• Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system
  Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications that use the TCP protocol. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features.
  Tags: anon, eff

• GBorg -- The Development website
  Slony updated to 1.1.0, now allows for log shipping to maintain offline backups.
  Tags: pgsql, replication
• Google command line
  Tags: cool, google, hacks
• Ruby-isms (The "Ruby Way")
  I'm using this article to track the shortcut things I see that make your Ruby code more compact (and in line with typical practices in Ruby).
  Tags: ruby
• .c( whytheluckystiff )o. -- The Fully Upturned Bin
  You’ve been ignoring garbage collection again, haven’t you?
  Tags: opt, ruby

• LinuxDevCenter.com: Building Unix Tools with Ruby
  Tags: dev, ruby, sysadmin
• DNS Stuff: DNS tools, DNS hosting tests, WHOIS, tracert, ping, and other network and domain name tools.
  Tags: dns, tools

It's an interesting notion and as of today it might be correct. I doubt it is even close to being as correct as, "buying gasoline or using oil-powered electricity funds terrorists". You see, our society needs energy. There should be policies in place to divest ourselves of reliance on energy sources where our own money can be sent to those with terrorist interests.

What does the government crave more?: Asserting its power over its own people by designating what you can or cannot do by yourself? Or national security? Apparently the assertion of power over the citizens is more important. If opium was legal do you think we'd be seeing tons of money going to bad guys? Again, if opium was legal, the money would be flowing internally (and likely way over-taxed). One might say that if you want to rob citizens of the right to persue their vision of happiness (as long as they do not impose on others), you are funding terrorism; You are providing a direct income channel to terrorists because you want to assert your power over those who simply want to live their lives, whether in fun or in misery.

If the Federal Government would simply leave people alone and not tax the living daylights out of us, there would be a vastly diminished income stream for the bad guys. I'd love for someone to show me otherwise, keeping a straight face.

The fact is, we're our own worst enemy in terrorist funding and I'm not talking about the guy who likes to smoke a bowl once or twice a month. We're our own worst enemy because we continue to elect people who would [attempt to] suppress the human spirit. That attempt causes humans to do what they'll always do (circumvent the craziness) and it should come as no surprise. I wonder if the government will ever do anything about it? I wonder if they'll continue to let our soldiers, sailors, marines and others die on the basis that "the government knows better for us than we do".

• Minimus - For All Your Travel Size Item Needs
  Order tiny items for travelling, camping, etc. Cool idea.
  Tags: camping, emergency, travel
• BlogPolling Voting System :: Free Polls for your Website or Weblog
  There are no CGI scripts to install and there's no programming required. Simply add a few lines of Javascript to your site and your polls will be instantly activated.
  Tags: blog, hosted
• 50states.com - States and Capitals
  Cool info about your State. scroll down to get beyond the ads.
  Tags: reference
• Yummy! Personal PDF Library
  Tags: pdf, sb

• Efficient JavaScript code - UserJS.org
  Well written code will help to minimise the performance impact of User JavaScripts.
  Tags: js, opt
• Google AJAXSLT
  AJAXSLT is an implementation of XSL-T in JavaScript, intended for use in fat web pages, which are nowadays referred to as AJAX applications.
  Tags: ajax, ui
• Must have programs for a USB card | Ask MetaFilter
  Tags: app, usb, win
• Welcome to Jabber4R
  The purpose of this library is to allow Ruby applications to talk to a Jabber instant messenging system.
  Tags: dev, jabber, ruby
• script.aculo.us - javascript drag-and-drop
  The Drag-and-drop JavaScript library enables easy-to-do dragging and dropping of elements in your web application and to do sortable lists and floats.
  Tags: js, ui
• Introducing the REBOL Internet Operating System: IOS
  It goes beyond email, the web, and IM to provide real-time electronic interaction, collaboration, and sharing. It opens a private, noise-free channel to those who matter most in your business and life.
  Tags: dev, im, lang
• Miranda Instant Messenger -- Multi Protocol Client
  Miranda IM is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use. It uses very little memory and requires no installation. Just unzip and run! This also makes it ideal for users that want to run their messenger client from a removable storage such as an USB memory stick.
  Tags: im, jabber, win

