I thought cloud computing was supposed to be the silver bullet for scalability. Now everybody wants to move to “real” servers. Me is confused.

• SlickMap CSS — A Visual Sitemapping Tool for Web Developers
  Creates a pretty nice looking site map for your website
• Ruby on Rails git pre-commit hook
  A quick look at how to setup hooks to run code (for verifying your tests/specs, updating documentation, etc) when you do a git commit.
• GitHub is Moving to Rackspace!
  GitHub makes the official announcement. Really interesting read of the technical details behind the move.
• Need serial key – CodeSmith Community
  An ignorant user asks for a “crack” serial code for a product IN THE OFFICIAL PRODUCT FORUMS. A company official with a sense of humor responds and geek hilarity ensues.
• 33 Killer Web Icon Sets for Free
  Because I am design-challenged, I’m always looking for good, free icons. Here’s a bunch.

I think we actually do need a “death panel.” For IE6 that is…

• ruby_koans
  An awesome idea! Learn Ruby by making the tests pass for short “koans” that build up your knowledge and build upon each other.
• The Brads – Alignment in Design
  Great cartoon illustration about using alignments in web design.
• punypng: crushing your images even more
  A better way to crush your pngs (and jpegs?)
• test-first-teaching
  Homework assignments for teaching ruby.
• clickistrano
  A one-click deployment app for Capistrano deployments. Built with Sinatra.
• AnythingSlider jQuery Plugin
  Another jQuery slider plugin, but this one is ‘really “fully featured”.’ I’ve always used the jQuery scrollable plugin from the flowplayer folks, but might be worth looking at another option.
• Telescopic Text
  Just for fun. Click on the highlighted text and watch a simple statement about making tea become a very complex narrative. Brilliantly executed.