Digest for November 2007

Every month I publish a digest post collecting the best of Internet Duct Tape. You can also see the Digest for October 2007.
One Year Ago
Here are some articles that are still timeless.
- Book review: JPod by Douglas Coupland (favorite quotes)
- What to buy Little Johnny for Christmas
- Gift Guide for Geeks Part 1 – Tis the Season for Receiving
- North America’s Next Top Blogger? – Be a celebrity first
- Blogging Getting You Down? Try Something New and Interesting
Monthly Digest
Blogs
- Internet Duct Tape featured in Blogging Heroes
- I’ve been published in a book… does this mean I get a wikipedia entry? :)
- Add to Google Reader in Internet Explorer 7
- Google Toolbar button for one-click subscribing to feeds
Tips
- Avoid Prime Real Estate for Live.com Email Address Landrush
- Tip: having an uncommon email address can help you avoid lots of spam
- People Are Computers Too – How Improving Applications Can Improve Your Life
- The technique to make a software run faster can be used to improve your life
Programming
- How to Profile Greasemonkey Scripts with Firebug
- If you code greasemonkey scripts you’ll want to read this
- Programming Best Practices: Profiling
- When was the last time you profiled one of your apps?
- Why Open Source Software Sucks – Software Simplicity Isn’t Simple
- Why my code sucks
Ruby on Rails
- Getting Started With Ruby on Rails – Week 1
- Getting Started With Ruby on Rails – Week 2
- Getting Started with Ruby on Rails – Week 3 – Testing
- Book Review: Ruby on Rails for Dummies
Best of Feeds – weekly round-up
- Best of Feeds – 7 links – geek, humor, funny, games, windows
- Best of Feeds – 11 links – facebook, blogging, google, reader, stupidity
- Best of Feeds – 12 links – blogging, blogs, google, mashup, comments
- Best of Feeds – 13 links – geek, marketing, blogging, software
- Best of Feeds – 19 links – blogging, tips, google, opensocial, community
Popular Posts
What’s hot this month.
- Why Open Source Software Sucks
- People Are Computers Too
- Password Recovery
- Getting Started With Ruby on Rails
- Overtime Considered Harmful
Software
Updated versions.

I’ve been getting updates in my Bloglines feedreader for the same 10 posts, at least 3 times each day in the past 3 days. Is there something broken?
@ Deborah:
That’s weird. I wonder why bloglines started acting up?
@ engtech:
I think all my posts started reappearing in bloglines because of a feature wordpress.com added:
http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/12/18/enhanced-feeds-liven-up-your-feed/
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