Dennis Deery

[Collabtive - Open Source collaboration](http://collabtive.o-dyn.de/) An open-source project workspace similar to Basecamp. (tags: [project](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/project))

[Drupal Release Management with Drush and Git | OPC IT](http://www.opc.com.au/web-development/drupal-release-management-drush-and-git) Really nicely executed setup for updating Drupal setups using GIT. (tags: [GIT](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/GIT) [drupal](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/drupal) [tech](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/tech))

[PPT Salon: We Design Beautiful Presentations](http://www.pptsalon.com/) Need some help designing your presentation? You could offshore it. For $99, this service will design your presentation. (tags: [ppt](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/ppt) [presentation](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/presentation) [tech](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/tech))

[Headway Premium WordPress Theme](http://headwaythemes.com/) A nicely configurable pre-made Wordpress theme. (tags: [themes](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/themes) [wordpress](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/wordpress))

[Awesome Fontstacks](http://awesome-fontstacks.com/) A really handy tool that helps you to design font packages for a web site. Makes recommendations so you end up with fonts that work well together, then generates the CSS code for you. (tags: [tech](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/tech) [css](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/css))

I’ve picked up a small new gig lately, writing the occasional article for the local newspaper, the Dunn County News. So far I’ve been on city council duty, covering a couple of regular meetings when the paper was shorthanded. You can find my latest effort here. 

[Exceptional Light Projection](http://www.insideview.ie/irisheyes/2010/10/exceptional-light-projection.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Irisheyes+%28Inside+View+by+Bernie+Goldbach%29&utm_content=Google+Reader) INCREDIBLE video showcasing the 600-year history of the astrological clock tower in Old Town Square in Prague - projected onto the clock tower itself. (tags: [video](http://www.delicious.com/ddeery/video))

So it turns out it’s a little harder to give away money than you might think. The proceeds for the book Age of Conversation 3 (with an essay by yours truly) were originally to go to the Make a Wish Foundation. They, however, required all publicity linked to the donation to use the same words, etc. Kind of hard to do when there are almost 200 authors out there flogging the book.

[Free Cheat Sheets for Developers | Refcardz](http://refcardz.dzone.com/) A nice collection of reference cards on various topics of interest to developers. Very handy. (tags: [tech](http://delicious.com/ddeery/tech))

[Teambox - Collaboration Software](https://teambox.com/) Twitter crossed with project management software. Open source, looks pretty interesting. (tags: [tech](http://delicious.com/ddeery/tech))

[CSA - AuroraMAX Project - Live broadcast of the Northern Lights from Yellowknife](http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/auroramax/) Check out the webcam for a view of the Northern Lights in Canada. [Local Data and Geo Tools - Factual](http://www.factual.com/topic/local) An open-source data collection. Includes local businesses around the country, 13 million and counting. (tags: [data](http://delicious.com/ddeery/data) [crm](http://delicious.com/ddeery/crm)) [Program Development Situational Analysis](http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/progdev/sitanalysis.html) Some great stuff from UW-Extension on situational analysis techniques for communities. (tags: [CD](http://delicious.com/ddeery/CD) [community](http://delicious.com/ddeery/community))

Major congratulations to my niece Stacy who was sworn in as a Wisconsin lawyer yesterday. This follows her admission to the Minnesota bar several months ago. Hope we don’t need your services too often Stacy!

[List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions) A good list of common mistakes made by people. Educate yourself!

Kudos to our clients (and good friends) at Hartung Brothers who have co-sponsored a corn maze in the Old Sauk Trails Business Park in Madison. Proceeds from the corn maze will support the Keep Wisconsin Warm/Cool Fund, which helps vulnerable households keep their power and heat on during Wisconsin’s weather extremes.

[Purdue OWL](http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/) A good online guide to APA writing style. (tags: [APA](http://delicious.com/ddeery/APA))

[The Efficient Community Hypothesis - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review](http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2010/04/the_efficient_community_hypoth.html) Some brilliant thoughts from Umair Haque on why communities are necessary for markets to function well. (tags: [community](http://delicious.com/ddeery/community))

[FontPark.net](http://www.fontpark.net/) A searchable collection of 70,000 fonts, free for both commercial and non-commercial use. (tags: [fonts](http://delicious.com/ddeery/fonts) [design](http://delicious.com/ddeery/design))

[GelaSkins | Create](http://www.gelaskins.com/create) Create your own skin for your phone, PDA or laptop. Looks very cool, quite reasonable prices. (tags: [skin](http://delicious.com/ddeery/skin) [design](http://delicious.com/ddeery/design))

[The Third & The Seventh on Vimeo](http://vimeo.com/7809605) A simply amazing piece of CGI (computer-generated) film-making. You'll find it hard to believe it's CGI. Do watch it in full screen. The Milwaukee Art Museum makes an appearance. (tags: [cgi](http://delicious.com/ddeery/cgi) [film](http://delicious.com/ddeery/film))

A couple of weeks ago I attended the 2nd annual Midwest Rural Assembly in lovely South Sioux City, Nebraska. For those unfamiliar with the area, their main claim to fame seems to be as the location of the only casualty amongst the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Following the conference I spent a couple of hours at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center - quite a nice facility.