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Inklog now has an IRC channel to facilitate developer discussions. Join in on #inklog@irc.freenode.net.

I've been playing with BinaryCloud quite a bit over the past few days. Thanks to one of that project's key developers, Jason, I've gotten pretty far. I can't say I'm an expert in all things BinaryCloud. Not by any means. But, I'd like to offer my first impressions. Please keep in mind that my first [...]

Phing is a build tool for PHP. Much like Ant for Java, it is a tool to allow a more precise, more automated method of taking a source tree and deploying into a position where it can be run. This is a problem that plagues PHP application developers constantly. Every application you download has different [...]

Jess and I met with a mortgage broker last night and now I realize that I'm in over my head. He seemed like a nice guy. Unfortunately, he had a weird way of talking in circles around my questions. For instance, I told him that I didn't know how much house I could afford and [...]

As I told you before, Nikon is planning to release a Sub-$1000 digital SLR, the Nikon D70, to compete with cameras like the Canon Digital Rebel 300D. Dpreview has some more information as well as some images of what the camera might look like.
The gist of it seems to be this: unlike Canon, Nikon doesn't [...]

I've compiled a TODO list of what Inklog needs before version 1 can be released. If you're interested in helping code this monster, take a look at this list and let me know what you want to work on.
(I submitted this project to Freshmeat today, in order to enlist new developers. But, Freshmeat doesn't seem [...]

Inklog has its own Wiki now.

The Inklog API is documented. Well, it's not fully documented, but, thanks to PHPdoc, you can at least browse the object structure and understand what goes where a little easier.

BinaryCloud looks like it might be an incredible framework for PHP. It's been around for a few years and the mailing list seems to be pretty active. But I can't find any REAL documentaion or a sample application ANYWHERE.
Oh well.

I'm sick with anger — self-directed anger. I am finding myself unable, or unwilling to accomplish tasks that I feel I would have once been able to. I can't concentrate. I can't focus. I can't solve problems. Regardless of how hard I try, or how much thought I put into the problem, it seems that, [...]