links for 2006-01-17

interesting way to compare programming languages: to describe each in terms of the problem it fixes. The surprising thing is how many, and how well, languages can be described this way.

gtd-php is an open source, web-based implementation of the Getting Things Done (GTD) personal organization system. It is written in PHP and MySQL, and assumes the pages are served using Apache.

Dr. King's life and death recalled in images

The goal of this project is to create a portable, simple but effective RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) implementation with common User infrastructure and models for Rails (an open-source web framework written in Ruby)

The idea for Project Rogue Server A.K.A. Project Silver was started after an interesting conversation I had with a friend of mine. I had this dead ups lying around and didn't know what to do with it. So we threw some ideas back and forth and the one that

The Octopus Engine attempts to unify techniques for rounded corners, drop shadows, custom borders and faux columns, all in one pretty package. It’s an all-in-one, one in all approach, encompassing whatever effects one needs.

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