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[Graphics] An awesome Blender 3D Tutorial Wikibook!
Blender 3D: Noob to Pro is a great, free tutorial for the free, open source Blender 3D graphics modeling and rendering software. I still cannot believe how little press and attention Blender 3D gets. To me, it's the coolest gift the open source community has yet made to those heroic independent graphic artists who strive to create great computer art without access to a huge corporate budget. Well, the GIMP was another such gift, but Blender 3D rocks! If this tutorial makes Blender 3D more accessible to CG artists who haven't tried it yet, that would be a huge win.
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[SoftDev] Thinking toward Web 2.0
An interesting post titled Thinking in Web 2.0: Sixteen Ways in Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog somehow stood out in today's readings. It seems to be keeping company with a number of other interesting articles on Web 2.0. Worth checking out in greater depth, I think.
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[Languages] LSharp, a new .NET Lisp-like scripting language
From the ancestral line of Lisp, we now have another new scripting language for .NET. LSharp "uses a Lisp dialect similar to Arc." LSharp is Open Source (GPL). More information is available on Rob Blackwell's Web Log.
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[Languages] Zonnon, a new .NET language
Descending from the heritage of Pascal, Modula-2, and Oberon, Zonnon is a new language for .NET. According to the Zonnon website, "It retains an emphasis on simplicity, clear syntax and separation of concerns whilst focusing on concurrency and ease of composition and expression. Unification of abstractions is at the heart of its design and this is reflected in its conceptual model based on modules, objects, definitions and implementations. Zonnon offers a new computing model based on active objects with their interaction defined by syntax controlled dialogs. It also introduces new features including operator overloading and exception handling, and is specifically designed to be platform independent."
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[Tools] PocketMod - Little White Notebooks for You and Me
I am happy to introduce PocketMod, "the free disposable personal organizer," one of the coolest little inventions I have seen in some time. For years I have folded up 8.5 * 11 inch paper in varoius ways to make myself little notepads I could carry around in my back pocket or shirt pocket. I am furious with myself that I wasn't smart enough to do what the creator of PocketMod did! No, I'm not going to spoil the fun; you have to go there to find out what this is all about.
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[Database] New! IBM DB2 Express-C - Free!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!The venerable IBM has set a somewhat simplified version of it's workhorse database, DB2, free. Check out IBM DB2 Express-C for Linux and Windows. -
[Tools] New! VMware Server is now free!
In addition to the already free VMWare Player, VMware has just announced that they will now offer VMware Server for free. While targeted at "users new to server virtualization technology," VMware Server may meet the basic virtualization needs of a lot of us. VMware hopes that most serious users will ultimately migrate upwards to their more enterprise-level products. For details, see the VMware Server Beta FAQ.If you want to be able to run Windows and Linux operating systems and applications on the same physical server - whether for testing, debugging, or other purposes - you will probably want to have a look at VMware's not-so-little gift, VMware Server. -
[Tools] Developers - IE 7 Beta is available
Microsoft has posted the IE 7 Beta for Windows XP SP2.Enjoy! -
[Tools] Get a free Wiki at PBWiki.com
I like to use wikis for a number of reasons. If you need a wiki or just want to experiment with one, I can personally recommend PBwiki as a good choice. A basic is free, with registration, and if you need more than that, they do have a premium plan. Their tagline is: "PBwiki makes creating a wiki as easy as making a peanut butter sandwich." They're right.