links for 2007-10-17 17 Oct 2007

• MainNet
  Founded in 1999, MainNet is a leading provider of broadband powerline (BPL/PLC) systems and solutions, enabling Intelligent Broadband Access and Smart Grid applications over any electrical network
  (tags: internet plc)
• Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
  The Solar Decathlon joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
  (tags: architecture energy environment home research solar sustainable)
• Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon
  We invite you to explore our website and learn about our entry into Solar Decathlon 2007, an international competition between 20 universities to design, build, and operate an 800sf solar-powered house on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
  (tags: architecture energy solar sustainable research)
• UPM Solar Decathlon 2007
  Universidad Politécnica de Madrid team members celebrate their third place award in the architectural portion of the 2007 Solar Decathlon.
  (tags: architecture research sustainable energy solar)
• Team Montreal – Solar Decathlon
  The house is powered exclusively by the sun, the occupants will enjoy every convenience found in a normal dwelling, such as a cooking range, refrigerator, dishwasher, washer-dryer, television, computer, etc.
  (tags: architecture research sustainable energy solar car)
• Humdinger Wind Energy
  Turbine-less wind generator — a completely new way to look at wind power which is changing the landscape of the field.
  (tags: energy wind sustainable)
• Political Base – Election and Candidate Information
  See who and where contributions have come. Compare the Candidates on Issues. Participate in the Conversation.
  (tags: education politics reference wiki news)
• 8 Practical PHP Regular Expressions
  Username Validation, Telephone Numbers, Email Addresses, Postal Codes, IP Addresses, Hexadecimal Colors, Multi-line Comments, Dates.
  (tags: development php regex webdev form)
• Building a Bulletproof Contact Form with PHP
  By entering malicious data into our innocent contact form, hackers or spammers can fool the PHP script into doing something that you didn’t intend it to do.
  (tags: development form php security webdev tutorial)
• Musée Marmottan Monet Paris
  It features a collection of a hundred Impressionist works by Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The Monet collection includes an outstanding collection of water-lily paintings.
  (tags: art Paris)
• super OS X menubar items
  A collection of useful Mac OS X Menubar apps.
  (tags: osx useful software)
• The Top 35 Environmental Blogs
  (tags: blog energy environment list research sustainable)
• Shopify Themes
  Do you want an absolutly unique theme for your Shopify e-shop? We can do it for you for only $999.
  (tags: shopping e-commerce webdesign)
• Pascal Yamani
  Creation site internet, webdesign, agence de creation de site internet.
  (tags: webdesign flash inspiration)
• Belgium WW2
  After the defeat of France in June 1940 thousands of British prisoners of war were marched north, through France and Belgium, on their way to prison camps in eastern Germany.
  (tags: Belgium history)
• Last Best Hope: A True Story of Escape, Evasion, and Remembrance.
  Belgian Resistance: Historic Overview
  (tags: Belgium history)
• MOBIRIS
  Traffic map of Brussels.
  (tags: routeplanner maps Brussels useful)
• 10 Javascript Accordion Scripts
  A Javascript Accordion is a script that allows areas of content to be hidden and then activated and shown using a mouse click.
  (tags: ajax css javascript jquery list tools tutorial webdev)
• 64-bit: More than just the RAM
  If memory is only one of the myriad of changes to 64-bit computing, what does it actually do? And how? More importantly, why do we even care?
  (tags: hardware reference toread technology)
• Mastering JavaScript — concept and resource guide
  Instead of listing a compendium of resources too vast to matter to anyone, I have listed only those that I feel truly contribute to the process of mastering JavaScript.
  (tags: ajax javascript learning list reference tutorial webdev)
• Getting Real: Reflecting on the New Look of National Park Service Maps
  This paper examines the techniques being developed by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) Division of Publications for designing plan (2D) maps with a faux realistic look.
  (tags: visualization maps geography usability)
• The Ten Videos to Change How You View the World
  TED is a huge conference held each year. The best thinkers come together and share their ideas. Here’s ten that might just change how you view the world.
  (tags: video to-listen environment technology inspiration)