While PHP was originally developed to be a "Hypertext Preprocessor" it is more generically a server-side scripting language, and not strictly bound to doing page generation. A better comparison may be Cheetah or Erb.

There are several shortcomings with using a unique templating language like Yuma. First it doesn't support any time of abstraction or MVC architectures. Developers are putting database and business logic directly in their views.

As the Yuma forum points out, it will be difficult (and currently doesn't exist) to find hosting to support Yuma built sites. Developers will be required to host their own applications.

Lastly, because Yuma isn't open-source, developers are beholden to a single company for support, updates, and longevity. What happens if the company goes away? The sites and applications created in Yuma will not be maintainable, requiring complete rewrites of any sites.

Just some things to be aware of for developers considering picking up a proprietary development environment.

Cara Magoon isn't a "freshman", she's a first-year.

UVA is one of the universities that publishes some lectures on iTunes as well.

You can also check out Introduction to Neogeography - it covers a bunch of tools, scripts for iPhoto, iView, and command line for geocoding photos and other media.

This month's cover article for MacTech magazine reviews the various Mac home automation software and hardware options, and next month there will be an article on how to setup and use Indigo in particular.

There are lot of great solutions and options to put together an automation system that suits you. They're also all extensible via Applescript (and some via Perl, Python, HTML) to do specific things as well.

It appears the show is available through "NBC UNIVERSAL VIP ACCESS" - nice name. But when you click through to do that you get the following message:

"Select NBC Universal shows are now available for download on Intel® Viiv™ technology and Intel® Centrino® mobile technology based-PCs for a limited time."

Of course, when I click on view it, on a Mac or even Windows Machine:

"We're Sorry, the requested download is unavailable. Due to contract limitations downloads are only available to users with Intel® Viiv™ technology or Intel® Centrino® mobile technology based-PCs which located in the United States. Please check back soon for other offers. "

Superb - this is kwalitee.

Why not just get a Nokia 770 and some home automation software with a web interface like Indigo?

Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man

Firefly

What's interesting is that various models of Dell *won't start* without a battery in-place. So would someone startup their computer with the battery & then remove it?

While the idea is for the passenger's own safety to not use the battery, there will definitely be people breaking this rule.

Yes - please have a running commentary in an IRC channel. It's quicker and less 'boggy' than refreshing an HTML page.

Also wouldn't mind if the channel was limited to just the transcripter to write. Otherwise the channel if filled with "W00ts" and "thats so awesome" - which really don't add anything.