Links Mini-Blog

Based on a few bug reports from the QDrupal release earlier this week, I've fixed, tagged and cut a new release of QDrupal for Drupal 6. Thanks to everyone who has submitted bug reports!

I definitely want to build some sort of general announcement system into my blog next go around ... for now, I'll put it here.

I came across these demo's of TileCache, a component in an open source GIS application I'm working on. If you've ever wanted to see maps of all 32 original Super Mario Bro's levels, this site is for you.

BONUS: It's also got maps for The Legend of Zelda, Zelda a Link to the Past and a few others! So cool.

I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Having used Gmail for 4 years now, I've accumulated around 20k emails and used 1.5Gb.

A friend of mine has started sharing his personal knowledge base of linux tips with the world. The best part is that the site was built with Drupal.

Time to update my blog!

Too funny not to share, I almost fell out of my seat. via Kottke.org

Get it while it's hot!

I'm definitely not the first to scream about this from a mountain top (ha!), but it's so cool I couldn't resist posting it here too.

This cracked me up. A friend sent me the link to the new Wubi Installer for Ubuntu. Wubi is an unofficial 1-click Ubuntu Installer for Windows Users.

The greatest part is this image. Step 1, Select a new password. Step 2, Click Install. Step 3, There is no step 3. It doesn't get any easier than that.

I'm really looking forward to Drupal 6. There's going to be some great things in this new release.

The Drupal Security team found has worked hard to ensure Drupal stays secure, so make sure you upgrade!

Mirrors are a bit slow at the moment, but it's finally here!!!

Web Worker Daily posts some great tips on handling estimations. Via Lifehacker

Flash implementation of the intelligent image resizing demo I first mentioned in August. via Waxy

I just finished reading "The Long Tail" so this caught my eye, very interesting. via Waxy

I'm partially posting this link for the selfish reason that I want to keep this list around for a loooong time.

Be sure to watch the video, this is absolutely incredible.

Thanks to 37Signals.com for the Friday morning laugh, I needed it.

Great article about the state of monolithic PHP applications and the pain they create. I'd like to think that QDrupal tries to do this, using Qcodo and Drupal as a base instead of more general applications.

Seems that MySQL Stored Procedures are a lacking topic on the Net right now. I decided to create a Squidoo Lens to help spread the word.

Silverlight Homepage

Silverlight is a compact (4MB) runtime of the .NET framework that is designed to run in IE, Firefox and Safari. No Linux support yet.

The money quote:

Silverlight is excellent technology and those asking why developers and application providers won’t just stick to flash only need to look at XAML, the runtime speed and size and the flexible options with programming languages combined with very strong multimedia support to start to see the answer. Microsoft have a battle on their hands to convince the developer and designer communities that their platform is the best platform, but most of this convincing won’t be a technical showdown but rather the establishment of trust between users and Microsoft as the vendor of this new platform.

Whoa, lots of information here. I am reading it in small chunks to ensure I absorb it all. I think it will definitely deserve a larger blog post when I'm done.

In a world that seems so empty at times, what does it mean to be real? If the world's greatest violin player dresses as a busker in a Washington DC subway station, plays some of the world's greatest music ever written, what happens? Will anybody notice?

No, nobody really notices. The saddest part comes in a quote half way through the article:

Only then do you see it: He (the violinist) is the one who is real. They are the ghosts.

More on the subject. [Via]