Bellagio Coke and Mentos fountain is a very funny video where 2 guys armed with 101 coke bottles and 4 rolls of Mentos, create a stunning visual presentation that rivals the fountains at the Bellagio.
I know that Flex ships with a comprehensive set of PDF documents but call me old fashioned - I like my books in print. I find them easier to read while sitting on my back deck, and hand references to have on my desk. A visit to the Adobe store show Flex 1.5 docs available - but nothing for Flex 2.0. Sure they are a bit expensive, but we’re about to begin a project with a six figure budget, so $130 is really small change. I know a few Adobe people read this blog so if they could shed any light on the availablitiy of printed docs, that would be appreciated.
On a related note, we’re more than likely about to choose Flex over AJAX to create a relatively complex RIA that models stormwater runoff. The tool wil help civil engineers, municipal planners and developers minimize the amount of rainfall runoff on developments. I have spent a couple of weeks evaluating Flex 2.0 and it is really a fantastic technology/tool/framework. I am really enjoying my time spent with Flex. If you haven’t played with Flex yet I would strongly reccommend that you take a look.
Corunet presents The definitive heatmap where by using a combination of Apache, Ruby and JavaScript, you can create your own heatmaps to track where users are clicking on your sites. So this combination of scripts essentially give you the same results as CrazyEgg, however, by rolling your own solution you’ll probably learn something along the way!
Why doesn’t Linux need defragmenting? is one of the better explanations of the inner workings of the Windows and Linux filesystems. It is a quick but interesting read.
Google has created a site designed specifically for web people like us! Google Webmaster Central offers a range of tools that allow you to gain more knowledge and information about how Google is crawling your websites.
The IEBlog has posted Details on their CSS changes for IE7 that includes an extensive list outlining bug fixes and CSS features implemented in the next version of Internet Explorer. Even though some are disappointed that the IE team did not go far enough in implementing CSS and Web standards, the post contains a statement that indicates the IE team is far from being done. So given that IE7 is being locked down to prepare for shipping, I’m sure we’ll see updates in the future.
Googler Matt Cutts offers lots of great SEO tips on his blog. The fact that he works for Google is a pretty good indication that his advice is solid. His latest post titled - Writing useful articles that readers will love - is fantastic advice and he uses his own personal experience to prove his points!
Project RIDE-ME is yet another Ruby on Rails development environment for Windows! This IDE is similar in look and feel to Visual Studio so should be familiar to those making the switch from .NET to the Rails framework. The project is free and open-source.
Colleague Mike Haugland has posted his experiences compiling Apache 2.2.3, PHP 5.1.5 and MySQLi on Intel Mac. I too experienced similar struggles - so you may find this post helpfule!
