Saturday, October 05, 2002

Free software/open source software in a Win32 environment:"The OpenCD project is brilliant in design and execution, but is large in scope and therefore moving slowly. The final result will be a powerful free software advocacy tool. Our local LUG group is attending an annual technology show next week, and we decided to put together a CD to introduce the normal W32-based tech user to the notion of quality free software. This is in addition to the normal distribution of a couple hundred DemoLinux or RedHat or Mandrake CDs. In the next few days, I will be creating an ISO image including most of the following W32-based software. " 9:57:45 AM

PhpMyLibrary 2.0.0 - An Online Reservation module has been created. This will allow borrowers to reserve the book they want to borrow online. The Python polGenSQL program was also included to speed up the importing of MARC records. A Nuke-like themes system has been adapted. Post/PHP Nuke themes can be used even if on a non-nuked site. This is now a full package library automation software which consists of three core modules and the WebOPAC, Cataloging, and Reservation modules.  [freshmeat.net] 9:51:30 AM

eMedia Staffing - Hiring and HR managers get a free online salary guide/survey for creative technical talent:"The Web-Pro Guide is the perfect solution for hiring and human resource managers, searching for up-to-date bill rates and salary ranges for creative technical talent to provide Web development, Web programming, graphic design, art direction, content development and project management. We recognize that creative technical titles and job descriptions vary and morph. Here are some of the functions and positions needed to create a great site. If we've left something out, please Contact Us." 9:45:15 AM

Verizon, RIAA in copyright showdown. Attorneys for Verizon and the music industry spar in court over whether to disclose the identity of a Kazaa subscriber who allegedly shared copies of more than 600 recordings. [CNET News.com] 9:42:41 AM

TinyCA 0.4.4 - TinyCA is a simple GUI written in Perl/Tk to manage a small certification authority. It is based on OpenSSL and Perl modules from the OpenCA project. TinyCA lets you manage x509 certificates. It is possible to export data in PEM or DER format for use with servers, as PKCS#12 for use with clients, or as S/MIME certificates for use with email programs. It is also possible to import your own PKCS#10 requests and generate certificates from them. - [freshmeat.net] 9:39:49 AM

Playing With liveTopics - Part II. I still don't know how many episodes this mini series will consist of, but today I'm focusing on the liveTopicsSeeAlso macro, which displays a list of related topics with each post. [read more] [s l a m] 9:34:01 AM

Steve Spencer has synthesized a RSS 2.0 feed for Google's news, with one image for each story. It's looks great in Radio's aggregator. Nice job Steve. [Scripting News] 9:33:21 AM

Registry Utilities - You should be backing up your Dreamweaver registry entries including your site definitions. Unfortunately, the capability is not built into Dreamweaer. The good news though is that there is a utility to do this for you from Corey Eiges. The time to check this out is now, if you wait till something goes wrong, you are too late so get on over there and download this guy. [Matt Brown's Radio Weblog] 9:30:58 AM

Build inexpensive portals using open source Slash - Large companies can invest in expensive intranet portal software to provide one-stop information shopping for their employees. But until recently, the price of such implementations have made them prohibitive for small- to medium-size companies. Now there's an open source solution called Slash that can make it more affordable to put company newsletters online. Slash makes an excellent news and portal engine, and you can download it for free at Slashcode.com.  - Techrepublic 9:24:34 AM