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Scienta ZF Debug Bar 1.1

10 Feb 2009 -

I am happy to announce the latest version of my debug plugin for the Zend Framework is now online. v1.1 includes improved view variable output and support for multiple database adapters. Have a look

Who Cares What Technology You Use

6 Feb 2009 -

Good advice by Jeff Atwood on developers’ fascination with shiny toys and new things.

Don’t let the pursuit of new, shiny things accidentally become your goal. Avoid becoming a magpie developer. Be selective in your pursuit of the shiny and new, and you may find yourself a better developer for it.

Throw Your Computer a Bone

3 Feb 2009 -

Excellent post by Alex Payne on apps that recreate the filesystem

If you want to store data of differing types within a lightweight organization system, I encourage you to check out the filesystem.

And a suggestion I’ve been living by with great success:

If you don’t want to be forever accumulating applications, store stuff as plain text on the filesystem. It’s dead reliable, you can shuffle it about however you want, and you’ll be able to search through it quickly, even without an index.

Programmers Are Tiny Gods

30 Jan 2009 -

Derek Powazek:

Programmers are the Gods of their tiny worlds. They create something out of nothing. In their command-line universe, they say when it’s sunny and when it rains. And the tiny universe complies.

ClickToFlash

29 Jan 2009 -

Brilliant plugin for Safari and WebKit that prevents Flash content from loading until clicked. Saves a few CPU cycles on flash based banners.

High Voltage Cable Inspection

15 Jan 2009 -

Fascinating video of a rather unusual job.

2009-01-14

14 Jan 2009 -

Post-apocalyptic The Remnants pilot looks really promising. I hope it becomes a series.

2009-01-10

10 Jan 2009 -

Palm Pre looks very cool. Could be worthy iPhone competitor. Multitasking seems cleverly done and webkit as dev platform will be interesting

2008-12-19

19 Dec 2008 -

This 24 hour of flights map is absolutely fascinating, reminiscent of an invasion (by man!).

Make something that people want

3 Dec 2008 -

Only build stuff for yourself

That’s the Golden Rule of Building Stuff. If you’re planning to build something for someone else, let someone else build it.

A rather long on-screen read but definitely worth the time for anyone with ideas.

2008-11-27

27 Nov 2008 -

Clever use of proxy for ad-blocking in Safari: GlimmerBlocker. Been using floppymoose.com for a few years with joy.

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