O’Reilly’s Preston Gralla asks Is IE 7 Really Firefox Lite?. He summarizes that “All in all, the beta doesn’t offer any reason for switching from Firefox, although perhaps the final version will.”
Asa Dotzler presents part 3 of his series on Linux for Regular People. This installment deals with helping regular people jump through hoops. It’s important to note that Asa has some great experience when dealing with bringing open source products to the masses. As one of the project leads for Firefox, he learned alot about what it takes to get people to switch from one product to another. And this is the dialog he is attempting to create by suggesting things that the Linux community can do to make switching from Windows to the penguin much easier.
I was looking for a replacement for SQL Server’s Enterprise Manager tool the other day, and came across this open-source project that does a nice job. SQuirreL SQL Client is a graphical Java program that will allow you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the data in tables, issue SQL commands. It has many other cool features that include:
The Linux Journal has a Q&A session with a Rails programmer who is putting together a blog using the new web application framework.
RadioLover is a neat application for OSX that allows you to record streaming radio feeds and store them on your iPod for future listening. The software is great for time-shifting your favourite online radio show. The software costs $15, but if you enjoy listening to streaming radio, this tool could be just the thing you were looking for!
Lussumo Vanilla is being hailed as the he sweetest forum software on the web. This open source project uses MySQL and PHP to create forums that are simple to use and make use of the latest in web development techniques like AJAX and CSS.
Simon Collison present a CSS trick for Fading text on overflow:auto. It’s a cool technique that uses a PNG with alpha transparency to fade the last line in a scrolling div.
A cool unobtrusive JavaScript technique allows you to Preview Your Links. The trick uses DOM manipulation to automatically add small icons next to each link that indicates the type of file that is being linked to.
You’re It! is a new site devoted to Folksonomies or tagging. Lead by Clay Shirky, the new site will offer insight and news on the new phenomenon of tagging information for later retrieval.
[link via bokardo]
Phone Spell is a neat little site that will attempt to find cool words in your phone number.
Interesting – the last place I worked at was a University/College. Their phone number – 753-3245 – spells these interesting combinations:
