Open Source Databases Review (3 Parts). Shane McChesney reviews several Open Source databases (SAP DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, mSQL, Berkeley DB, Interbase). Part2 Part3 [PHP Everywhere]
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Smarty 2 released – the PHP compiling template engine
Smarty 2 released – the PHP compiling template engine. This release is a huge milestone for Smarty. Most notable new things are a plugin architecture, removal of PEAR dependency, and optimizations that drastically improve the performance (see benchmarks) of Smarty in most cases. The plugin architecture allows modifiers, custom functions, compiler functions, prefilters, postfilters, resources,… Continue reading Smarty 2 released – the PHP compiling template engine
The Internet Amenity
The Internet Amenity “Within 10 or 15 years’ time, practically every computer and every handheld device will be online all the time. What many people don’t realize, however, is that this visionary network is increasingly up and running today. And it doesn’t even require any new technology, business models or significant investment. Indeed, if there… Continue reading The Internet Amenity
Rural Area Have-nots Lose Out on the Net
Rural Area Have-nots Lose Out on the Net “The internet revolution has created a new underclass of people in rural and remote areas who are being excluded from the brave new world of teleworking, virtual shopping and online public services by lack of access to technology. That is the conclusion of research, to be published… Continue reading Rural Area Have-nots Lose Out on the Net
Dave P.
Dave P. says: “If you're looking to get wireless in libraries, the simplest solution is probably to get some local nerds to stop by on a Saturday afternoon and hook up a donated Airport Base Station or two. Much easier than trying to find a tech-person on a regular basis, or trying to procure the… Continue reading Dave P.
The Sacred Heart Palm Project
The Sacred Heart Palm Project “Walk into the main hall at the Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (CSH) in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood on any given Monday morning and you’ll see a huddle of students holding their Palm IIIc PDAs toward a wall-mounted, infrared beaming station. Like bees around a hive, the… Continue reading The Sacred Heart Palm Project
This Is a Real Quest for Maps
This Is a Real Quest for Maps “When David Rumsey decided to take his private collection of 19th and 20th century maps public, even the world's largest library couldn't handle the load. So, rather than donate his vast collection of 150,000 maps to the Library of Congress, Rumsey decided to put it online. The result… Continue reading This Is a Real Quest for Maps
For Real Singles, Chastity Is Hardly the Tough Part
40 days and 40 nights or… Hollywood, Lent and Abstinence. L.A. Times: For Real Singles, Chastity Is Hardly the Tough Part “Hollywood has it all wrong. Abstinence is easy because finding the right person isn't.” [2020 Hindsight]
Nothing is as simple as it seems
Joel on Software: Nothing is as simple as it seems. “…if you think you can refactor your wrongly-implemented file-copy function to make it preemptive rather than threaded as quickly as I could write that sentence, you're in deep denial.” [Archipelago]
The Top Librarian Personalities On The Web
The Top Librarian Personalities On The Web “The LISNews.com Top Librarian Personalities on the Web, is a list of people that, for one reason or another, have stood out in the crowded field of online librarians.” [at LIS News, via Library Stuff] See – a crowded field. We're actually everywhere, even though you're just now… Continue reading The Top Librarian Personalities On The Web