links for 2005-12-17

Ubuntu-Server 5.10 (Breezy Badger) A new item for Ubuntu, a distribution that installs all the server components necessary for a licensed hosting envirionment. (tags: download Linux server Ubuntu) TextMate Manual Mac OSX coders rejoice, the Macromates TextMate Manual has arrived just in time as they put the final touches on 1.1. (tags: Apple apps editor…

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Mistaking Style for Design

“Many young web designers view their craft the way I used to view pop culture. It’s cool or it’s crap. They mistake Style for Design, when the two things are not the same at all. Design communicates on every level. It tells you where you are, cues you to what you can do, and facilitates…

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Why AMD-MHz Doesn’t Equal Intel-MHz

Geek.com has a great article on why not all processors are created equal. It’s worth reading. Take a look. Geek.com : “…for an Intel processor to add A to B and store the result in A, it has to do 20 or 31 things. For AMD to complete the same workload, the processor only has…

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links for 2005-12-16

Really Getting Started in Rails A really great explanation inside Ruby on Rails and some of it’s idiosyncraies. (tags: design developer framework howto Information Rails Ruby rubyonrails web2.0 webdev programming tutorial web reference) Top 12 Ruby on Rails Tutorials A list of 12 great articles on RoR and where to find them. (tags: rubyonrails programming…

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Just Put It In Your Scrapbook

I’ve been using Microsoft’s Entourage at work as my email program of choice on the Mac (I use Mail.app at home) and I’ve really come to like some of the features that set it apart from Outlook. Among them is a cool little feature called “Scrapbook”. “Use the Scrapbook to collect and store multiple items…

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IE7 Coming To XP In Early 2006

Here’s a little something I found over on the MS Internet Explorer teams blog. There’ll be a WindowsXP release of IE7 early next year. IE Blog: “We’ll post an updated pre-release build of IE7 for Windows XP publicly – no MSDN membership required – during the first calendar quarter of 2006.”

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USB Bluetooth 2.0 Adapters Available From IOGEAR

The Mac Observer is reporting that IOGEAR is offering new Bluetooth adapters that have a range of up to 330 feet. The Mac Observer: “IOGEAR announced the immediate availability of its new USB Bluetooth 2.0 adapters on Monday. The adapters connect to a standard USB port, allowing up to seven Bluetooth devices to connect at…

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MarsEdit Beta Rocks!

To everyone who worked on the new MarsEdit beta: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. How many times can you say ‘thank you’ to people who listen to what you want, know what you want, and then make it? All the new features…

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