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Something big is coming.

In the Drupal development mailing list, an interesting conversation has been taking place (See the first post) that I believe applies to all Open Source Software. In short, with the exponential growth of the Drupal community, a number of module/theme/whatever maintainers are becoming more like module/theme/whatever "submitters." They are merely submitting these things and then not touching them for an extended period of time, if ever.

Dipity is a free, online timeline creating service. It can scan your Flickr, Twitter, etc. profiles to create a timeline about you. The timelines it creates are very slick. For example, here is one about the Iraq War:

I've been busy working on a number of projects recently, including a Port of Andreas00 to Drupal. It is still in development, but you can see current progress here. I've also been working on an app with my friend Dan Finnie (a.k.a. Dan 01) tentatively called Lightconsole. Expect me to write more abut these two items later.

This is Casulo, a 2'7″x 3'11″box that contains an armoire, a desk, a height-adjustable stool, two non-height-adjustable stools (more like boxes), a six-shelf bookcase, and a bed with a mattress.

This is an interview that was Done with Dick DeBartolo (of MAD Magazine, and more recently, The Daily GizWiz fame) about the history of MAD Magazine.

"After one year of development we are ready to release Drupal 6.0 to the world. Thanks to the tireless work of the Drupal community, over 1,600 issues have been resolved during the Drupal 6.0 release cycle. These changes are evident in Drupal 6's major usability improvements, security and maintainability advancements, friendlier installer, and expanded development framework. Further, from bug fix to feature request, these issues follow-through on the Drupal project's continued commitment to deliver flexibility and power to themers and developers."

With KDE 4.0 Out, I've decided to do a more in-depth review than those I normally do. Since this is going to be relatively long, I am breaking it up into pages (gasp!).

Wired Science ran a piece on "Dangerous Science" and how kids involvement in chemistry has changed through the years. It's a little long, but I suggest you watch the clip below, as it is extremely interesting to see.

I found this gem while stumbling the internet. I'll re-publish a portion of it here:

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