Modify Default Printing Presets in Os X (10.5 & 10.6)
There you are with some customized printing presets for your fancy new printer and yet for some reason every time you open a new printing box the one showing up by default is not the want you wanted : 
fail
So you looked all over the OS, read some forums, used your Google-Fu and finally got to this post. Search no more the answer is here as seen on TV!
Highlight Code WordPress Plug In
I realized that I was often going to have code within a post (I have some bash scripts and my iptables rules ready to publish), thus I looked for a wordpress plugin to make it a little easier to read and/or download without interfering with worpdress posts code.
After reading this post I decided to go with the Easy Google Syntax Highlighter by Nick Burlock a fork of Alex Gorbachev original Google Syntax Highlighter. Still reading the documentation here and here but it looks like it's exactly what I was looking for, WordPress FTW!
edit: Since I use the Lightword Theme by Andrei Luca I modified my style.css according to the plug in FAQ and it works perfectly as you can see in this post
AppleScript to create a “ShowDesktop” shortcut
When I’m on Os X I often miss the “show desktop” shortcut icon you can easily get on Windows. 
Yes, there is the expose version but it doesn’t really work the same. My Google-fu showed few solutions (like clicking a visible piece of your desktop while holding option+command down) but none that I liked so here is my input.
Project Gnomonos: Online Report Cards in Php/MySQL
First, some history background on Gnomonos. It was started in 2005 as a custom Php/MySQL system to suit the needs for Lower School Report Cards at French American International School. Harry Chesley, a parent volunteer, very generously offered to develop the application for free.
The core was originally designed while collaborating with the tech-savvy Curriculum Coordinator, Pascal Vallet.
At that time I had just moved from France to work at French American as Technology Coordinator. In 2006 Pascal Vallet moved to Indonesia (he is now Principal of the EIFB) and I took over as the interface between the Developer and the Administration. The project grew old and I became more and more involved on the system side less on the administrative one. In 2007, Harry officially ended his work on Gnomonos and published on SourceForge.net. The code remained unchanged until September 2009 when we needed to update Gnomonos. It is the change we made in the identification process that I thought might interest some people out there.
Weapon of Choice for Diagrams > Omnigraffle Pro
I'm gonna start this "blogging thing" smoothly with a short review of OmniGraffle Pro 5. I've enjoyed this tool since 2005 (when I got my first Mac) I believe it came bundled for free with Os X 10.3 maybe with an earlier version. As I am currently working in an Independent School I got the educational price ($119.95), download the trial, enter the license, let's diagram!
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DNS and BIND, Fourth Edition by Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu
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The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Claude E Shannon, Warren Weaver
Recent books:
- Apple Training Series: Xsan 2 Administration: A Guide to Designing, Deploying, and Maintaining Xsan by Robert Kite
- Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
- The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
- Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Final Cut Server by Matthew Geller
- Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos Papadimitriou