Yahooligans Ed Eliot and Stuart Colville recently launched the supporting site for their forthcoming Apress book, High Performance Web Site Techniques , together with the first of several tools that they plan to release over the coming months: a CSS Sprite Generator .

Yahoo! as a whole have been rather interested in the question of site performance of late, a process which has given us the YSlow Firebug plugin , which “…analyzes web pages and tells you why they’re slow based on the rules for high performance web sites”. These rules, which veer from straightforward advice (“Make fewer HTTP requests”) to unfamiliar terms (“Use a CDN and configure ETags” – whuh?), will speed up your site or application and (presumably) reduce your bandwidth bills.

So, informal survey time – how concerned are you about your site’s performance? And what are you doing to improve it? Comments are open!

What are you doing to improve your website’s performance?

“Rush Hour 3″ debuted at #1 with $50.2 in box-office sales; “The Bourne Ultimatum” came in second and “The Simpsons Movie” fell to third. Tucker, Chan Take Down Damon As ‘Rush Hour 3′ Topples ‘Bourne’ At Box Office

Eurozone financial regulation has been under growing scrutiny as serious problems emerge at off-balance sheet funds Subprime hits German state banks

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Coors, Miller combine to take on Budweiser (Lawrence Journal-World)The makers of Coors and Miller beers intend to combine their U.S. brewing operations with a common goal: to take on Anheuser-Busch, which controls about half of the domestic market. And Mark Ritter, owner of the Coors distributor that serves Lawrence, is ready to get on with it.

Miller, Coors mix to battle Bud (East Valley Tribune)A merger between two national beer manufacturers will not make an immediate splash in the Valley.

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Very funny photo and posts on Flickr about a new Sarajevo joint called Club Bill Gates.

Club Bill Gates

Yesterday Skype was down for all of its millions of users, and I still can’t get connected today. I tried a few times and thought it was something that I did — luckily I run about 17 different IM clients and generally can work around it — but this would have been a problem in [.] Skype (black) out

Just days after firing her manager, Kelly Clarkson has canceled her summer tour — “for now” — after ticket sales did not live up to expectations. Kelly Clarkson Calls Off Summer Tour

The kids on Nirvana, Korn, the Violent Femmes, the Goo Goo Dolls and the Lemonheads’ album covers are all grown up. Iconic Album-Cover Kids: Where Are The Nirvana Baby, Korn’s Little Girl And Others Now?

The BBC’s Spanish-language Web site has embarked on a content initiative to explore the impact of Spanish on American culture, with an eye on expanding online offerings with news and information aimed at U.S. Hispanics.BBC Online Explores Impact of Spanish on America, Plans Launch of U.S. Hispanic-Targeted Content (Marketing Y Medios)

IBM is assigning staff from its Australian and Asian offices to help man its Business Centre in the 3D online world of Second Life.IBM expands virtual world presence (Sydney Morning Herald)

A collaborative team of scientists reported findings today demonstrating the presence of Marburg virus RNA genome and antibodies in a common species of African fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus).Scientists detect presence of marburg virus in african fruit bats (EurekAlert!)

In the world of digital type, it is very easy for a designer or compositor with no regard for letters to squish them into cattle trains and ship them to slaughter.

Don’t alter the widths or shapes or letters without cause

FileMaker today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 9, a major new version of the company?s award-winning database application for Windows and Mac OS X. Offering more than 30 ease-of-use breakthroughs ? including live connections to SQL data and an innovative PHP site assistant ? FileMaker Pro 9 makes it easier to create, automate, and share databases, as well as to generate reports. With versions designed for end users and database developers, the new product line consists of FileMaker Pro 9, FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced, FileMaker Server 9, and FileMaker Server 9 Advanced. FileMaker Introduces FileMaker Pro 9

iWork ?08 provides ?a solid deal for anyone needing an affordable office suite for the Mac,? according to Elsa Wenzel (cnet.com). She praises the new writing and layout tools in Pages ?08, including the contextual Format Bar, Change Tracking, automatic list formatting, and the abundance of page templates. Wenzel points out that ?Keynote ?08 adds some smart features that PowerPoint lacks. It?s also a breeze to figure out from the get-go.? And she notes that ?Numbers reveals ease-of-use novelties that competitive tools don?t provide,? concluding that ?the majority of users who rely upon spreadsheets as one-size-fits-all tools for household and light office work should be pleased to have a new option for Macs.? iWork ?08 a ?strong Mac productivity package and a pleasure to use,? says CNET

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In its early days the internet was the domain of academics and scientists. Now with the dawn of Web 2.0 it’s open house for everyone. Is this progress or an excuse to indulge ourselves? An internet critic and Harvard academic debate.It’s all about You! (Radio Netherlands)

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India is working on having a solar power generation station in space to meet the nation’s ever growing energy requirements. . Solar energy in space to power India

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