Double Shot #642

I'm about ready for a weekend. Fortunately, I can see one coming.

• Rails 3.0: Beta release - It's out at last. If you're brave enough to try to port a non-toy application you'll probably find the wiki page on plugin and gem status useful.
• jQuery Easy Slides v1.0 - Indeed, an easy slideshow plugin for jQuery.
• Bulletproof backups for MySQL - Step by step on how to set them up sensibly.
• Dynamic Dummy Image Generator - One-step rectangular blank placeholder images for layout testing. Alternatively you can run fakeimage to get the same functionality from your own Sinatra app. (via LifeHacker)
• script/migrator for navigating migrations - Console script to go back and forth in your Rails migrations, from Maxim Chernyak. Looks very useful.
• ZGRViewer - Graphviz visualizer that has some nice zooming and navigation features. I'm trying it out with ERDs generated from Railroad. If you're looking at this stuff for the first time, the Graphviz OS X Builds page and associated FAQ may be useful.
• EventCalendar - A more sophisticated descendant of the old Rails CalendarHelper plugin.
• Trunks - Git, Mercurial, or Subversion source control hosting "at spouse-friendly prices." Free while they're in beta.