Monthly Archives: September 2007

SilverStripe Fist Glance

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Read/Write has posted a good article about SilverStripe, a new lightweight CMS built on PHP5 and Ajax. I checked out the demo that they had up and it really looks pretty good. I haven’t done an install or looked at the code to change layout, but from what I can see, it looks fairly easily.

They have a couple of good starts on modules too. Some of these include

  • E-commerce
  • Forum
  • Flickr
  • Gallery
  • Google Maps
  • Blog

By far not as extensive as WordPress or Drupal but it’s a good start. I’m going to keep an eye on this New Zealand Company as they might make a bigger splash into the CMS world here soon. I would say that this CMS Package is a mix between a blogging CMS package and an Enterprise CMS package. Look for more to come on this topic.

When Nobody Shows

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There were less than 400 spectators at the Florida Marlins Vs. Washington Nationals baseball game yesterday held at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Florida. The Washington Nationals got beat 5-4. The best quote from the article was,

“The several dozen fans who speckled the plastic orange seating provided an odd backdrop, offering the same chorus of celebratory shouts and claps that would accompany a Little League game.”

You must see the picture of the game. You think the marlins turned a profit on this game?

[tags]Washington Nationals, Florida Marlins, Baseball, MLB, Florida, Miami[/tags]

The Islamist

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Update: I have ordered this book from the UK!

So Jen and I both heard about this book called “The Islamist“by Ed Husain on Christiane Amanpour‘s “God’s Warriors” (3 Day Special on CNN). We have searched all over for this book including going down to the local borders and have found nothing. I have checked Amazon.com and can’t find anything. Today I found it all over the UK including Amazon.co.uk and Penguin Books UK, the publisher. I guess the question to ask is, Why isn’t this book available in the US? I have also contacted some sellers on Ebay but they are also all from the UK! Anyone seen this book or read it?