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• FontSpring: a new alternative to TypeKit – http://bit.ly/aiy4H2 #
• 15 Fantastic Finds on the Google Code Repository – http://bit.ly/ayzpps #

• RFP from TiVo – were pumped! #

• Really Useful JavaScript Libraries – http://bit.ly/1cXRJG #
• @buildinternet at why point does proposal become spec work…. Waiting for the answer – great question! #
• 15 Handy Tips for Recording Engaging Screencasts http://bit.ly/9w5M6h #
• Facebook Boosted its PHP Performance 50% with HipHop http://bit.ly/92KRBc #

• Writing for the Web: The Right Strategy – http://bit.ly/7ohycl #

• @Stevemini remember how to skate? #

After installing windows 7 64bit on my computer as the host operating system, copying files from the host windows to my linux virtual machine was painfully slow. After some research I found the fix to be :
Going to the control panel -> network and internet-> network connections-> right click on your physical interface -> click on configure-> click on the advanced tab.

In here make sure ipv4 checksum offloader, large send offload v2 ipv4, large send offload v2 ipv6 are disabled.

So today I ran into an svn problem: Svn: Path ’somedirectory’ not present  I spend a good hour trying to fix it.  It turned out to be left over garbage from moving folders around – something I wish svn was better able to do.  You can move folders around fluidly without causing havoc on your repo.

So Follow me I had a structure like this:

site.com

-www

-includes

-js

-css

I wound up renaming the www folder to “sliced” and created a new www folder.  I installed wordpress and did everything I needed to do.  I went to check it in and bamn – got the above error.  After trying several things online – with no good direction I realized all I had to do was create a folder includes that contained js and css folders and an add and checkin:

mkdir -p includes/css

mkdir -p includes/js

svn add includes

svn ci -m "my error is gone"

svn remove includes

svn ci -m "now my extra empty folder is gone as well"

• Firefox 3.6 a worthy upgrade http://www.getfirefox.com It gets our stamp of approval. Much better than 3.5 #

Recently, I upgraded to CS4 suite.  It took me a while.  I didn’t want to pay for what I thought was such a minor version update.  It was running slow on my windows 7 64 bit machine.  Zoom in and outs were sluggish and so was vertical scrolling.  The fix seems to be easy though:

disabling OpenGL support (in Edit> Preferences > Performance> Uncheck Enable OpenGL Drawing ).

• RT @smashingmag: Creating Your Offline Applications – http://bit.ly/7gPUng #
• RT @Don_Crowther: How Hourly or Salary Pay Affects Happiness http://ow.ly/XSwp Interesting answer #
• RT @smashingmag: jQTouch: a jQuery plugin for mobile web development on the iPhone – http://bit.ly/11yj5p #