• ASL Browser
  Extensive ASL reference guide with quicktime movie demonstrations
  Tags: edu, reference
• Small ASL animated gif reference guide
  Tags: edu, reference
• Sign Language Word Reference Guide
  Tags: edu, reference
• Learning American Sign Language ASL and Signed English (SE)
  Tags: edu, reference

• Sign Language Dictionary
  Limited dictionary of signs with animated gif illustrations.
  Tags: edu, reference
• MBR BEGINNING READING PROGRAM -- Sign Language
  It's interesting that as early as the mid 1800's educators recognized that sign language helped hearing siblings of deaf students learn to read.
  Tags: edu, reference
• Oracle price sheet
  Tags: db, oracle

• mozdev.org - dictionaries: index
  The goal of this project is to put all dictionaries that works with the Mozilla spell checker
  Tags: dictionary, firefox, xul
• Who Will Google Buy Next? || kuro5hin.org
  So, in this article, I ask: what tech gems are in the running for Google's growing subsidiary menagerie? To help predict, I will first take a look at who Google has acquired in the past and what Google has done for them, and then I'll throw out a few possibilities for Googlification and discuss where they might fit into Google's strategy.
  Tags: google
• Distributing Ruby Applications
  Theory and Practice of Building, Packing and Distributing Ruby Applications
  Tags: dev, ruby
• Google Research Publications
  Query-Free News Search
  Tags: google, reference
• mass:werk FlashPac
  PacMan in Flash. and a really good emulation!
  Tags: games
• MySQL Gotchas
  default value (a zero or empty string) determined by MySQL.
  Tags: db, mysql

• Content with Style: Fixing the Back Button and Enabling Bookmarking for AJAX Apps
  Tags: ajax, opt

• MogileFS
  MogileFS is our open source distributed filesystem.
  Tags: cluster, fs
• Perlbal
  Perlbal is our Perl-based reverse proxy load balancer and web server.
  Tags: httpd, opt

• YubNub
  Social command line for the web.
  Tags: search, social

• Ruby Buzz Forum - Closing in on Unicode with Jcode
  Patrick Hall has a great article on using the Jcode module for Ruby, which provides a more natural support for hacking Unicode strings.
  Tags: unicode

• Premium thttpd
  Premium thttpd is based on the open-source thttpd. By careful optimization Premium thttpd can now saturate a 1000Mbps link using a single CPU.
  Tags: dev, fcgi, httpd, opt
• Installing FreeBSD
  FreeBSD is provided with a text-based, easy to use installation program called sysinstall. This is the default installation program for FreeBSD, although vendors are free to provide their own installation suite if they wish. This chapter describes how to use sysinstall to install FreeBSD
  Tags: os, reference
• SpellBound - Spellchecker for Firefox and the Mozilla Suite
  Tags: firefox, xul

• SSL/TLS Strong Encryption: FAQ - Apache HTTP Server
  Little help on SSL and name based hosting
  Tags: apache, ssl

• RSS Feed Parser for Ruby
  Ultra-liberal RSS parser -- Based on Mark Pilgrim's rssparser.py
  Tags: dev, rss, ruby
• Free RSS Tool Chest.com
  The primary focus of this website is to teach you how to use RSS (really simple syndication) to enhance the marketing of your website on the internet.
  Tags: reference, rss
• Curiosity is bliss: AJAX Debugging with Greasemonkey
  Tags: ajax, debug, greasemonkey
• Trixie
  If you dare to use MSIE, here's a greasemonkey equiv plugin.
  Tags: ie, js

