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February 2008

links for 2008-02-26

by Ron Bieber on Monday, February 25, 2008

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links for 2008-02-24

February 23, 2008

Icecast.org
Free audio streaming server software.
(tags: audio communication media network server streaming opensource)

LiveIce the Next Generation
Icecast source client software. Linux I think …
(tags: audio linux mp3 streaming)

Rogue Amoeba – Nicecast: Broadcast any audio on Mac OS X
Mac base source client for Shoutcast / Icecast servers.
(tags: audio digital macintosh media osx podcasting streaming)

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links for 2008-02-23

February 22, 2008

Training Within Industry Service Homepage and Original Manuals
“This is the premier source for Training Within Industry content, which puts the powerful tools of “the most under-rated achievement of the 20th century” into the hands of every person, every where. “
(tags: lean toyota training materials)

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links for 2008-02-19

February 18, 2008

freshmeat.net: Tutorials – Video and Audio Streaming with Flash and Open Source Tools
Quick tutorial on building flash based video player.
(tags: toread audio codec video streaming tutorial)

Advanced Flash Components Blog » Blog Archive » Embeddable FLV Player
Free flash based video player.
(tags: flash video player free)

WP Contact Manager Theme
Theme and related plugins that turn Wordpress into a [...]

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links for 2008-02-18

February 17, 2008

Arduino – HomePage
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
(tags: automation framework opensource linux)

Open source and the future of vendor-free IT | The Open Road – The Business and Politics of Open Source by [...]

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SmokeBlogging: Day <shrug>

February 17, 2008

Andy asks in a recent comment:

So…. how is this project going?

and then I realize I really haven’t been blogging much.
I just started Step 2 of the Nicoderm CQ program today. For those that aren’t aware, Step 1 is four weeks long, Step 2 another 2 weeks, and finally Step 1 – another two [...]

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links for 2008-02-17

February 16, 2008

You Used PHP to Write WHAT?! – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership
Ridiculous article that obviously ignores the number of high volume sites written using PHP. Wonder if the author ever heard of a little app called Flickr?
(tags: php enterprise scalability)

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links for 2008-02-08

February 7, 2008

Grainger Announces Largest Product Expansion in Company History
The new catalog includes an increase of 44,000 items over last year’s offering.
(tags: grainger catalog MRO maintenance)

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links for 2008-02-07

February 6, 2008

WP e-Commerce at Instinct Entertainment
Plugin that turns Wordpress into an e-commerce application.
(tags: wordpress plugins plugin ecommerce shoppingcart)

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links for 2008-02-05

February 4, 2008

User Skills Improving, But Only Slightly (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
“Users now do basic operations with confidence and perform with skill on sites they use often. But when users try new sites, well-known usability problems still cause failures.”
(tags: design information usability webdesign)

Changes in Web Usability Since 1994 (Alertbox)
“Despite the change in looks, many of the findings from [...]

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links for 2008-02-03

February 2, 2008

Open Source Weblog: Open source up 26% in the enterprise
Apache, not the GPL, is the most common license. 62% of the packages use Apache, 27% use some variant of GPL and 4% each use BSD, CPL, Eclipse, MPL and Perl licenses
(tags: opensource enterprise usage)

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links for 2008-02-02

February 1, 2008

Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo — MSN Money
I’m not really sure how I would feel about Microsoft owning Flickr and del.icio.us. For some reason my insides go “ewwwww”.
(tags: aquisitions yahoo microsoft socialnetworks)

Yahoo + Microsoft (Scripting News)
Dave Winer weighs in on Microsoft + Yahoo. The last point cracked me up.
(tags: aquisitions microsoft [...]

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