Asides

• SOA PHP
  

  I've been toying with REST and other SOA kinda things lately, and stumbled across these links in my research:
  SOA PHP Homepage
  SCA_SDO PECL Extension

• Firebug Lite 1.2 Released
  

  If you've ever used Firebug for JS development, you know how indisposable it is. If you haven't, you're insane, and you need to start using it now! Firebug Lite was created to be able to embed a more limited version of the library in non-firefox browsers. Previously, you couldn't do much with it outside of the console. functions and use a JS command-line. Looks like that's a thing of the past with the new release. It's pretty much as functional as the actual Firefox extension, and is well worth checking out:
  Firebug Lite 1.2 Released (via Ajaxian)

• BgPatterns.com - Cool Background Image Generator
  

  While its generally not my style, I would have loved to have something like this several times in the past. Slick, easy, classy, fun, and actually worthwhile. Check it out:
  www.bgpatterns.com

• savethedevlopers.org - Save a Developer. Upgrade Your Browser
  

  "Say No To IE 6!
  Our current campaign focuses on assisting users in upgrading their Internet Explorer 6 web browser. This campaign will result in former IE 6 users having a more enjoyable experience on the web while (hopefully) creating a less stressful and complicated environment for web developers by hastening the retirement of an outdated browser."
  
  http://www.savethedevelopers.org/

• Evernote - Awesome Note Capturing Software
  

  I know, yet another note capture / organize program... but this one's different. It's got really powerful OCR software (it will pull text from images, even handwriting) that automatically finds words in your images and indexes them, making it easier to find later. Works on the web, your mobile phone, and PC or Mac. Best of all, it's free!
  Evernote - Capture. Sync. Find