• Ajax and Character Sets
  How to deal with character set encoding in AJAX
  Tags: ajax, reference, translation
• Using Gettext To Translate Your Rails Application | Hieraki
  Gettext is a great tool for translating user interfaces of applications into different languages.
  Tags: lib, ruby, translation
• Tips for internationalization from the W3C
  Nice set of tutorials and FAQs about character sets, charater encodings and escapes. Read and understand this to be sure you produce a project ready for internationalization.
  Tags: charset, dev, utf8
• SAJAX - Simple Ajax Toolkit by ModernMethod - XMLHTTPRequest Toolkit for PHP
  Version 0.10 is out, featuring ASP/ColdFusion/Io/Lua/Perl/PHP/Python/Ruby backends...
  Tags: ajax, dev, ruby
• Prototype: OO JS Library for Ruby
  Prototype is a Javascript library that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. Its development is driven heavily by the Ruby on Rails framework, but it can be used in any environment.
  Tags: js, ruby
• Open AJAX Blog
  The idea is to develop a common set of mechanisms; i.e., code, patterns, documentations, and standards when interacting Asynchronously with XML and two or more computers.
  Tags: ajax
• [this is aaronland] XMLHttpRequest API madness
  example of del.icio.us api using XMLHttpRequest
  Tags: ajax, delicious, js
• Unix command cheat sheet - common commands for the unix command line
  Tags: reference, unix

• Francis Shanahan[Ajax Enabled Blog]
  Ajax enabled Yahoo! search embedded in blog.
  Tags: ajax, blog, ss
• Funky SiteSearch using Yahoo APIs :: SearchGuild.com
  Tags: ss
• yahoo! livesearch beta: orbitalworks
  ajax-ish interface to Yahoo! Search API
  Tags: ajax, ss
• Premshree Pillai's Site - Ruby API for Yahoo! Search Web Services
  Tags: dev, ruby, ss
• My Web BETA - Features - Yahoo!
  Save what you like to build your own personal web
  Tags: sb

• Google/ig Clone.
  Example page which demonstrates the cool drag/drop feature used in Google's custom homepage.
  Tags: google, js, ui

• Real-Time Forecast of Earthquake Hazard in the Next 24 Hours
  Tags: california, earthquake, reference
• Prototype: Object-Oriented Javascript Library
  Prototype is a Javascript library that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. Its development is driven heavily by the Ruby on Rails framework, but it can be used in any environment.
  Tags: js, ruby

• Box Backup
  An open source, completely automatic on-line backup system for UNIX.
  Tags: backup, sysadmin
• ka-Map.MapTools.org
  ka-Map ("ka" as in ka-boom!) is an open source project that is aimed at providing a javascript API for developing highly interactive web-mapping interfaces using features available in modern web browsers.
  Tags: ajax, geo, js

• Curiosity is bliss: "XMLHttpRequest Tracing" for AJAX debugging
  Greasemonkey user script to trace XMLHttpRequest calls in the javascript console. It logs the "open" and "send" calls, as well as the response status code and text.
  Tags: ajax, debug, js

• SmokePing: ABOUT SMOKEPING
  SmokePing is a delux latency measurement tool. It can measure, store and display latency, latency distribution and packet loss. SmokePing uses RRDtool to maintain a longterm datastore and to draw pretty graphs, giving up to the minute information on the state of each network connection.
  Tags: sysadmin
• de.lirio.us Sold to Yahoo!
  After one week of publicity Y! has picked it up on the cheap. Of course, this is April 1st...
  Tags: joke
• Boringboring.com
  Parody of boingboing.com. Pretty funny. What will Cory think?
  Tags: humor, satire

• 'Most important ever' MySQL reaches beta - ZDNet UK News
  Triggers, Views, etc. I wonder if it'll still be rocket-fast?
  Tags: mysql, news

