Recent Links › April 2006
- Recommended PHP frameworks
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Manuel Lemos of PHPClasses.org discusses various PHP frameworks and his preferred solution for developing websites. #
- My Advice For The Young Guys, or, Here’s Hoping You Don’t Screw Up Like I Did
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Stupidly honest advice to make the most of your youth, from someone who didn’t. Nothing you haven’t before, but worth reading nonetheless, if only for its entertainment value. #
- CSS conditional comments
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Feed specific stylesheet rules to IE browsers, without relying on older hacks that took advantage in parsing bugs in the browser. This solution should be more future–proof, at least ideally. #
- Using Akismet in PHP4 to Defeat Comment Spam
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A simple class to utilize Akismet for fighting comment spam from any web application. This might just popup somewhere around here.
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- Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash
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“Deal with reality or reality will deal with you.” #
- filmcrowd [beta]
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A new web 2.0 project from Luis Buenaventura, one of the first Filipinos to launch a web 2.0 site/service. I think this is inspired by Digg and other social bookmarking services, this one is specifically focused on “collaborative movie reviews.” #
- Shelly on Backchannels
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Backchannels are typically IRC chatrooms used in conferences made for simultaneously discussing topics currently tackled by the speaker — just like talking behind the speaker’s back. Just as it can aid communication, it can be a disruption just as much. #
- Rainbow photos
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Rarely do we see photos of a rainbow, I was lucky enough to get one almost four years ago. This one though is just great. #
- Daring Fireball: Initiative
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John Gruber is taking DF fulltime. Best of luck! #
- Does the Internet rule your life?
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I don’t think so, but I’m here still online way past my bedtime. #
- I want a Freeware Utility to … 300 common problems solved
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Freeware solutions to common computing tasks. #
- Sizer
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A nice little utility for resizing application windows on your desktop. Works great for organizing your opened windows. #
- Why Polaris is Backing Automattic
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One of Automattic’s investors details their support for the company and its products. #
- Ajax and Your CMS
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Ajax provides several enhancements that positively affect CMS interfaces, but do they justify the possible downsides? #
- How YouTube became hot property in online video
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“A year ago, co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen were in between jobs, a pair of twentysomething geeks running up big credit card debts as they tooled around a garage trying to develop an easy way for people to share homemade videos on the web.” #
- What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content
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A detailed entry by Lorelle on possible courses of action when dealing with content theft. #
- A Little Funding
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Automattic has taken some funding to support its continuous growth. Congrats guys! #
- Searching for the net’s big thing
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Google continues to dominate as search grows to become an essential part of people’s everyday lives. #
- How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows
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Piracy helps Microsoft penetrate emerging markets that are potential paying customers in the next few years. #
- Mike Davidson: I Steal Television Shows Because I Have To
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Interesting analysis behind people’s need for downloading TV shows. #
- Hands on: A Windows expert tries out Apple’s Boot Camp…
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…And likes what he finds #
- Google Calendar
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Google’s web–based calendar application is finally here. I’ve been busy entering birthdays for most of the morning.
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- Digg PHP’s Scalability and Performance
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An article explaining how PHP competes very well with Java, and as expected in most environments, most of the possible bottlenecks are in the storage/data layer. #
- web economy bullshit generator
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Marc mentioned this recently, a service for the aspiring web 2.0 entrepreneur. #
- Meet Ivan the optimiser — but please, no paparazzi
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One of the AdSense superstars, people who do optimization for a career. #
- AjaxAMP
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AjaxAMP is a Winamp plugin that allows you to control your player from any online location, or to stream your music to anywhere on the web. Now you can access your home music library from your office, or from any web-enabled terminal. Cool. #
- DOMinclude - Kissing Pop-Ups good-bye
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An alternative to popup windows that are almost instantly closed nowadays. Similar in theory to the recent lightbox craze. #
- Surreal in the city…
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If someone who knows Manila by heart manages to get himself conned, how helpless can we be? #
- wordpress: friendly look at query log
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Domas Mituzas peeks into WordPress’s database queries and offers solutions for addressing the inefficiencies. Good read if you’re into database optimization and design. #
- Build Your Own Web 2.0 Application Using Fluff and Hot Air
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A nice April Fools article over at SitePoint, poking fun at 37signals’s “Gettin’ Real” book. #
- Google’s hidden payroll
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A feature story on individuals who have taken AdSense as a major source of livelihood. Cited were two Filipinos doing well in the program, along with others from neighboring Asian countries. #
- Google Romance
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“Pin All Your Romantic Hopes on Google” — I’m not sure if I should laugh at this one. April Fools? #
- How to pour catsup
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Pour catsup from a bottle in a technical and scientific way. #
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