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• SMS to GCal
  (tags: SMS calendar cellphone google gmail gcal)
• Grub’s Distributed Web Crawling Project
  Grub started back in 2000 with a simple concept of distributing part of the search process pipeline: crawling. In a way, we were a bit ahead of our time, but our intention then was what it is now. We want to help fix search.
  Now, with the help of Wikia, c
  (tags: search grub crawler)

• 118,254 RSS feeds (Scripting News)
  persai.com
  (tags: persai feeds ai scripting_news)
• freshmeat.net: Project details for MediaTomb
  (tags: Upnp media_server audio)

• Apophysis.org
  (tags: editor fractal free generator images graphics fractals)
• UW CSE and ICSI Web Integrity Checker
  (tags: web advertising ISP)

• YSlow for Firebug
  YSlow analyzes web pages and tells you why they’re slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the popular Firebug web development tool.
  (tags: webdev analysis)
• Must-have Windows utilities for 20 essential tasks
  (tags: windows resources utilities)

AnswerTipsTM are small information bubbles that define any word when double-clicked. An AnswerTips-enabled site or blog means visitors get fast facts on 4 million topics provided by Answers.com when they double-click on any word, without opening a new browser or following outbound links. AnswerTips deliver instant definitions, explanations and facts including biographies, tech terms, geography, pop culture and much more.

AnswerTips™: Information from Answers.com

This is pretty cool. It puts a javascript wrapper around a page and when a word is double clicked info is grabbed from answers.com and displayed in a little bubble. It works pretty well. For an example, check this out on my CALI dev site and double click on your favorite legal term for a bit of a definition. Pretty neat.

technorati tags:answertips

CommentPress is an open source theme for the WordPress blogging engine that allows readers to comment paragraph by paragraph in the margins of a text.

CommentPress

This remarkable Wordpress plugin is being developed by the Institute for the Future of the Book.  It adds a high level of interactivity and coinversation to Wordpress blogs by allow for comments at the paragraph level with the comments displayed in a floating window.  I think the implications for this in education are astounding.  Imagine providing a text that be readily commented on, paragraph by paragraph by students and teachers.

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• freshmeat.net: Project details for Privateer Gemini Gold
  (tags: games)
• Xaraya :: Welcome
  Xaraya is a cutting edge open source framework (written in PHP) on which developers can create sophisticated web applications and designers enjoy considerable flexibility.
  (tags: php webdev framework)
• Building the ultimate Linux-based music server
  (tags: linux DIY music audio)