• Clusty the Clustering Engine
  Tags: se
• Threadless T-Shirts - Designer Clothing Submissions - Tees, Tshirts and T shirts!
  Tags: cool, tshirt
• EVDB - The Event & Venue Database
  Welcome to EVDB: the Events and Venues Database.
  Tags: events
• RubyGecko - Ruby-GNOME2 Project Website
  This sample mixes Gtk::SourceView and the Gtk::MozEmbed to build a simple "WYSIWYM" (What You See Is What You Meant) HTML editor
  Tags: firefox, gtk, ruby
• Joshua gets funding, goes full-time
  Joshua, of del.icio.us fame was able to get some funding and quit his job to work on delicious full-time. Congrats dude!
  Tags: delicious, sb, vc
• Breaking Firewalls with OpenSSH and PuTTY
  In essence, it shows how openSSH and PuTTY can be used as a VPN solution for your home or workplace.
  Tags: ssh, vpn
• rubric - Ruby Aggregator and Portal Creator
  Tags: portal, ruby, skydasher
• Surftp - Web Based FTP
  Web based FTP client. Looks interesting. I've seen these sorts of things before but my guess is that we'll see more of this, potentially a xul-based system which can be branded, etc.
  Tags: ftp, xul
• Jots API
  Social bookmark system written in Ruby with xmlrpc API.
  Tags: ruby, sb, xmlrpc
• The Man in Blue > Experiments > widgEditor
  Cross Platform Rich Text Editor
  Tags: js, rte

• RubyForge: Project Info- Payment
  An easy to use payment gateway for Ruby. Payment is used to process credit cards and electronic cash through merchant accounts like Authorize.Net.
  Tags: ruby
• Edgewall Software: Trac
  Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Integrates with Subversion.
  Tags: svn, vc, wiki
• MD5_collisions.pdf
  This paper describes a manner in which md5 checksums can be duplicated with different source files using a standard laptop computer. Scary.
  Tags: md5, reference

• ArunaDB - Seems outdated.
  ArunaDB is a database server written in the Ruby programming language. It is an interesting blend of a relational database and an objected oriented database attempting to take full advantage of the power of the Ruby programming language. It allows you to create and drop tables, views, store procedure, and triggers. It supports methods for iterating over rows in a table, view and/or index. It will soon support a server that will allow many users to connect to the database at the same time
  Tags: db, ruby
• Bash Blogger
  Bash Blogger is a small, bash-powered, weblog engine.
  Tags: bash, blog, shell
• Web Interface Design Tip: The Yellow Fade Technique (Signal vs. Noise)
  Why does this matter? When you edit or move something on a web page it usually forces a reload of that page. The problem is once the page reloads it’s often difficult to spot and confirm the change (especially if the change occurred somewhere in the middle of the page). The YFT uses JavaScript to create a yellow highlight that briefly spotlights the change when the page reloads. Then, in a second or two, the highlight fades and the page reverts to its normal state.
  Tags: design, js, ui
• CustomizeGoogle.com - "How do You want to Google today?"
  CustomizeGoogle enhance Google search results by adding links to other useful services. It can also remove ads.
  Tags: firefox, google, greasemonkey
• [ANN] Raggle 0.4.0
  Raggle is a console and web-based RSS (Really Simple Summary / Rich Site Summary / RDF Site Summary) aggregator, written in Ruby.
  Tags: agg, rss, ruby
• GreaseMonkeyUserScripts - An Unnamed MoinMoin Wiki
  This is a list of all the user scripts we know about, with a brief description for each
  Tags: firefox, greasemonkey, js
• Transparent Screens - a photoset on Flickr
  Your monitor's background image as a window to what's behind it.
  Tags: cool, desktop
• Search Wikipedia -- using LookAhead from SurfWax
  quick search access for wikipedia
  Tags: js, wikipedia
• Clocky - from MIT
  Clocky is a clock for people who have trouble getting out of bed. When the snooze bar is pressed, Clocky rolls off the table and finds a hiding spot, a new one every day. When it goes off again, you'll have to get out of bed to find it and shut it up.
  Tags: funny
• AdBrite - The Internet's Ad Marketplace
  Pud's advertising network
  Tags: ads
• Squirm - A redirector for Squid
  Tags: http, opt, proxy

