If your business is based on software development or support, as either a producer a vendor or a 3rd party integrator, you need to know how to price your product.

O’Reilly OnLamp has some pointers for you on how to Calculate the True Price of Software.

Rails Beta book available online now.

A Couple from the boing-boing blog
Some cool furnature designs like you’ve never seen before.
and a bad-ass firepit

Two more from plasticbag.org
I want these shirts!!!
Darth Gardener
This was supposed to be the future

Speaking of shirts - I’m putting in my order for a homestarrunner shirt right now!!!

Open Source News
It’s raining code (Hallelujah?) - why open source is good for CIOs.
On a related note - Sun VP of technology Jonathan Swartz recently blasted the GPL. Slashdot has a good discussion regarding Jonathan’s point of view.

New Sites of Interest
O’Reilly launched Code Zoo a neat, new code repository/search engine.

Asynchronous browser communication
Using XML and JavaScript. It’s the same technology makes Gmail so slick - AJAX + Struts online how-to tutorial < drool />
Pure Java Servlet implementation example without Struts.

Rapid Web Development/Prototyping
Lately there has been a some talk about Rapid Web App development/prototyping using Ruby and Rails - Ruby+Rails vs Java+Spring+Hibernate analysis test - the results are all red.

Web Design
Javascript events in Flash - now for Mac

Web Statistics
The problem: many web stats programs use cookies to identify returning users but a large number of people regularly delete their cookies. Want a ‘better’ way? use flash to track return visitors

Content Management
CMS interoperability - talks about the lack of standard, and a little on the direction the community is going.

One the lighter side…
Sur-real life Rocky Balboa. It’s amazing what some people will get away with because they look crazy.

A quick how-to on writing

Applying mathematics to sports - How to determine the true NBA MVP?
- The true MVP is the player that adds most value to their team in the category that has the most meaning - Wins.