The last weeks I've been looking for some special things that I might want to use for criawips:
Automated Software Testing
When I found Tim's gerd I was quite impressed. Using it, you can record GObject-Events and use them to replay an application session. This could be very cool for both testing and demonstration puposes as one can easily record one session and launch the application later with that information (this way you have a much better i18n as for video recording things). Gerd is in the GNOME CVS tree (module "gerd").
FOAF updates: Trust rankings are now exported, making the data available to other users and websites. An external FOAF URI has been added, allowing users to link to an additional FOAF file.
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!