9 Items for February 2008


Link2008 Feb 02

Blueprint Grid CSS Generator

A grid generator for Blueprint CSS that lets you specify number of columns, column width, gutter width, and overall page width. It then generates the grids.css file in both normal and compressed versions, and a grid.png file for testing. Nicely done.

Link2008 Feb 12

Fabric

Fabric is a simple pythonic remote deployment tool. This looks like a good Capistrano replacement for Python deployment.

Link2008 Feb 13

Hackszine.com: HOW TO Create an Encrypted Disk Image in OS X

I just read about a story of someone's laptop being stolen with their tax information on it. I've got TurboTax running on my laptop while I work on my tax return. Now it's AES-256 encrypted: There's a feature built into OS X that will allow you to create AES encrypted disk images. You can use this to create mountable, encrypted virtual drives, or even burn password protected CDs.

Link2008 Feb 14

Synthesia, Piano for Everyone

It's like Guitar Hero but for learning Piano. Best use is with a midi keyboard. It's open source and has a Mac build.

Link2008 Feb 21

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Someone digs into the Library of Congress to really look at what bills were introduced by Clinton and Obama, and based on that, who should one vote for. Actions speak louder than words.

Link2008 Feb 22

Five great auditory illusions

Auditory illusions can help us understand the workings of the brains - listen to five of the most striking examples

Link2008 Feb 26

Subversion Tools and Contrib

Some interesting tools and scripts for Subversion.

Link2008 Feb 26

BIL Conference - Minds Set Free.

Foo Camp : Bar Camp :: TED Conference : BIL Conference. Love the Bill & Ted reference.

Link2008 Feb 28

iCalendar package for Python

This looks to be a pretty nice iCal package. I need something like this for our homebrew club's events list.