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I arrived at my hotel in Vancouver, but my checked bag didn’t make it. It supposedly went out on the next flight (along with about 3 others from my flight) and it will be sent here later tonight.
Fort Lauderdale airport has the best free wireless internet. Unfortunately I had to connect through LAX.
LAX really sucks. [...]

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Get reCAPTCHA
reCAPTCHA helps prevent automated abuse of your site (such as comment spam or bogus registrations) by using a CAPTCHA to ensure that only humans perform certain actions. By using reCAPTCHA instead of other implementations, you are helping to digitize book
(tags: web tools security useful utility)

Convert RCS, CVS, SVN and VSS to VSTS (Visual Studio [...]

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Via UNEASYsilence:
According to Robbie Bach, Microsoft’s president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, Zune has already met the goal of 1.000.000 players sold, set at launch for the end of June. He also confirms that new Zune things will come in this fall, talks (not) about the Zune Phone, the new Watermelon Red Zune, the [...]

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LINA - open source everywhere
With LINA, a single executable written and compiled for Linux can be run with native look and feel on Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX operating systems.
(tags: virtualization linux Mac opensource)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-05-27″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/27/links-for-2007-05-27/” });

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Zoho API
The Zoho Application Programming Interface (API) lets anyone write their own program to pull Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet and Zoho Show data and work with the data in many possible ways.
(tags: Web2.0 API programming mashup)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-05-26″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/26/links-for-2007-05-26/” });

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WiiKitty.com
Even cats love the Wii!
(tags: cats cute Wii)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-05-25″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/25/links-for-2007-05-25/” });

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Monk Shui
Tidy up Monk’s home in this game. Notice the Wii remote on his desk.
(tags: game)

plain text wiki
Great TextMate plugin for creating a wiki as plain text files.
(tags: textmate mac osx wiki productivity)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-05-24″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/24/links-for-2007-05-24/” });

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After I installed the new security update, my MacBook Pro hung at startup twice. I rebooted in single user mode (cmd-S) and did an fsck, which found no damage, and I was able to finish booting. However, it now thinks Bluetooth isn’t available.

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Security Update 2007-005 is bad news”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/24/security-update-2007-005-is-bad-news/” });

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I found out yesterday that I have to go to Vancouver for work next week. I didn’t find out the details until today. I love Vancouver, but this is very short notice. Luckily my friend will be able to watch my cats, although this will be the longest they were away from me. I’m staying [...]

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I got rid of the e-commerce module, which was a big pain. Instead I’m now using Amazon product nodes and I created a custom content type for CD Baby products. The store is now a new view which simply shows all Amazon and CD Baby product nodes. I can easily add other affiliates with the [...]

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For the last few days I’ve been fighting with Microsoft VSTS to get my source code checked in. Whenever I try to get latest changes to my VMware shared folder, it always fails with error 1359. Just for fun, I tried using the virtual C drive instead of my Mac OS X home directory and [...]

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10 simple ways to save yourself from messing up your life - lifehack.org
(tags: lifehacks)

Keeping Drupal on Your Keychain
How go install Ubuntu Linux + Drupal on a bootable USB thumb drive.
(tags: drupal ubuntu firefox tutorial)

Ron Paul 2008
Ron is my second favorite candidate, after Obama. He’s the only Republican I would even consider voting for. Maybe [...]

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I’ve completed most of my enhancements to WorldBeatPlanet. The emphasis is on community and user’s content. I’m now allowing all registered users to have a blog and a member page and upload audio or video. The video module allows YouTube videos to be embedded as well as uploaded video files. Instead of stories, the primary [...]

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chumby
A very cool internet connected device that displays widgets and can be used anywhere in the home. Use it as an alarm clock, etc.
(tags: gadgets wishlist wireless)

Jon Holato:Why I Really Prefer Mac Over PC
A long-time PC user tells about why he switched to the Mac - Macs provide a better overall computing experience.
(tags: Mac)

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I’ve been working on more features for WorldBeatPlanet. One of the enhancements I just added is Digg-style voting using the DrupalIt module. I also made a new logo and added a right sidebar for top picks, user pages, and recent posts.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “New WorldBeatPlanet Features”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/18/new-worldbeatplanet-features/” });

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AUTOMATOR.US
Great collection of automator actions, workflows, and information.
(tags: osx reference automator applescript)

RetailMeNot.com
When you shop online, plug the website’s URL into RetailMeNot and check for any available deals.
(tags: shopping deals useful)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-05-18″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/18/links-for-2007-05-18/” });

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Hitler or Falwell!
This is a simple game of Godwin’s law. Guess if a quote is by Hitler or Jerry Falwell.
(tags: politics humor religion game)

MacUser: Breaking down 52 ways to speed up your Mac
Most of the supposed methods of speeding up a Mac are bogus. Reparing permissions is like waving a dead chicken over it.
(tags: macosx [...]

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I’ve been thinking of reviving my old domain name ShareYourMusic.com (which used to redirect to WorldBeatPlanet) in connection with the new changes I’m making to WorldBeatPlanet. When I checked it today I discovered that it’s now parked at a ‘domain for sale’ page by a domain squatter, and they want at least $2500 to buy [...]

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I’ve upgraded this site to WordPress 2.2 using DreamHost’s one-click installer. Nothing broke - all of my plugins and themes still work. It now uses the built-in widget feature instead of the sidebar widgets plugin.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Upgraded to WordPress 2.2″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/05/17/upgraded-to-wordpress-22/” });

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Via Boing Boing: A simple game of Godwin’s Law. Guess whether each of these quotes is by Hitler or Jerry Falwell.

My feelings as a Christian point me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter.

This ‘turn the other cheek’ business is all well and good but it’s not what Jesus fought and died [...]

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