within the e-mail client, and reworked cookie dialogs. [InternetWeek] 9:40:55 AM    comment []  trackback []

mp3roaster 0.2.0 released (MP3Roaster). Total project downloads to date: 368 Project description: MP3Roaster is a Perl hack for burning audio CDs out of MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files. The main highlights of this application are an easy to use command line syntax and automatic volume leveling support for best audio CD quality. [Download] [Release Notes] By eim@users.sourceforge.net (Ivo Marino). [SourceForge.net: Project File Releases (Site-wide)] 9:38:43 AM    comment []  trackback []

Google Moves Toward a Direct Confrontation With Microsoft. Edging closer to a direct clash with Microsoft, Google is preparing to introduce powerful search software directly on PC's. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology] 9:35:21 AM    comment []  trackback []

MySQL Database Server 4.0.20 (Production (4.0.x)). This release contained changes in the FULLTEXT search functionality, fixed a bug in division and a problem with non-working DROP DATABASE on some configurations, and included cosmetic fixes to the replication error messages. [freshmeat.net] 9:24:29 AM    comment []  trackback []

Docs SysAdmin to SysAdmin: GUI administration with KSysguard. I only recently came across KSysguard, a great application for making productive use of the desktop real estate currently occupied by less useful things like end-user emails and the GAIM window, as a result of switching my desktop from Fedora to SUSE 9.1, but KSysguard has apparently been around since the KDE2 days. [NewsForge] 9:21:38 AM    comment []  trackback []

Another point of view on the FC2/WinXP dual-boot problem. In response to my recent article on problems booting a Wndows XP partition after installing Fedora Core 2 a couple of the Fedora developers wrote me. They defended the choice of not treating the bug as a show-stopper and also scolded me a bit for possibly giving others ammunition to use FUD against the Fedora project. Their thoughtful response deserves the same forum as my warning and complaint, so with their permission I've posted excerpts. [O'Reilly Weblogs] 9:16:14 AM    comment []  trackback []

The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide. A valuable resource for advanced users looking to deploy Samba in a production environment. [Linux Journal] 9:13:47 AM    comment []  trackback []

Cometa falls from the sky. Cometa Networks Inc. plans to announce Wednesday that it will shut down, after its investors and board of directors decided to pull the plug on the fledgling Wi-Fi hotspot service provider, a spokeswoman for the company said Tuesday. [InfoWorld: Top News] 9:11:42 AM    comment []  trackback []

Ward Cunningham - How did you come up with the idea for the Wiki?. Ward Cunningham, who now works on the PAG team here (platform architecture guidance), was the guy who invented the Wiki. Even Channel9 now has a Wiki. So, we owe that feature to Ward. Here we start out our interview with him by asking how he came up with the idea for the Wiki. We hear he's lurking here too, so feel free to ask him some questions of your own. Watch the Video [Watched threads for: The Channel 9 Team] 9:09:37 AM    comment []  trackback []

Time's new RSS feeds, each a beautiful demo of how incredibly simple syndication can be, includes a list of selected covers from the archive. Here's one that caught my eye, movie star Marilyn Monroe in 1956. [Scripting News] 9:00:44 AM    comment []  trackback []

2do review: A simple open source Web-based to-do list. 2do is, to quote its site, "A simple to-do list for the Web" based on PHP and MySQL. But it's more: 2do is a multi-user interactive to-do list capable of handling multiple projects easily while maintaining its simplicity. Designed for use by open source projects with hundreds of developers around the world, 2do implements many handy features for developers with virtually no learning curve. [NewsForge] 8:57:46 AM    comment []  trackback []

Office 2004 for Mac Hits Store Shelves. Microsoft makes the next Office release for Mac OS X generally available, though the edition bundled with Virtual PC 7 remains delayed until the fall. [eWEEK Technology News] 8:54:47 AM    comment []  trackback []