Safari 3.1 on Windows: a true competitor arrives (seriously)

If you have issues with IE and its "standards" compliance, check out the newest version of Safari for Windows. It gets pushed to your PC if you run the Apple upgrade manager, and while it has it's share of issues (no ActiveX, which in not a bad think when you think about it), it's highly standards-compliant, and fast, which makes it a nice browser after all.
Check out he short overview on Ars Technica:
Safari 3.1 on Windows: a true competitor arrives (seriously)

101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site - Inside CRM

Great set of tips for the web developers and site owners...

101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site - Inside CRM

Linux.com :: phpMyBackupPro: No simpler backup for MySQL

One of the best MySQL backup tools out there. Requires only a web server to install, and performs backups on schedule via shell scripts, as well as manual backups.
That's what you need for your site!

Linux.com :: phpMyBackupPro: No simpler backup for MySQL

Joomla! 1.5.1 Security Release

Joomla team jest made a security release 1.5.1 available. It fixes a high priority vulnerability, so get your copy now:

Joomla!

A history of the Amiga, part 6: stopping the bleeding: Page 1

The story keeps going... :-)

A history of the Amiga, part 6: stopping the bleeding: Page 1

Stephen Hawking's Quotations - The Land Salmon :: Lifestyle :: Fashion :: Music :: Design :: Nightlife

Some great quotations from the GREAT mind:

Stephen Hawking's Quotations

Sun Snaps Up Database Firm, MySQL - Forbes.com

Sun Snaps Up Database Firm, MySQL - Forbes.com

now... that's an interesting news. MySQL runs a big chunk of the Internet (think all the "small" hosting businesses), so thins has impact all over, and suddenly, Sun is a big database player.

Get the whole album from Picasa...

Here is a great Bash script (sorry, Windows users... you can still run it under CygWin), which will get contents of the whole Picasa album without using Picasa desktop software. How great is that! You can run it in the background, or just set up a cron jub, and the download all the pics at night.

A Bash Script to Download Entire PicasaWeb Albums

A History of Amiga - Part 5

Here is the next part in the series:

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/amiga-history-part-5.ars/1

... and the light at the end of the tunnel gets dimmer :-)

Free Linux eBooks

Learn more about Linux with these (free) e-books:

Free Linux eBooks

Some are short, some are huge, all well worth of your time, if you want to learn more.