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Why2.0?

BTW, don’t confuse When with Where 2.0, which was an O’Reilly conference in June in SF. Of course now we’re all waiting for What 2.0, and then we can roll around to the 3.0’s.

Scripting News: 12/6/2005

What we really need is Why2.0?, a non-conference that looks at just what the heck it is that we are doing anyway and makes us explain ourselves at the risk of losing funding.  Reminds me of a prof  my wife had years ago who was fond of saying ‘technology is the answer, what’s the question?’  So how about it? Why2.0? in Atlanta in the spring.  BTW, no google hits for why2.0 yet, so maybe I’m on to something:)

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Walmart Expands IT

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will add 250 new IT jobs during the next year, filling the majority of the positions with new college graduates rather than experienced IT veterans. The retail giant also plans to promote about 25% of the IT personnel already on board.

Wal-Mart to add 250 IT jobs, expand online presence – Computerworld

Of course you’ll need to relocte to Bentonville, Ark. since most of the jobs are at HQ and “salaries and housing costs are lower than in other parts of the country“.

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Wikipedia Struggles for Credibility

Following two fairly high profile incidents regarding the anonymous editing of articles on the popular open-source online reference tool Wikipedia, the site said that it would make changes to how it operates to prevent future problems.

BetaNews | Wikipedia Changes Editing Rules

Only registered users will be able to create articles, but anonymous users will still be able to edit.  I just don’t see why Wikipedia can’t get a basic registration for both creators and editors.  If you are going to say soemthing for the world to hear, at least stand up let us know who you are.

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links for 2005-12-05

  • Snakelets
    Snakelets is a very simple-to-use Python web application server. It provides a threaded web server (you don’t have to provide a web server such as Apache yourself), Ypages (Python HTML template language, similar to Java’s JSPs) and Snakelets: code-centric
    (tags: opensource python web webapp)
  • Password Generator
    (tags: password generator)
  • SourceForge.net: McGeekCode
    McGeekCode is a light, fast, apache php mysql based CMS with RSS reader, gallery and gallery commenting, boards, content ownership, user management and a simple interface.
    (tags: mysql php CMS blog)
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links for 2005-12-04

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Audacity 1.3 Gets Podcast Friendly Features

Audacity: Audacity 1.3: Other features – The beta release of Audacity 1.3 brings a host of great features to this open source audio editor including FTP upload and speech-optimized batch processing.  These 2 features alone will make Audacity a key tool for podcasters.  I’ve been recommending Audcaity for those who want to record their Classcaster podcasts locally, and will certainly add these new features to that pitch.

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Firefox 1.5 Released

Firefox 1.5 also adds support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), JavaScript 1.6 and new versions of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). SVG is a language based on XML for writing sophisticated, two-dimensional graphics, and JavaScript 1.6 is the latest version of the scripting language. CSS is a World Wide Web Consortium standard for adding style elements, such as fonts, colors and spacing, to Web documents

Mozilla releases Firefox 1.5 on schedule – Computerworld

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Stardock Launches WindowBlinds 5

One of the most anticipated features in Windows Vista is its redesigned user interface that features glass-like title bars and alpha blended windows. But with the upgrade a year away, Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 to offer Windows XP users the same capabilities right now.

BetaNews | WindowBlinds 5 Brings Vista UI to XP

I’ve always thought WindowsBlinds was cool but a bit heavy on the resources.  The new version claims that no additional resources are needed and it loads as an extension to the XP UI.

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