Technology

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This is an archive of dKos discussion related to Technology.

Contents 1 DailyKos Site Evolution 2 Technology Diaries 3 Good Software/Freeware Recommends 4 Research Tools 5 FireFox Extensions 6 Linux on a CD 7 Internet Hosting & Site Solutions 8 Misc 9 Projects

DailyKos Site Evolution

• History of Scoop 2/13/05
• ToDo: dKos chronology of Movable Type

Technology Diaries

• 20 Mar 2005 - Research
• 14 Jan 2005 - Software

Good Software/Freeware Recommends

• TomPaine2004
• pyrrho
• 511PF
• Consta (June 2005)

Research Tools

• PowerReporting : Journalist Tools by CJR
• Federal Workers Search : WaPo FOIA 2002 copy of Central Personnel Data File, with 1.8M civilian US government employees.
• Electoral College Map : PBS, Flash, 1980 - 2004
• FOI Letter Generator : The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

FireFox Extensions

• BBCode (dKos mod) : Easily format your comments and diary entries on Daily Kos
• AdBlock : Ad Blocking
• BugMeNot : Bypass news site registrations
• Forecast Fox : Local Weather Reports (formatting)
• RPXP : dKos blockquotes and member colors (Firefox 1.x only)
• Web Developer Toolbar : DHTML swiss army knife
• Large Repository of Extensions

Linux on a CD

• BOP Diary about below
  • ubuntu
  • knoppix

Internet Hosting & Site Solutions

• CivicSpace : CivicSpace Content Management System
• Blog & Site Hosting : Free web hosting for Kos community (obsolete link)

Misc

• free picasa picture software from google

Projects

• blogscanning and wikidriving