Wondering if my intro comments on these posts are starting to sound like garfield minus garfield.

• In-Field Labels: A Better Way + jQuery Plugin
  A nice jQuery plugin for implementing in-field labels that don’t completely disappear when the field receives focus (which is, um, helpful if you need to autofocus a particular field and you still want the user to know what the field is for)
• Build, Design, Launch an App in <40 Man Hours
  How Less Everything launched new app Less Cabin Fever in under 40 hours. Of course they started with an existing code base (http://lovdbyless.com), but still…
• wkhtmltopdf
  Convert html to pdf using webkit.
• The Rails State Machine
  Rails edge recently added built-in state machine functionality. Here’s a few examples of how you might take advantage of this feature.
• Why you don’t want to shard
  More of a “don’t” than a “why”, which basically comes down to the fact that it makes both development and continuing operations very complicated, mmkay.
• Observational: Better Observers for ActiveRecord
  Shift the responsibility of common callback functionality (like sending a welcome email to a user) out of the model where it doesn’t make sense.

Went from 110 degree Texas heat to 70 degree Colorado. A nice juxtaposition.

• An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day
  If I had the discipline to put this plan into action, I probably wouldn’t need the plan, but still…
• Top 25 Apps for Designers and Web Developers (on the iPhone)
  Some useful tools for us lucky folks that fall into the categories of web developer and iPhone owner.
• acts_as_taggable_on_steroids was REALLY slow [Snippet] « elc technologies
  Not only a cautionary tale for those using acts_as_taggable_on_steriods – this has some handy techniques for improving performance on your MySQL db.
• Ramen Profitable
  Good article, although, as Graham runs a venture firm, he is heavily biased toward the idea that startups should seek investors at some point.