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Mandatory Security Release (and more). If you’ve never read the comments thread on these release pages, give ‘er a go as there are some interesting comments and DHH is always very active in these threads.

On another note, I really like how insistent the guys are about everyone performing this upgrade:

This is a MANDATORY upgrade for anyone not running on a very recent edge (which isn’t affected by this). If you have a public Rails site, you MUST upgrade to Rails 1.1.5. The security issue is severe and you do not want to be caught unpatched.

You heard the man, get your upgrade on!

I love the K2 theme. But I’m sure I’m not the only one tired of the “usual” schemes that blogging themes produce. Anyone have a tip for a better theme (one that’s at least easy enough to hack up to support a good, clean design)?

The manifesto at the end is right on…inspirational. Take a peek.

Take action now!

Stop sloppy thinking. Use E-prime.

This Coworking thing is interesting. Not one for Austin yet. Hrmm…

Nathan needs one of these for his cat, Bear. That cat looks ready for a spot in the Gladiator sequel

It happens more often than you think. I keep my copy of Strunk and White close in case of emergencies.

Well written instructions on the simple process to get a shared printer talking from Windows to Mac. The key here is the Apple Color LaserWriter printer driver trick. Good call - works like a champ and now I can print to my Mac Mini from my Macbook (running Windows XP through Parallels). Sweet.

Excellent article on how well screen readers deal with rich interfaces (using ajax) — with research to back it up.