Archive for November, 2007

links for 2007-11-28

Digital Web Magazine - Scalable Media Hosting with Amazon S3
Luckily, I hardly ever post images or get traffic on my site… oh, wait… that’s not a good thing is it. Well, when I do get BoingBoing’d and take down Dreamhost, at least I’ll know I could have moved my media onto Amazon S3.
(tags: applications architecture [...]

links for 2007-11-27

Here’s what the Sellwood Bridge might look like
Here’s an interesting way to think about new community structures. In this case, Portlander’s are being asked how they want a replacement bridge to look before the bridge is built.
(tags: bridges)

URI vs. URL: What’s the Difference?
Damn! That was handy!
(tags: internet resources reference uri url)

ies4osx
Hmm. I just can’t wait [...]

links for 2007-11-16

mootools
Mootools has the best javascript library demos of any library I’ve reviewed.
(tags: ajax Javascript library cool framework webdesign)

Fring
I wish I had a phone that could take advantage of this service.
(tags: applications internet IM messaging mobile platform wifi free)

links for 2007-11-14

Coffee Drinks Illustrated
This is an incredibly nice illustrated guide to help coffee nubes understand the differences of the core espresso drinks. I think I want another coffee now.
(tags: coffee illustrated)

Competition in the online community software market

I just took a look the features and FAQ for the new Movable Type Community Solution.
The community solution boasts the following:

Member registration with extended user profiles
Forums
Community blogs
Custom fields
Recommendation engine
Sort-by-popularity

The feature set overlaps heavily with Clearspace X from Jive Software.  I’ve seen Clearspace up close, and I think it is a great product, but a community site based [...]

links for 2007-11-11

wp-fun » Fun with plugins
This is an excellent tool to jumpstart WordPress plugin development. It does not write the plugin for you, but it gives you a framework for writing the plugin with code hints to remind you to include the important stuff.
(tags: wordpress generator plugins tools utilities)

links for 2007-11-08

Pac-Txt: Pac-Man meets Zork
It took me a second to get the hang of this, but I found it oddly compelling for about five minutes.
(tags: game text)

links for 2007-11-06

Grid Bookmarklet
Pretty handy little tool. I can see this being used often in my future.
(tags: webdesign javascript layout bookmarklets)

Hackety Hack: the Coder’s Starter Kit
I can’t decide if I want to try this for myself—I’ve been wanting to learn Ruby—or to get my 9-year old started in computer programming.
(tags: programming ruby tutorial education kids code)

Motorhead Messiah
Johnathan [...]