Elsewhere In June, 2008

Bookmarks to interesting stuff found elsewhere on the interweb in the month of June, 2008.


Software Management Command Line Comparison - openSUSE
A list of functions used in the major command line software management utilities. Commands are grouped by management task, e.g. package management or sources management. The analysis describes the function in the first column, lists the corresponding commands of all tools except zypper in the second column and finally the zypper command in the last column.
Tagged with: commands, linux, opensuse, software | Permalink | On June 23rd, 2008

Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars
Lord Vader steals the show…
Tagged with: fun, video | Permalink | On June 23rd, 2008

Code Rush, the Mozilla Documentary from 2000
A video documenting the first open-source release of Netscape's browser and the foundation of the Mozilla project.
Tagged with: software, video | Permalink | On June 19th, 2008

Seth's Email Checklist
"Before you hit send on that next email, perhaps you should run down this list, just to be sure".
Tagged with: email, guides, internet, web | Permalink | On June 16th, 2008

InterfaceLIFT Wallpapers
A nice collection of free, high-resolution wallpapers for your desktop.
Tagged with: images, wallpapers | Permalink | On June 14th, 2008

RFC 1855 (rfc1855) - Netiquette Guidelines
Some old netiquette guidelines from 1995. Do people still read and take heed of such things?
Tagged with: guides, internet, web | Permalink | On June 13th, 2008

Web Is A Lot Less About Programming…
…it is about information and making the information available to as many as possible.
Tagged with: webdesign, webdevelopment | Permalink | On June 11th, 2008

The no-framework PHP MVC framework - Rasmus' Toys Page
"What I was hoping to get across here is a simple example of how you can use PHP as-is, without additional complex external layers, to apply an MVC approach with clean and simple views and still have all the goodness of fancy Web 2.0 features. If you think I am out to personally offend you and your favourite framework, then you have the wrong idea."
Tagged with: php | Permalink | On June 10th, 2008

Internet Fuckwad Theory
Unreal Tournament 2004 lends incontrovertible proof to John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.
Tagged with: fun | Permalink | On June 10th, 2008

Last we checked, PHP IS a framework
A good post regarding PHP and frameworks. Why use a framework when PHP IS a framework?
Tagged with: php | Permalink | On June 8th, 2008

How to write like a wanker
Popular sites such as Slashdot and Digg are brimming with horrific grammar, atrocious spelling, gratuitous abbreviation and childish, arrogant attitude. To be "in" on the net, you must write like a wanker.
Tagged with: fun, language | Permalink | On June 6th, 2008

ffmpeg Conversion
A handy list of ffmpeg command line arguements used for video conversion. Provided by Alan Pope of the Ubuntu Screencast Team.
Tagged with: software, ubuntu, webdesign | Permalink | On June 6th, 2008

Master of the Internet
You too can be a Master of the Internet, order today!
Tagged with: fun, video | Permalink | On June 5th, 2008

Buntu Family Theater
Linux Journal's Shawn Powers tells the tale of Ubuntu and its family of distributions. Good stuff.
Tagged with: ubuntu, video | Permalink | On June 2nd, 2008

How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People
An interesting Google TechTalk, luckily I have not met too many poisonous people; still, worth a look.
Tagged with: software, video | Permalink | On June 2nd, 2008


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