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Keeping you up to date with APIs, mashups and the Web as platform. - Micah Webner

Learn how easy it is to apply web interaction using jQuery - Micah Webner

This week, a new WhiteHouse.gov site arrived that had been built via the Drupal code. To some, the White House shift to Drupal from a proprietary software package represented a serious seal of approval for open-source software. - Micah Webner

Paul Boag's design inspiration gallery. - Micah Webner

Pressflow is a derivative of Drupal core providing enhanced performance, scalability, and data integrity. Pressflow addresses a long-standing problem: High-traffic sites use stable versions of Drupal, and stable versions of Drupal are ineligible for enhancements to solve performance bottlenecks discovered after widespread deployment. - Micah Webner

YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service (a la TinyURL). You can make it private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API. - Micah Webner

SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software. more... - Micah Webner

RT is an enterprise-grade ticketing system which enables a group of people to intelligently and efficiently manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of users. The RT platform has been under development since 1996, and is used by systems administrators, customer support staffs, IT managers, developers and marketing departments at thousands of sites around the world. - Micah Webner

PHP front end to RRDTool, networking inventory system, network management system utilizing AJAX and MySQL for search/database functions. ClearSite helps alleviate administration, by constantly updating and discovering data on its own! - Micah Webner

172 years of manufacturing the industry’s best agriculture and farm equipment has left John Deere with no shortage of loyal customers. John Deere fans worldwide have an unmatched affection for their tractors and our other products. As a result, a simple Google image search can provide you with countless images of John Deere related material. Some of the most impressive are of the HDR (High Dynamic Range Imaging) variety and we here at MachineFinder have amassed a small collection of them for our most rabid fans’ viewing pleasure. - Micah Webner

Every day, millions of people use Twitter to create, discover and share ideas with others. Now, people are turning to Twitter as an effective way to reach out to businesses, too. From local stores to big brands, and from brick-and-mortar to internet-based or service sector, people are finding great value in the connections they make with businesses on Twitter. - Micah Webner

Thinstation is a basic and small, yet very powerful, Open Source "thin client" operating system supporting all major connectivity protocols: Citrix ICA, NoMachine NX, 2X ThinClient, Microsoft Windows terminal services (RDP, via RDesktop), VMWare View Open client, Cendio ThinLinc, Tarantella, X, telnet, tn5250, VMS terminal and SSH (No special configuration of the application servers is needed to use Thinstation). - Micah Webner

Includes code to create file objects. - Micah Webner

TV and Radio automation software. Free version available. - Micah Webner

A "distribution" of Drupal is one or more installation profiles included with Drupal itself and all of the required modules. Distributions can either be offered as a convenience to site builders by bundling together frequently used components, such as Acquia Drupal, or they can be used to offer a version of Drupal specifically targeted to a unique use case, such as Open Publish. - Micah Webner

There are three main enemies to coffee freshness: light, oxygen, and time. We’ve already discussed ‘time’ above: the closer to the roast date, the more flavorful the cup, just like bread coming from the bakery vs. bread from the freezer. - Micah Webner

Modules used in the Drupal implementation at University of Delaware - Micah Webner

The Office of Information Technologies (IT) at the University of Delaware has made a Drupal Web hosting service available to the UD community. - Micah Webner

Dollhouse has been renewed for a second season, and Joss Whedon fans are no doubt praying fervently for the same dramatic upswing in quality seen in the second seasons of Buffy and Angel. We think the odds are good that the show will get better, especially if we're introduced to more actives, or "dolls," and hopefully Joss will continue to draw from his roster of talented past players. - Micah Webner

Check to see if your desired username or vanity url is still available at dozens of popular Social Networking and Social Bookmarking websites. Promote your brand consistently by registering a username that is still available on the majority of the most popular sites. Find the best username with namechk. - Micah Webner

Designing an HTML email that renders consistently across the major email clients can be very time consuming. Support for even simple CSS varies considerably between clients, and even different versions of the same client. We’ve put together this CSS support in email clients guide to save you the time and trouble of figuring it out for yourself. With 21 different sets of results, all the major email systems are covered, both desktop applications and webmail. - Micah Webner

As web designers, we’ve grown pretty good at understanding how to create a modern, semantic, accessible website using XHTML and CSS. We understand what makes a good website, and how to make it happen. When it comes time to design emails though, do all the same rules apply? Are there things we should be doing specifically for email that don’t make sense on a website? In this article we’ll discuss the technical, design and information elements that make up a successful HTML email. - Micah Webner

In a stunning move, sources say Fox has renewed Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” for next fall. The low-rated series was last seen given up for dead... but the show's DVR numbers are huge, online streaming is strong. It’s a sci-fi show, which tend to bring in strong ancillary revenue such as DVD sales for sister-company studio 20th TV. The move is tougher to explain than most, especially based on the show's ratings. A “Dollhouse” pickup is a shock. In fact, "Dollhouse" might very well be the lowest-rated in-season scripted drama to ever get a renewal on a major broadcast network. Basically this is a case of a bunch of minor decision-making factors successfully ganging up on the biggest factor (ratings). In addition to DVD sales, streaming and DVR influences, Fox received some serious budget concessions from 20th TV and Whedon to continue the show, with 20th now shouldering a greater portion of the load. - Micah Webner

"I've had repairs done a couple of times here, including service on both cars within the past week. We've always had prompt, courteous service and repairs done right at a reasonable price. I'm a very…" - Micah Webner

ModSecurity is a web application firewall that can work either embedded or as a reverse proxy. It provides protection from a range of attacks against web applications and allows for HTTP traffic monitoring, logging and real-time analysis. It is also an open source project that aims to make the web application firewall technology available to everyone. - Micah Webner

"Kozy Koffee has some of the best coffee and espresso I have ever tasted. Their coffees are fresh roasted by their baristas who are clearly coffee fanatics. Eric, in particular, has an uncanny way of…" - Micah Webner

"Sparkies is okay, and I like to eat there from time to time, but I can never really get excited about it. Everything about it is good, but nothing really stands out for me as great." - Micah Webner

"Had lunch here while in the area for a conference. The Kona Encrusted Roast Beef sandwich was incredible. Had a Cafe Americano which was at least twice as good and half as expensive as what was…" - Micah Webner

"Like many others, recently stayed here for a conference, and the sheer size of this place was mind-boggling. Definitely worthwhile to schmooze the front desk into giving you a room facing the atrium.…" - Micah Webner

Make a person in your photo look like a model in a glossy magazine! Apply eye and skin makeup, whiten teeth, remove imperfections, and add a special touch to your photo with a dreamy soft focus effect. All enhancements are made automatically - just upload a photo and enjoy the magic change! - Micah Webner