Diego Maradona skills General June 29, 2006 Comments Off
Following on the current World Cup theme, I’ve uploaded this crazy clip: Diego Maradona warm-up clip (4Mb/ WMV file format).
The Pragmatic Programmer General June 29, 2006 Comments Off
My current reading: Addison Wesley – The Pragmatic Programmer
By Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
Publisher: Addison Wesley
First Edition October 13, 1999
ISBN: 020161622X, 352 pages
Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process–taking a requirement and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users. It covers topics ranging from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse.
The typography of Web 2.0 companies General June 29, 2006 Comments Off
The Logos of Web 2.0: lots of rounded fonts.
A list of Web 2.0 sites in beta General June 29, 2006 Comments Off
Beta-crazy: current count of 122.
If women were football teams… General June 29, 2006 Comments Off
Birmingham – Pamela Anderson:
Used to look good in the cups but now a declining force. Plus millions of people watched them get a good seeing to.
Wigan – Davina McCall:
Poor attendances confirm they’ve been promoted above their ability.
Portsmouth – Girls Aloud:
Only one real class act among the hastily assembled line-up. You shouldn’t like them but admit it, you’ve sneaked the occasional admiring glance.
Read more If women were football teams……
Sweden United General June 29, 2006 Comments Off
Shame they got knocked out of the World Cup.
A country with design and fashion in that is to the highest standards and if often trendsetting for the rest of the world.
If you played for Brazil… General June 23, 2006 Comments Off
If you played for Brazil, What would your name be?
Your Brazilname is “Crockandro”. Genius.
Xplorer2 General June 23, 2006 Comments Off
Xplorer2 is a freeware/shareware Windows Explorer replacement – as mentioned on Lifehacker
It supports dual pane mode – browse two folders in one window – and a tabbed interface and much more.
There’s a great working review to be found here.
Enterprise-class wikis General June 23, 2006 Comments Off
Here are some of the key players in the enterprise-class wiki space that I have investigated:
www.socialtext.com
www.twiki.org
www.jot.com
I have also set-up a test free account with a company called pbwiki.