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title: links for 2006-04-26
date: 2006-04-26T08:22:08Z
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- [GNULinuxupdatedw4.0.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024×849 pixels)](http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3370/2500/1600/GNULinuxupdatedw4.0.jpg)
    
    very useful explanation of where some of the Linux distros derive from, and what communities they rely on
    
    (tags: [desktop](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/desktop) [distribution](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/distribution) [distros](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/distros) [Linux](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Linux) [opensource](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/opensource) [community](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/community) [visualization](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/visualization) [image](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/image) [history](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/history))
- [» Truth is: Web Office takes more resources than Vista | George Ou | ZDNet.com](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=199)
    
    “web applications actually eat up more resources than Windows Vista” – wow. all i can say is that there are few people in this industry i disagree with as consistently as George Ou
    
    (tags: [Ou](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Ou) [Vista](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Vista) [resources](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/resources))
- [Google’s GData, MySQL, and the Future of on-line Databases (by Jeremy Zawodny)](http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006687.html)
    
    i’ve seen a couple of folks say this – Dare included – and i agree, it has Bosworth’s hands all over it; further, i think support for MySQL, Postgres, et al is hugely important – last, if you haven’t listened to the talk Zawodny alludes to, do
    
    (tags: [GData](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/GData) [Atom](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Atom) [Base](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Base) [RSS](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/RSS) [MySQL](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/MySQL) [Google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Google) [Bosworth](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Bosworth))
- [SummerOfCode2006 – General Wiki](http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCode2006#lucene-gdata-server)
    
    this is exactly the kind of thing i’m in favor of
    
    (tags: [GData](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/GData) [Apache](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Apache) [Lucene](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Lucene) [Atom](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Atom) [RSS](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/RSS) [store](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/store))
- [TruePath Technologies – Enterprise Monitoring Service Provider – Free WebSite Monitoring](http://www.truepathtechnologies.com/gcal.html)
    
    confirming yet again that if you want a vibrant platform, you need a good API, because no matter how big you get, you’re never as creative as the masses
    
    (tags: [administration](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/administration) [Ajax](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Ajax) [monitoring](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/monitoring) [networking](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/networking) [calendar](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/calendar) [API](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/API) [APIs](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/APIs) [Google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Google) [hacks](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hacks) [howto](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/howto) [Web2.0](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Web2.0))
- [Jeffrey Palermo \[C# MVP\] : Rocky gets it all wrong about Test-Driven Development (TDD) – level 200](http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeffrey.palermo/archive/2006/03/28/141920.aspx)
    
    interesting debate on TDD
    
    (tags: [test](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/test) [driven](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/driven) [development](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/development) [TDD](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/TDD) [Lhotka](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Lhotka) [programming](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/programming) [C#](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/C#) [VisualStudio](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/VisualStudio))
- [TelegramSam – Google Calendar SMS Tricks](http://telegramsam.googlepages.com/googlecalendarsmstricks)
    
    i can’t try this b/c i’m on Verizon; can someone out there who’s not give it a whirl and let me know if it works?
    
    (tags: [Verizon](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Verizon) [Google](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/Google) [calendar](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/calendar) [SMS](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/SMS) [notification](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/notification) [innovation](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/innovation) [hacks](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/hacks) [howto](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/howto) [mobile](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/mobile) [phone](http://del.icio.us/sogrady/phone))