Open Layers

OpenLayers is a pure JavaScript library for displaying map data in most modern web browsers, with no server-side dependencies. OpenLayers implements a (still-developing) JavaScript API for building rich web-based geographic applications, similar to the Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth APIs, with one important difference -- OpenLayers is Free Software, developed for and by the Open Source software community.

XUL at FOSDEM 2006

XUL, the XML User Interface Language, is an XML user interface markup language developed by the Mozilla project. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUL) Licence : Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs2.5 Download : http://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/FOSDEM/2006/FOSDEM2006-XUL.avi

Linear Optimization with the GNU Linear Programming Kit

The GNU Linear Programming Kit is a powerful, proven tool for solving numeric problems with multiple constraints. Get an introduction to GLPK, the glpsol client utility, and the GNU MathProg language to help find the best solutions to complex numeric problems. Then, learn to solve optimizing operations for Giapetto's Woodcarving Inc.

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Οι Ινδιάνοι της Αμερικής

Πληροφορίες για τους Ινδιάνους της Αμερικής

Easy Survey Package in PHP

PHP scripts to let non-technical users create surveys, administer surveys, gather results, view statistics. All managed online after database initialization.

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Smarty Template Engine Cheatsheet

I ran across this excellent, printable cheat sheet for PHP's Smarty template engine. Covers built in functions, loops, variables, common modifiers, and more... (link from TechCheatSheets.com)

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39 Free downloadble CSS Layouts

39 Free downloadble CSS Layouts (1, 2, 3 Column Layouts)

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Lotus 'Agenda' Returns as Open-Source 'Chandler'

Before there was Outlook, or Evolution, or The Brain, there was Lotus Agenda, a DOS-based Personal Information Manager created by Mitch Kapor. Wired is reporting that Kapor is throwing 5 Million USD at the Open Source Applications Foundation to create an open-source resurrection of this PIM-Of-The-Gods in the form of Chandler.

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Can Your Programming Language Do This?

Joel Spolsky discusses the importance and usefulness of thinking in terms of anonymous functions as arguments.

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Generating Word Documents on the Fly

XSLT: What if I told you that you could create a Word document in as little time and as little processing power as a dynamic HTML page? You would probably laugh in my face... at which point I'd point you to this article and you'd read it and laugh no more.

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Discover the Anatomy of initrd

The Linux initial RAM disk (initrd) is a temporary root file system that is mounted during system boot to support the two-state boot process. In this article explore the initial RAM disk for Linux 2.6, including its creation and use in the Linux kernel. In many embedded Linux systems, the initrd is the final root file system.

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Docking boxes (dbx)

Docking boxes (dbx) adds animated drag 'n' drop, snap-to-grid, and show/hide-contents functionality to any group of elements. And ... in what might be another world-first for brothercake - dbx is fully accessible to the keyboard as well as the mouse, an action I've re-dubbed "press 'n' push"

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20 Video Lectures of MIT Computer Course - FREE Download

"The complete MIT course (video) available for download. These twenty video lectures by Abelson and Sussman are a complete presentation of the course, given for Hewlett-Packard employees."

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