Better Living Through Introspection

See Spiderman 3.

Darryl Patterson has posted an excellent entry, Why use the Zend Framework, on the Torontu PHP User Group site that addresses some of the same issues I’ve had with the ZF site — mostly, that it assumes if you’re visiting the site, you know all about it; the ZF site designers have targeted their audience (skilled developers familiar with frameworks) but have failed to take into account that a lot of their traffic will come from novice developers looking for guidance.

Build your own “Minty Boost” — a USB charger powered by two AA batteries and housed in an Altoids gum tin.

Work Like A Pirate offers an interesting analogy for getting the job done. [via Brian]

Actually, it’s a little more complicated than that, but today’s New York Times had an interesting article on these ringtones and how they came about: A Ringtone Meant To Fall on Deaf Ears. If this story sounds familiar, then you’re an NPR junkie — it was reported on All Things Considered back in May: Teens Turn ‘Repeller’ into Adult-Proof Ringtone.