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May 2008

links for 2008-05-31

by Ron Bieber on Friday, May 30, 2008

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links for 2008-05-29

May 28, 2008

Additional Internet Explorer/Apache Problems Surface – Technology News by ExtremeTech
SSL problems may be cause of Page has expired and cannot find server messages in IE.
(tags: ssl errors apache ie servers)

Text to Binary translator « Geek Notes
Translate text to binary numbers. Fun for all.
(tags: tools translation useful)

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links for 2008-05-28

May 27, 2008

Method for deleting discarded stories – Pligg Forum
Add On (Hack) to add a ‘delete discarded stories’ link in the pligg story admin. Works like a charm!
(tags: pligg maintenance)

Satanism and Libertarianism (kottke.org)
“And what’s striking is that its [Satanisms] philosophy, more than anything else, resembles libertarianism with some magic thrown in. “
(tags: satanism philosophy)

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links for 2008-05-27

May 26, 2008

The Failures and Successes of Open Source Product Management | Product Beautiful: Building Product Management by Paul Young
“… there was some confusion between Product Management and Project Management. Product Management is still poorly understood and inconsistently implemented in technology companies …”
(tags: opensource product-management)

“Fire the good people!” – entrepreneurial wisdom from Jason Calacanis | The Sydney [...]

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links for 2008-05-26

May 25, 2008

(Image) Git Cheat Sheet
A cheat sheet for the git version control system.
(tags: git versioncontrol version-control linux unix reference)

Coding Horror: PHP Sucks, But It Doesn’t Matter
PHP may suck as a language according to some people, but it enables some of the largest sites on the web.
(tags: php programming architecture development)

PR Secrets for Startups
“Guest author Brian Solis, [...]

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Giant Kelsi

May 24, 2008

Photo by rbieber
… or a miniature Ben and Jerrys. We like to pretend though.

I think the description says it all. Its nice to have Kelsi back here for a few days.

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links for 2008-05-25

May 24, 2008

10 Things To Do While Twitter is Down — The Broad Brush
“Yes, it happens, Twitter goes down, or wonky or kaput. Whatever you call it, your favorite social networking tool is not there for you, so now what? Here’s a few suggestions.”
(tags: twitter funny)

When Twitter is Down
Messages that change when you refresh talking about all [...]

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links for 2008-05-24

May 23, 2008

Instant Rimshot
All this site does is produce a rimshot.
(tags: button flash)

Seven Useful Lessons You Can Learn from a Bad Boss – Stepcase Lifehack
“Macho, insensitive bosses share certain characteristics. Their behavior is arrogant, quick-tempered and controlling. Their motives are typically selfish and manipulative. “
(tags: career leadership management)

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links for 2008-05-23

May 22, 2008

The Employee Factor: Keep Highly Engaged Employees Only – Offer Quitting Bonus!
“According to a recent Harvard Business Review article, Zappos offers employees a quitting bonus. Yes, we did say a bonus to quit. “
(tags: corporate-culture culture engagement employee management)

A List Apart: Articles: Sign Up Forms Must Die
“I believe we can get people engaged with digital [...]

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links for 2008-05-22

May 21, 2008

rails – Ruby on Rails
Tutorial on creating patches with Git – for Rails developers. Good general information here.
(tags: git version-control patches source tips versioncontrol patch howto)

A List Apart: Articles: Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
“The sculpture demonstrated a fascinating idea: given fewer rules, people actually behaved in more creative, co-operative, and collaborative [...]

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links for 2008-05-21

May 20, 2008

SourceForge.net: Best Free Keylogger (BFK)
Free Keylogging software.
(tags: keylogger free)

PRB: Security Warning Message Occurs When You Browse to a Page That Contains an IFRAME Through SSL
Annoying error when SRC of an iFrame is blank.
(tags: ie ssl)

Why Buy a Mac?
“I hold a Microsoft MCSA, and am a CHFI (Computer H”acking Forensic Investigator). All I knew about [...]

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links for 2008-05-20

May 19, 2008

TightURL Project Page
Open Source TinyURL clone.
(tags: service url redirector)

Robert Rauschenberg on process, change, boredom, and more – (37signals)
Some really good quotes on process and change.
(tags: 37signals change innovation creativity rauschenberg art ideas)

McCandless: Hero or dumb jerk?
“Many Alaskans react with rage to his stupidity. You’d have to be a complete idiot, they say, to die of [...]

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Metrics as a Side Effect – Its REAL.

May 19, 2008

Its been over a year since I wrote Metrics As A Side Effect, explaining how my perfect time tracking system would be something based on a Twitter like application. Imagine my surprise when I found that Harvest Time Tracking Software enables Twitter updates. Its not exactly how I described it, [...]

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links for 2008-05-19

May 18, 2008

Christopher McCandless – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Information on Christopher McCandless, the subject of the move “Into the Wild”. Excellent movie.
(tags: death inspiration spiritual)

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links for 2008-05-18

May 17, 2008

City to accept Frank Zappa statue — – baltimoresun.com
Another article on the Zappa statue in Baltimore, MD
(tags: zappa news)

Bust of Frank Zappa to be erected in hometown of Baltimore
“In 1995, a quirky bunch of Lithuanian artists and intellectuals managed to erect a bust of the eccentric rocker in downtown Vilnius, the capital of the former [...]

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links for 2008-05-17

May 16, 2008

How Can We Measure Innovation? A Freakonomics Quorum – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
“In the business community, “innovation” is a buzzword of the highest order (so high, in fact, that some people run screaming the moment they hear it mentioned).”
(tags: innovation measurement metrics freakonomics)

delicious-firefox-extension : Message: To visitors from the blog: 2.0.48 [...]

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links for 2008-05-16

May 15, 2008

Why Twitter Matters
“Much of the Twittering crowd argues that Twitter will continue to grow in importance, perhaps rivaling other social media powers such as Facebook.”
(tags: twitter socialsoftware)

Admin SSL Wordpress Plugin
Ben Green has taken over the Admin SSL plugin and made it compatible with Wordpress 2.5.
(tags: wordpress security wordpress-mu)

WP-MU LDAP Authentication Plugin
LDAP Authentication plugin for [...]

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links for 2008-05-14

May 13, 2008

Microsoft’s plan to block Linux on laptops | Laptops and Desktops | ZDNet.com
Details of Microsoft’s recently announced plan to extend the life of Windows XP for ultra low-cost PCs are trickling out.
(tags: windows xp)

Code Monkey: The Big Finale
Mono’s Winforms implementation is now API complete after 4 years. Wow.
(tags: mono opensource oss dotnet)

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links for 2008-05-13

May 12, 2008

#715 (New bb_uri() and bb_get_uri() functions) – bbPress – Trac
BBPress pre-1.0 enhancement for allowing secure urls to be built.
(tags: bbpress security)

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links for 2008-05-08

May 7, 2008

LDAP authentication for bbPress « bbPress plugin browser
This plugin allows the administrator to specify an LDAP service for authentication.
(tags: ldap bbpress enterprise plugin tools)

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