Joe Millionaire Picks ...

While I don't normally drop in huge amounts of pop culture here, this is just too good not to take advantage of.

Just in case you didn't hear, Joe picked Zora!!! 

And didn't you want to:

1. Smack Fox for all the commercials right before he picked?
2. Beat Heidi with a sack of wet cement?
3. Smack Fox again for last week?

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The New Blogger

Too damn funny.  Recommended if you're geeky / bloggy.  [_Go_]

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What Code Orange Does...

I have to think that this incident in Chicago wouldn't have happened if we hadn't spent the past week hearing about duct tape and plastic sheeting:

CHICAGO –– A disturbance at a crowded Chicago night club early Monday sent people rushing for the exits in a scramble that left at least 14 dead, police said.

...

There were more than 1,500 people in the two-story Epitome Night Club when someone released pepper spray or Mace into the air some time after 2 a.m., Fire Commander Will Knight said. [_Go_]

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Outlook and RSS

Very cool.  Allows you to use Outlook Public Folders via an RSS feed.  Thanks to Scoble for alerting me and Scott for doing it.  [_Go_]

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Error Handling, Apache and PHP

I'm on record as using this for my sites so here's a good tutorial that I can endorse fully:

Using PHP and Apache, you can turn your "Page Not Found" messages into more than bland error reports. You can serve an alternate page based on the name of the page that was not found, create a page on the fly from a database, or send an email about the missing page to a webmaster. [_Go_]

How else do you think you got this beautiful picture?  True there are a lot more things I could have done with it (which are covered in this tutorial).

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Integrating DreamWeaver and PHP

Since this came out a week ago (I feel so behind!), I suspect a lot of you have seen this but for those that haven't, here's a good article on DreamWeaver and PHP:

... but MX finally offered a simple tool for rapidly building database-driven sites using two widely-supported open source technologies: PHP and MySQL.

Unfortunately, if you've used Dreamweaver MX to build ASP, ColdFusion, or JSP sites, you'll notice that the program's PHP offerings fall a bit short. Some standard features, such as password-protecting web pages, or options for formatting dates and numbers, are missing from Dreamweaver's PHP server model. To add insult to injury, if you want to get some of that missing functionality, you'll have to shell out $99 for Macromedia's Developer Resource Kit Volume 2--an add-on that also includes new tools for other Macromedia products such as Flash, Fireworks, and ColdFusion MX.

But there's no need to settle for less, or shell out money for features that should have come with the program. With a little time spent browsing the web, you'll be able to bring Dreamweaver's PHP support up to speed, for free. [_Go_] (emphasis mine)

Note: I'm not a DreamWeaver fan or user as the UI gives me hives so I can't comment in detail on it but it seems right.

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Hijacking Referrer Traffic

Kasia tells us how to highjack referrer traffic.  Since I don't display referrers, I've never really followed this but it is interesting.  And make sure to read Filip's comment -- we all too often forget this.  [_Go_]

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Cold Fusion versus PHP

I just picked up some work (Pro Bono; sigh but for a good cause) doing Cold Fusion work and this resource (albeit quite dated) helped me wrap my head around it.  It is also STILL the top resource for "PHP versus Cold Fusion" via Google which is quite impressive for a 2 12 year old technology article on web development.  Testament to Google's ranking of weblogged content.  [_Go_]

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YATE Again

From Toraca I found YATE (yet another templating engine).  No clue how it is although I do like the name and the "character".  They do seem to have done a good job with looping constructs, always one of the harder aspects of a templating system.  [_Go_]

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Puppetry of the [Not Going to Say It]

I can't believe that this is coming to Boston.  Its tempting to go just so I could say around the watercooler that I went but ... Oh that's right -- I work from home.  No watercooler.  Well I could tell the cats but I suspect they'd just give me the same quizzical look they give me when I talk to them.  [_Go_]

Sidenote: I actually tried the Ticketmaster link to price tickets and not only was it expensive ($95 approx for 2) but why did I have to prove I was human twice?  Can't they remember?  TicketMaster has implemented a "type in this graphical bit of text to prove you're a real human" feature.  Have they not heard of cookies or session IDs?  Annoying!

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RSS and TiVo

Phil has good comments on why RSS is like TiVo.  Interesting. [_Go_]

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