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Marco Tabini’s has taken it upon himself to set up a repository for PHP case studies. A noble cause, so help him out.

This presentation by Cal Henderson is an intersting read on the latest hip big & scalable PHP implementation. Some people are even suggesting we are are seeing the start of a standard PHP application architecture.
flickr_php.pdf (application/pdf Object)

The Wordpress 1.2.1 release i installed is missing the xmlrpc.php file making it’s BlogAPI unavailable. Get it from the 1.2 release and copy it to your WP root dir.

Switched to Wordpress today. Really no reason for me to still be using Blogger and Wordpress is what all the bloggers of the programmer variety seem to be using so it should be reasonably good. At least i am finally hosting my own content.

The template is still an out-of-the-box one i found here. But i’ll fix that soon enough.

BugMeNot.com

Wired 12.10: The Long Tail: “Unlimited selection is revealing truths about what consumers want and how they want to get it in service after service, from DVDs at Netflix to music videos on Yahoo! Launch to songs in the iTunes Music Store and Rhapsody. People are going deep into the catalog, down the long, long list of available titles, far past what’s available at Blockbuster Video, Tower Records, and Barnes & Noble. And the more they find, the more they like. As they wander further from the beaten path, they discover their taste is not as mainstream as they thought (or as they had been led to believe by marketing, a lack of alternatives, and a hit-driven culture).”

William Gibson: “President Bush goes to an elementary school to talk about the war.

After his talk, he offers to answer questions. One little boy puts up his hand and the president asks him his name.

‘I’m Billy, sir.’

‘And what’s your question, Billy?’

‘I have three questions, sir. Why did the US invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Why are you President when Al Gore got more votes? And whatever happened to Osama Bin Laden?’

Just then the bell rings for recess. Bush announces that they’ll continue after recess.

When they return, Bush asks, ‘OK, where were we? Question time! Who has a question?’

Another little boy raises his hand. The president asks his name.

‘I’m Steve, sir.’

‘And what’s your question, Steve?’

‘I have five questions, sir. Why did the US invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Why are you President when Al Gore got more votes? Whatever happened to Osama Bin Laden? Why did the recess bell go off twenty minutes early? And what the heck happened to Billy?’ “

WCG 2004 Grand Final Medals. How the hell did we beat the koreans?