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How to: optimize wordpress

A lot of basics and common sense, with a few WP-specific goodies thrown in. Especially like the use of php_flush to get HTML to the browser faster. Risky but slick.

echo-nest-remix API

EchoNest has basically taken the web API to a completely new level with their new Remix API, allowing for the modification of audiovisual assets via web API calls.

Ultimate IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix 25+ Internet Explorer 6 Bugs

Half common sense and background, half great tips, a great run down. I know that ie6 is 3/4 dead, but if we could roll these into a single jQ module we could forget about it for good.

jQuery Visualize: Accessible Charts with HTML5

Extremely pretty HTML5 charts made from data in simple HTML tables. GPL and tres slick.

How to Mobile-Optimize a Wordpress Website | MobileActive.org

Using the Wordpress Mobile Pack to make a site mobile friendly, including a mobile theme, theme switcher, image resize, better mobile nave, etc.

Safari 5.0.1 Lands, Comes With Extensions

The "browser as marketplace" trend continues..."Extensions Gallery" today,"App Store" tomorrow?

Quora - What are the scaling issues to keep in mind while developing a social network feed?

"You want to minimize the number of disk seeks that need to happen when loading your home page. The number of seeks could be 0 or 1 but definitely not O(num friends). You also can't store all the data on one machine if you're concerned about scaling, so you've got a couple of options..."