Screwing over your customers with that attention to detail

I'm not the biggest fan of Microsoft. Sure. But, this is simply insane, if true. This has never previously been the case, and I'm not sure what you're supposed to do if something goes wrong with your shiny new version of Vista.

"Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key January 29th, 2007 by Blair If you choose to purchase an upgrade version of Windows Vista to upgrade XP, you will no longer be able to use that version of XP. Either on another system, or as a dual-boot option.

The key will be invalidated, preventing activation. From Vista’s EULA found here (PDF) :

13. UPGRADES. To use upgrade software, you must first be licensed for the software that is eligiblefor the upgrade. Upon upgrade, this agreement takes the place of the agreement for the software you upgraded from. After you upgrade, you may no longer use the software you upgraded from.

For many people this may not be a problem, but it’s a change from earlier versions of Windows."

Link to original story:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/tech/vista-upgrade-invalidates-your-xp-key/74/

Frameworks Extravaganza

Django

Dojo

Moo.fx
moo.fx is a superlightweight, ultratiny, megasmall javascript effects library, to be used with prototype.js or the mootools framework.

Mootools (NICE website)
MooTools is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented javascript framework designed to make writing extensible and compatible code easier and faster. MooTools lets you get the job done efficiently and effectively.

Prado PHP Framework
"PRADO^TM is a component-based and event-driven programming framework for developing Web applications in PHP 5."

Prototype

Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.

Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, Prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for web application developers everywhere.

Ruby on Rails

script.aculo.us
script.aculo.us provides you witheasy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly.

Spry framework for ajax (from Adobe)
The Spry framework for Ajax is a JavaScript library for web designers that provides functionality that allows designers to build pages that provide a richer experience for their users. It is designed to bring Ajax to the web design community who can benefit from Ajax, but are not well served by other frameworks.

Symfony PHP framework
Based on the best practices of web development, thoroughly tried on several active websites, symfony aims to speed up the creation and maintenance of web applications, and to replace the repetitive coding tasks by power, control and pleasure.

Turbogears

JQuery

jQuery is a new type of JavaScript library.jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages.

jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.

Yahoo! UI Library (YUI)
The Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. The YUI Library also includes several core CSS resources. All components in the YUI Library have been released as open source under a BSD license and are free for all uses.

Zend

Make your own palm pilot (kinda)...

If the Palm Pilot went B.C. ...

Blog post: http://weblog.bignerdranch.com/?p=23

In the spirit of a couple posts ago, a nice recap of GTD-related postings from 43 Folders

Merlin Mann has posted a nice recent post "Getting Things Done: Recap for ‘07" that details some of his more successful posts over the last year. Interesting read if you're into this stuff. Even if you're not and just interested in the general topic of life organization or GTD in general, I'd recommend it.

Personally, I'm fascinated by the topic of people dealing with and relating to technology and how it impacts our daily lives. It impacts us in so many ways that it's worth thinking about.