Stumbled across this great top 10 list the other day, and in case you missed it you should most definitely take a look. This goes for all of you running WordPress, those planning to try it out and all of you looking for the perfect CMS.

With these 10 plugins you can have your blog turn into a complete Content Management System (CMS) and even use it for smaller e-commerce websites.

Here’s the list as presented on Blueprint Design Studio’s blog on Thursday.

Happy coding!

YouTube announced in November that they would be testing out encoding videos at higher resolutions (and with higher-quality audio encoding). We’re not talking about HD quality but if you add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL you might get an MP4-encoded version, with better audio and a 480×360 resolution.

The new resolution isn’t set as standard as of yet, but by applying the simple parameter above, or by installing the Firefox add-on Better Youtube (all automatic), you will get the new higher-quality version (if the video’s been made available as MP4).

For registered users it’s even simpler. In the account settings there’s now a section where you can adjust the “Video Playback Quality”. Choose “I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it’s available” and you will get the MP4 version if available. It does however require that you have an account and are logged in.

However, the benefits of this upgrade strongly relies on the quality of the uploaded movie. Thus it’s the users that in the end determines the outcome of this. Maybe it would be better to have the videos shown in as high quality as the source allowed? Most users have blistering fast connections these days anyway, but I assume Youtube might be somewhat concerned about bandwidth…

What’s your take on this?

The picotux 100 is the world’s smallest Linux computer, only slightly larger (35mm×19mm×19mm) than an RJ45 connector. Inside, there is an ARM7 CPU at 55 MHz running uClinux kernel 2.4.27 and Busybox 1.0.

Two communication interfaces are provided, 10/100 Mbit half/full duplex Ethernet and a serial port with up to 230.400 baud. Five additional lines can be used for either general input/output or serial handshaking.

Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype of functionality that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop.

Prism is part of a series of Mozilla Labs experiments into bridging the divide in the user experience between web and desktop apps and exploring new usability models as the line between those kinds of apps continues to blur.

While I’m normally writing about free software I feel I should mention Adobe Flashpaper anyway. FlashPaper 2 allows anyone to convert printable files into Macromedia Flash documents or PDF files with one click. A single-user license is only $79 which I think is fairly reasonable.

Overview

What better way of showing how it works by reading about the capabilities in a Flashpaper presentation.

[ Launch intro ]

I personally think the Flash approach could come in handy several times as it comes with an intuitive navigation panel for printing, zoom and pagination. Also Flash is included with most modern browsers and makes it even more available than PDF (even though I think most people have that as well installed). What’s your take on this? I’d like to hear.