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  • Link Bundle - May 13

    Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 07:37 in reviews, tech links

    Common Web Design Mistakes Mark Smith with MDS Solutions presents a list of stuff you should NOT do when designing your website. Ext JS 3.0 RC1.1 brings a host of new features to the table Weblenium gives a quick overview of the new features found in...

  • Link Bundle - March 17

    Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 21:43 in reviews, tech links

    The Tweet to Beat: Paying $3 Per Twitter Follower Want to win a round trip airline ticket to anywhere in the world!? How about a brand-spankin new MacBook Pro? Well Tim Ferris is running a fund raiser / giveaway in which you can win one of these priz...

  • Link Bundle - October 15, 2008

    Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 08:00 in reviews, tech links

    Recession is the Mother of Tech Invention Pete Cashmore at Mashable.com provides a somewhat positive spin on the recent financial crisis. Could this be an opportunity for innovation? 101 CSS Resources to Add to Your Toolbelt of Awesomeness Jason Bart...

  • Link Bundle - October 1

    Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 08:34 in reviews, tech links

    10 Principles of the PHP Masters Great article from Glen Stansberry on the Nettuts blog about PHP development. 10 Useful articles about Database design Antonio Lupetti has published a nice list of database design articles. Netflix to Roll Out API Tom...

  • Link Bundle - September 17

    Posted on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 at 08:19 in tech links

    patterns & practices Performance Engineering J.D. Meier on software engineering patterns and best practices with a focus on performance. 40+ Beautiful Icon Sets Hand-picked from deviantART- Part 2 The title says it all! Google shows off final And...

  • Link Bundle - August 27

    Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 08:00 in tech links

    Build Your First Facebook App Joe Casabona over at NetTuts gives a really easy to follow tutorial on creating your first Facebook application. Step 1) Build Facebook App, Step 2) ?, Step 3) Profit! Facebook Platform: The Fanfare Revisited Since we...

  • Link Bundle - August 20

    Posted on Wednesday August 20th, 2008 at 06:00 in tech links

    Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know This is a very well constructed article on some basic principles of software engineering; very well worth your time to read. Brought to you by none other than Alex Iskold. Screencasting: How To...

  • Link Bundle - July 9

    Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 08:57 in tech links

    Build Seamless, Fully Functional Forms with No Coding Collis Ta’eed provides and excellent tutorial on using the Wufoo site to generate web forms with no coding. There are lots of pictures and code samples. JDK 6 Update 7: Java VisualVM Include...

  • Link Bundle - June 11

    Posted on Wednesday June 11th, 2008 at 06:00 in tech links

    Books Giveaway: Comment and Win! That’s right… Smashing Magazine is giving away books on web design and programming. All you have to do is comment on the post and you could win one of eight books. A beginner’s mootools - create drag...

  • Link Bundle - June 4

    Posted on Wednesday June 4th, 2008 at 10:30 in tech links

    Google Shell Online - goosh.org Any *nix lovers (and Google lovers) should definitely check this site out. It’s basically a shell interface to Google… on a web page. Awesome! Not An OS Tim Bray vents his frustration about people calling t...

  • Link Bundle - May 28

    Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 07:00 in tech links

    What Science Fiction Can Teach Developers Casey Charlton gives some insight as to what science fiction can teach developers. It is a very interesting read ending a the statement, “most documentation is totally and utterly worthless.” Open...

  • Link Bundle - May 21

    Posted on Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 10:35 in tech links

    Managing and applying database changes with LiquiBase Federico Cargnelutti gives a quick demonstration of how to use LiquiBase, an open source, DBMS-independent library for tracking, managing and applying database changes. Fibonacci Functions DeWitt ...

  • Link Bundle - May 14

    Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 11:49 in Blog Babble, tech links

    Log memory usage using declare and ticks in PHP Dave Marshall, a web developer living in Hull, England, share a really quick and simple trick to allow you to monitor the memory usage of a PHP script. Thanks, Dave! Magnify’s Really Cool Video and Im...

  • Link Bundle - May 7

    Posted on Wednesday May 7th, 2008 at 09:33 in tech links

    Javascript Wolfenstein 3D Here is a little nostalgia for you gamers out there. The Nihilogic site has created the Wolfenstein 3D video game using Javascript, Canvas and a little AJAX. Pretty cool. Improving Code Readability With CSS Styleguides Smash...

  • Link Bundle - April 30

    Posted on Wednesday April 30th, 2008 at 10:20 in tech links

    Insoshi: Best Social Network Platform Evar Mashable covers an open source platform for creating your own social network. Insoshi is built with Ruby on Rails and looks like it has most of the bells and whistles that come with modern social networks. L...

  • Link Bundle - April 23

    Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 10:43 in tech links

    Apple Designing It’s Own CPUs? Apple has announced an agreement to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi. Hey Steve, what are you up to now? NASA - Duct Tape Saves The Day! NASA shares a story of how astronauts used duct t...

  • Link Bundle - April 16

    Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 15:26 in tech links

    Google Earth 4.3 Released Mashable gives the lowdown on the new version of Google Earth Where’s Our Real World Data Portability? Josh Catone at Read Write Web talks about data on the internet. What does data portability mean? Twitter Saves Man ...

  • Link Bundle - April 9

    Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 07:21 in tech links

    App Engine: Host Your Apps with Google Brady Forrest over at O’Reilly Radar gives us the low-down on the new Google App Engine project. This is a hosted platform for creating web applications, including storage, auto-scaling, Google’s pro...

  • Link Bundle - March 19

    Posted on Wednesday March 19th, 2008 at 11:07 in tech links

    Happy Hump Day! Here are just a few links to help you survive the rest of the week. Gamer’s Tools Review: Logitech G15 Keyboard and G9 Mouse - Ilya Kochanov reviews two peripherals that could take your gaming to the next level. 5 Types Of People Yo...