Sam’s random musings

Freelance Freedom #14:

If you like it visit the site check out some of the content, some great info, and funny comics too

(Via Freelance Switch.)

My Wife’s Intern is Officially Fired:

inspired by will….

(Via weblogged News.)

1. the one you order for someone, have shipped to your house, then send to them

2. the one your little brother gets as a gift (I usually get bupkis)

and as a side note, if you are in my family and have an iPhone you will get no free support from me! (unless you get me one too

Coca-Cola Happiness Factory:

Very cool, enjoy the fun short clip

Cory Miller: The First 5 Essential Tweaks He Does in a WordPress Blog Installation. Moltn: Six Tips On Writing Content For Search Engines. If that doesn’t work, use lots of dirty words

(Via Freelance Switch.)

FLVIX is a free online video converter. It converts video into formats like .AVI, .MOV, .3GP, .MP4, .MP4 for free, online.

(Via Ajax Blog.)

Fake Name Generator believes in supporting the development community. To achieve this goal, we provide free bulk generated identity files. Please use the form below to place your order.

What’s YSlow?:

It’s an extension to Firebug (yes, correct, Firebug, not Firefox) that helps with performance optimization efforts. It scores your page on the scale A to F, based on compliance with Yahoo’s performance rules. It’s a tool that has been used internally at Yahoo and is now released to the world.

(Via Ajaxian Blog.)

Ajax, DTrace and Where They Meet

The article walks you through setting up dtrace on an an Ajax tracing example and then goes into detail on tracing Ajax and Java call flow where they are tracing the call flow of the JavaScript functions and the Java servlet methods, which responds to the Ajax calls using the script:

(Via Ajaxian Blog.)

The Discovery Channel is using Sharkrunners, an online game, to teach people what it’s like to be a marine biologist who is tracking sharks. The game play is easy to play, but original

(Via O’Reilly Radar.)

Feature: 5 Ways to Optimize AJAX in Ruby on Rails

(Via Vitamin.)

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DatePicker using Prototype and ScriptaculousYou’ll find here the code and instructions for a datepicker widget using Prototype and Scriptaculous librairies.

Inspect your Equipment:

This picture is amazing (Thanks K-Man) - the result of what happens when a small crack decides to propegate quickly. In all seriousness - inspect your bike’s frame and fork every once and a while. It’s part of good overall bike maintenance.

(Via Bike Hugger.)

Donut Czar : CakePHP 1.2 Helper Function Examples: Nice examples for Time, Number, Html, Form