• Ruby sucks (All those shaky laguages... )
  Somebody really doesn't like the press Ruby is getting. This seems to be a "Purist" view on programming. There's no such thng as a panacea, especially not in general programming where there are different needs and levels of skill and personally preferred methods. Interesting read though.
  Tags: grump, ruby
• Ourmedia Homepage | Ourmedia
  We provide free storage and free bandwidth for your videos, audio files, photos, text or software. Forever. No catches.
  Tags: backup, storage, watch

• Born Geek: Firefox Toolbar Tutorial
  Tags: dev, firefox, xul
• ClearSilver
  Clearsilver is a fast, powerful, and language-neutral HTML template system. In both static content sites and dynamic HTML applications, it provides a separation between presentation code and application logic which makes working with your project easier.
  Tags: c, dev, ruby
• Rails/Ajax Demo Movie
  A brief movie which shows how easy it is to implement ajax with Ruby on Rails
  Tags: ajax, ruby
• Ruby Buzz Forum - Patching Ruby-FastCGI for leaks and exceptions
  Tags: ruby
• 1clicksub
  1clicksub puts a button on your site so that visitors can subscribe to your RSS news feed with one click.
  Tags: rss
• easyRSS - The News Feed Database
  Tags: rss, se
• Samsung 30-Mile Cordless Phone : Gizmodo
  If you’re the type who dreads being dragged kicking and screaming into the use of a cell phone, Samsung sells their Long Range Cordless Phone. With an incredible (for landlines) 30-mile range, the set includes a caller ID-capable LCD and is able to communicate with the base-station, acting as an intercom.
  Tags: phone
• Web Page Analyzer
  Free Website Performance Tool and Web Page Speed Analysis
  Tags: opt, validate
• Apache AxKit
  Apache AxKit is an XML Application Server for Apache. It provides on-the-fly conversion from XML to any format, such as HTML, WAP or text using either W3C standard techniques, or flexible custom code. AxKit also uses a built-in Perl interpreter to provide some amazingly powerful techniques for XML transformation.
  Tags: apache, opt, xml

Got paged at 4am this morning because we apparently introduced a bug to the blogware project during a code promotion yesterday. It was a subtle thing (obviously not caught in our QA) but has a nasty little impact in certain cases. Whatever, it is in the pipeline for a quick fix. The point here is, I got up at 4am to figure things out and since I was awake I figured I would start my day instead of going back to bed.

I often work late at night because it's quiet -- No phones ringing or babies crying. I tend to get a lot more accomplished during this quiet time. But now that I'm getting a taste of the same quiet atmosphere in the early morning I'm wondering if I ought not quit early every night and get up extra early to do my work. A big difference is, at night it's dark and lonely (although my dog does hang out with me) while in the morning, as soon as the sun peeks out, the birds start chirping (you gotta love Spring time in the Conejo Valley!). It seems more peaceful now and since my biggest customer is on EST I can actually interact with them when they start their day. I think I might try this morning thang for a little while. Now if only I could get my entire team to follow suit.:)

• Asymptomatic » How to Write a Simple WordPress Plugin
  Tags: plugin, wordpress
• adaptive path » ajax: a new approach to web applications
  Tags: ajax, js, xml
• Ruby Conference 2005
  To be held in San Diego, Ca. October 14-16.
  Tags: conference, ruby
• Knoppix 3.8 and UnionFS. Wow. Just Wow.
  Tags: linux, portable
• Listzilla Firefox extension
  List your installed extensions in a jots.com/del.icio.us style format.
  Tags: delicious, firefox, xul

• How to Start a Startup
  An essay by Paul Graham
  Tags: biz, startup