WinMX Gone

Apparently one of the last great sanctuaries for free downloads has been closed due to the RIAA. I can't say that I used WinMX, but I will be sad to see them go. Here's hoping they find a way to win.

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• P2P sites WinMX, eDonkey appear shut down - Tom's Hardware Guide - Sep 22 8:26 AM
• WinMX Shuts Down After RIAA Threat - BetaNews - Sep 22 10:15 AM
• WinMX, eDonkey Shutting Down? - BetaNews - Sep 22 9:30 AM

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Update: Or perhaps, I spoke too soon! Check out this article on Slyck News. WinMX also made available within it's software connections to OpenNap Protocol Networks, which the previously mentioned article reminded me about. So the WinMX Peer Network is down, but you can connect to these other networks from within the program by going to the Networks tab, and click the label on the right to OpenNap Protocol Networks. If you don't have any listed there, then you might need to find someone who has some and download them and install/import them in to the program. The disadvantage is that you can't do multi-port downloads from multiple users, but that's livable.

So I spent the last week or so --since last Wednesday night-- sick with what I first guessed was a cold, then a flu and the finally I knew it to be Bronchitis. I'm finally back up to 100% by my estimation. I'm actually taking better care of myself then I was before. Low caffiene intake. No soda. More water than ever before. I'm paying more attention to what I've been eating as well. I'd have to say that when I went to the Dr. and noted that I'd lost almost 20 pounds in the last couple of months, I was very excited.

Also, it would appear that Firefox has reached a respectable amount of downloads. Take a look:

Duke Students Say Indignation Prompted Trek To New Orleans

There is a hero in all of us.

Armed with just 12 cases of bottled water, five canteens of gasoline and knives purchased from a local Wal-Mart, a trio of Duke University students engaged in a four-day impromptu road trip that ended in the rescue of seven stranded Gulf Coast disaster victims.

Some heroes donate to the Red Cross. Some get in a Hyundai Elantra and drive. Read more at VH1.com - Index

CSS & Developing in Dreamweaver

I am currently reading a book I borrowed from the lending library at my work called ASP Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 by Rachel Andrew, Alan Foley, Drew McLellan, Rob Turnbull. It is very detailed and step-by-step. My favorite part about the book is it starts with chapters on CSS, web standards and accessibility. In other words, it starts off immediately teaching you how to do things RIGHT.

At the end of the second chapter on CSS, there is a list of about ten links and descriptions to good sites that deal with CSS, web standards and so on. I have added all of these to my del.icio.us account, if they weren't there already, but I also wanted to post some of them here as well. And so, in no particular order:

• »CSS Panic Guide / web-developer/css

  a guide for the unglued

• »Real World Style / web-developer/css

  css layouts, tips, tricks, and techniques

• »css-discuss.org / web-developer web-developer/css

  mailing list devoted to talking about CSS and ways to use it in the real world; in other words, practical uses and applications

• »W3Schools Online Web Tutorials / web-developer web-developer/asp web-developer/css web-developer/dhtml web-developer/flash web-developer/javascript web-developer/rss web-developer/tools web-developer/xml web-developer/xsl

  THE LARGEST WEB DEVELOPER'S SITE ON THE NET

• »Macromedia - Developer Center : Tutorials and Samples for Designers and Developers / web-developer web-developer/css

  Keep an eye on this site for tutorials, specifically about using XHTML and CSS with Dreamweaver. There are whole sections devoted to CSS and accessibility. - ASP Web Development with Dreamweaver MX 2004 by Andrew & Turnball

• »NYPL: Style Guide / web-developer web-developer/css web-developer/xml

  This Style Guide for the Branch Libraries of the New York Public Library explains the markup and design requirements for all Branch Libraries web projects, along with various standards and best practices.

• »The Web Standards Project / web-developer web-developer/css

  Grassroots coalition fighting for standards that ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.

• »Ten more CSS tricks you may not know / web-developer/css

  More CSS magic

• »CSS Cursors - CSS tutorial / web-developer/css

  Add Cursors to your page

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My wife's second husband (ahem) would be Rob Thomas if she had the chance. Meeting him a few months ago hasn't cooled her ardor, but I'd have to work pretty hard to be jealous about this. After all, he is one of her 'top five' -- watch reruns of Friends if you don't know what this means. Though I don't share the same level of her appreciation of the man, I do like his music quite a bit and appreciate him as a songwriter. But, seriously dude, what is this nightmare of an apartment you live in? And send your address to my wife so she can visit....

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