We made the announcement the other night at our quarterly CapitalLounge event, but here it is again for those that missed it.

AngelLounge is the angel investor community component of Startuplounge. It is currently comprised of 80+ vetted angel investors in Georgia. The member list reads like a who’s who.

The good news is that not only have we not even scratched the surface of Atlanta, but we are also reaching out to other parts of the state as well, including Savannah, Columbus, Douglasville, Rome, etc.

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Every deal will get seen by the network, period - no bottlenecks - no middleman - no gatekeepers.

Open beats closed. The ATA becomes increasingly less relevant...

Scott Burkett’s Pothole on the Infobahn » Submit Your Deal to AngelLounge

The alpha of iBlipper is out! It’s a web-app that uses rapid serial visual presentation to turn your iPhone into a handheld billboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAtmnYYiam8

Blip, Blip, iBlipper! - Blip Blog

AMSTERDAM, 30/08/08 - The Dutch AIVD secret service has had an ultra-secret operation underway in Iran in recent years. This has been halted in connection with plans for a US attack on Iran, newspaper De Telegraaf reported Friday.

The "ultra-secret operation" had as its aim infiltration and sabotage of the weapons industry in the Islamic republic. "The operation, described as extremely successful, was halted recently in connection with plans for an impending US air attack on Iraq. Along with this, targets would also be bombed which were connected with the Dutch espionage action," writes the Netherlands' biggest newspaper.

"One of the agents involved, who was able to infiltrate the Iranian industry under the supervision of the AIVD, was recently recalled because the US was thought to be making a decision within weeks to attack Iran with unmanned aircraft. Among the potential targets were said to be not only nuclear plants, but also military installations that have been brought to light partly by the agency of the AIVD," according to the newspaper.

"Information from the AIVD operation has in recent years been shared with the American CIA secret service," the paper continued. "Various supplies could also be sabotaged and stopped. These were parts for missiles and launching equipment."

The article was written by Joost de Haas, known for his good contacts in the intelligence world. Earlier, he got hold of an AIVD report which suggested that corrupt powers within Dutch police corps supplied weapons to criminals to liquidate other criminals.

Bush attacks Iran to rig the election?

Dutch news - 'Dutch Spy Recalled from Iran on US Attack Plan'

God hates New Orleans. If the levies break again (are they even done repairing them?), will we abandon the city or rebuild better dikes? Guess that depends on who wins the presidential election?

Hurricane GUSTAV

Someone should actually make this movie, which is a demo for our calling technology.

Star Caller - Vinnie The One and Only - Demo

ohn McCain had only met Sarah Palin once or twice before selecting her to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Also, earlier today McCain's campaign chairman Sen. Lindsay Graham admitted that he had never met Palin, and GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison also said that she didn't know much about Palin.

He knew she had a vagina, and thats all that mattered to McCain.

Digg - McCain Didn't Even Know Palin Before Picking Her (VIDEO)

Adam & Jamie draw a MONA LISA in 80 milliseconds! at NVIDIA's Show

YouTube - Adam & Jamie draw a MONA LISA in 80 milliseconds! at NVIDIA's Show

CSS Tools: Reset CSS

The goal of a reset stylesheet is to reduce browser inconsistencies in things like default line heights, margins and font sizes of headings, and so on. The general reasoning behind this was discussed in a May 2007 post, if you're interested. Reset styles quite often appear in CSS frameworks, and the original "meyerweb reset" found its way into Blueprint, among others.

The reset styles given here are intentionally very generic. There isn't any default color or background set for the body element, for example. I don't particularly recommend that you just use this in its unaltered state in your own projects. It should be tweaked, edited, extended, and otherwise tuned to match your specific reset baseline. Fill in your preferred colors for the page, links, and so on.

In other words, this is a starting point, not a self-contained black box of no-touchiness.

If you want to use my reset styles, then feel free! It's all explicitly in the public domain (I have to formally say that or else people ask me about licensing). You can grab a copy of the file to use and tweak as fits you best. If you're more of the copy-and-paste type, or just want an in-page preview of what you'll be getting, here it is.

CSS Tools: Reset CSS

Defying a directive from Gov. Sonny Perdue, the state public defender council’s board on Thursday voted not to submit a budget that would cut the struggling agency’s funding by at least 6 percent.

Members of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council board said further cuts would cripple the cash-strapped agency. The board also voted to ask the governor to fully fund its budget.
Recent headlines:

Perdue’s Office of Planning and Budget has directed most state agencies to submit proposed budgets with at least 6 percent cuts by Sept. 2. Perdue is looking to save about $1.6 billion because tax collections have plunged. Some agencies are submitting proposals that include layoffs, furloughs and cutbacks of services.

There isn't enough money as it is to provide adequate defense to indigent defendants, but who gives a shit about them? Looks like all hell is about to break loose.

Public defender agency defies Perdue on budget cuts | ajc.com

Introduction

This series of articles is about implementing a nested tree using PHP and PostgreSQL. The theory and code in these articles also applies to MySQL, not just PostgreSQL.

An N-Level nested tree is a way to represent hierarchical data, such as a list of directories and files in your operating system, or the listings in a directory such as the Open Directory Project. There can be any number of levels and any number of elements within each level.

The goal is to be able lookup data in the tree as quickly as possible with minimal strain on resources. We will be implementing this using the nested tree model by Joe Celko.

Implementing An N-Level Nested Tree In PHP And PostgreSQL, Part 1 - PHP articles and PHP tutorials - PHP 5, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AJAX, Web 2.0