Warm Fuzzies for WordPress
Posted by adam in Interesting
WordPress is an excellent example of a well-run Free Software project.
Public pages on coding standards, WordPress IRC, and reporting bugs are clear, comprehensive, and elegant. Installation and upgrading are straightforward: explained in both “5-minute” and “detailed” forms. They use Trac, an awesome bug tracking system.
I can’t say much about the source except to say that what I’ve seen is simple and coherent. Database interaction, for instance, is abstracted in a way that makes sense. Ohloh has some more useful details and statistics.
Thank You Gmane
Posted by adam in Interesting
I like the old tradition of going around the room and saying what you’re thankful for on this day. Today I’m thankful for Gmane!
Gmane is a free service which archives public mailing lists and provides various handy ways to browse and keep up to date without having to clog up your inbox. Gmane doesn’t host mailing lists, and in not doing so upholds the important virtue of doing less and doing it well. Here are the killer features, in my humble opinion:
- import of existing legacy archives
- all gmane.org content is completely spiderable/crawlable by search engines
Anyone can suggest the addition of mailing lists.
Tusen Takk, Lars, and viva Norway!
Liger: Laugh or Cry?
Posted by adam in Odd
As in, I don’t know whether to. But in these situations I always have a default, and it is laugh, of course!
Mifos NYT Spot
Posted by adam in Fun, Interesting, Work
Mifos was mentioned in the New York Times yesterday. The big news is that I.B.M. is having 10 software engineers work on the project. Can’t wait to meet ‘em!
Mifos In Action
Posted by adam in Interesting, Work
Check out this map of Mifos deployments (created by Sam). Nice!
Folding: No Excuse
Posted by adam in Fun, Interesting, Odd
From the old-news-but-still-relevant-and-fun department…
How to fold a t-shirt in one or two seconds (mirror). If this doesn’t make you want to fold a t-shirt, nothing will.