Technical Links
Lots of links to cool technical things….
Not tested in IE initiative
Developers are prematurely aged by having to bake in Internet Explorer compatibility, my anecdotal evidence proves this.
The Photo Marketplace That Never Launched: Flickr Stock
An interesting article about a photo marketplace by Flickr that never got off the ground.
Real World Haskell
The whole book online.
Linux tablet emerges from blogosphere
An open-source, openly developed internet tablet. It is a really nice idea to make an internet appliance like this, especially as commercial forces seem uninterested in the device.
s3fs – FUSE file system for Amazon S3
Use Amazon’s distributed hosting service as a file system. This looks really cool for simplified off-site backup – I wonder if Time Machine on the Mac could use it…?
EA’s Prototyping Framework
EA have released the source to a rapid prototyping framework for games.
google.org – Energy Information
Use the Google service to monitor your energy consumption. What you need is a special type of meter fitted to your home, it seems the UK is currently trialling the smart meters.
Programming a 64-bit Operating System
Information about developing a 64-bit operating system.
v0.8 of Redmine released
The Ruby written bug tracking system with bult in wiki, repository integration, and much more has released a new stable version.
IDE in the cloud: Mozilla Labs’ browser-based IDE prototype
I see a lot of potential in this idea if it can abstract away the boring mechanics of source control and everything else.
flashbake
Source control for writers using Git and Python.
Make your Ubuntu distro look like the Mini Mi
Make Ubuntu look like the new HP developed theme.
First Look: Elive E17 Compiz
Screenshots of Enlightenment e17 running ecomorph (Compiz).
get_iplayer – Download BBC iplayer, BBC Radio & ITV programmes
Command line tool for iPlayer on Linux.
Gnome-Do Docky: A New Dock On The Block
Dock type stuff on GNOME.
Hands on: Neuros LINK, an Ubuntu-based media extender
Linux based media centre. Looks quite good for hackers.
Make Ubiquity Your Ultimate Firefox Commander
A nice article covering some of the more interesting aspects of Mozilla’s Ubiquity. Also more info about putting together a Ubiquity photo editor.
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