RSS update – 25 August 2007

I am back with another update after a hectic week back at week.  Why does everything come to a standstill when one goes on leave?

So here it is:

• Great insightful reads –
  • Re-inventing the Corporate Research Lab — Irving Wladawsky-Berger
• Space —
  • The top 10 views of Earth from space
• WordPress —
  • Under Construction page
  • Making WordPress themes II : The Loop
  • Making WordPress themes III : template hierarchy
• Internet —
  • Japanese Researchers Aim to Replace the Internet
  • Shuttleworth appointed to InfraCo board
• Linux —
  • Power Up Your Linux Desktop With Compiz Fusion
  • Linus Torvalds Speaks Out on Future of Linux
• Free/Open Source software I use or recommend ([[caution]]:  some of these are beta and I take no responsibility when something goes wrong when you use it) —
  • Ad-Aware 2007 Reference File 0016.0000
  • AutoRuns 8.73
  • Free Download Manager 2.5 Build 703
  • Pidgin 2.1.1 — replace all you IM clients with one tool
  • Ad-Aware 2007 Free 7.0.1.6 Updated — this is the program itself, one above is the ref file.
  • AVG Free Edition 7.5.484a1103
  • Adobe Flash Player [Moviestar] 9.0.60.184 Beta
  • 7-Zip (32-bit) 4.53 Alpha 2 alpha
• Facebook —
  • Facebook Messaging just got better…
• IBM —
  • IBM ThinkPad – The End of an Era?
  • Changes afoot in Lotus Sametime 8
• Hobby Projects —
  • Create a Bootable Home Theater PC with GeeXboX
• PHP and Web Development —
  • Developing applications with Project Zero: Get started with Project Zero and PHP
  • phpMyAdmin 2.11.0 is released

It is flower season in the Northern Cape so some flower beauty for you. Click on the image for some more photos and information.

Photos courtesy of Heleen Paxton in Strandfontein. Regards from Namaqualand, Daisy Tel; 027 692 3041 www.hondeklip.co.za

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