The 6th incarnation of Elmer's blog
Library Stuff
“A big “Hip Hip Hooray” and a tip of the ol’ Mets hat to Marylaine Block who mentioned the First Gov – U.S. Government RSS Library in her Neat New newsletter today. Finally, a directory of government RSS feeds. I hope they keep it current and update it regularly. In fact, an RSS feed for new feeds (how meta) would be nice…”
Hmm, I may have menitoned this already.
freshmeat.net: Project details for FCKeditor
“FCKeditor is an HTML/DHTML editor for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, and JavaScript that brings to the Web much of the powerful functionality of known desktop editors like Word. It’s very lightweight, and doesn’t require any kind of installation on the client computer.“
My favorite WYSIWYG browser editor hits 2.0!
Seven Criteria for Evaluating Open-Source Content Management Systems | Linux Journal
“Using a content management system (CMS) to manage a Web site used to be a luxury within the reach of only those who had the technical resources to build a custom solution or the financial resources to afford a proprietary one. In recent years, numerous pre-built open-source CMSes have emerged as viable alternatives to costly proprietary products or custom-built solutions.“
Given the number of CMS sessions at this year’s conference, this article is worth reading.
Common Computing Crises, Causes, and Cures( C5 )
“We’ve been spoiled by computer hardware and operating systems that are far more capable and reliable than those of even five years ago. However, there’s one drawback – we’re more likely to overlook mundane computer system upgrades and maintenance that keep our systems healthy, user-friendly, and fast rather than degenerating into C3 ( Crashes, Chaos, and Crisis).“
Good article, by a lawyer, on some of the basics you can cover to make computing a happier experience. Worth the read.
Library Stuff
“The U.S. Government has a long way to go with implementing RSS into their content delivery systems, but this is a step in the right direction. It looks like the Copyright Office, which is part of the Library of Congress, has launched 4 RSS Feeds.“
Well, its a step in the right direction. But each feed contains exactly one item and the links in 3 of the 4 items point to generic pages. I’ll beinterested in seeing if they actually followup with anything useful.
GroupServer: home
“GroupServer is a GPL open source collaboration server. It supports many-to-many interaction in groups and communities via email and an integrated web forum interface.Websites supported by GroupServer provide secure a personalised content structure with member directories, postings by topic, RSS and e-mail digest modes, document sharing, and web-based forum management. GroupServer renders XML content dynamically using XSLTs and is built on Zope and written in Python.“
A Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend? | CNET News.com
“The chief executives of Microsoft and Red Hat held a private meeting in New York, CNET News.com has learned, an indication that relations between the rivals might be warming.Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Red Hat’s Matthew Szulik met for more than an hour at a McCormick & Schmick’s restaurant in New York in late March, sources familiar with the situation said. Microsoft initiated the meeting, one source indicated.“
Kevin Lynch: ActionScript/JavaScript integration
“There’s increasing interest in connecting ActionScript in Flash with JavaScript on web pages, and we’ve been working on techniques for accomplishing this well. An example of this working today is the Macromedia weblog aggregator report that was developed by Christian Cantrell and Mike Chambers.”
Slashdot | OSS Projects Offer Bounties For Features
“The market for open source developers seems to be heating up. Asterisk, Gnome, Horde, and Mozilla all have bounties for desired features. Recently, Lime Wire updated its wish list to include bounties on open source development work! Similarly, i2p also released a bounty list. Is it time to consider quitting my day job to do open source development full time?“
CALI tried this to get some community particiaption on web services development, but the effort was less than a success with 1, 2, takers and not a lot of general enthusiasm. I was surprised that no .NET, ASP, ColdFusion, or Java folks stepped up and at least tried this out. Probably says more about the teknoids community than the notion of bounties.
Slashdot | Gates Releases Details on New Mobile OS
“Microsoft’s Bill Gates released details about the company’s new mobile operating system, code-named Magneto, at the Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas today. There has been a lot of recent speculation about the new OS. People have been describing it as a possible ‘Blackberry killer.’ Windows Mobile 2005 will be released to hardware manufacturers immediately. The OS will integrate Smartphone, Pocket PC, and Pocket PC Phone Edition operating systems into one platform. It will also include updates to the mobile versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.“