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Unfortunately, the industry we provide a service to is mired in local authority politics, so I can't disclose here. I'd like to be able to say "fuck, that is ridiculous" without so…

I know it's currently in-fashion to give everything away for free but I personally think most reasonable people (that is to say, the ones you actually want on your site) don't mind…

Back in the day, PHP was exciting. It was free, it was powerful, it was easy to learn. Everyone coming out of college knew C anyway and it has a similar structure. You could sudden…

Amusing. Rails as the "Dane Cook" of web frameworks pretty much hits the nail on the head. I love Rails but the fanboy culture really sucks.

FWIW they provide an almost completely functional Visual Studio Express edition for free (that is a relatively new thing) and have even started including things like JQuery. It's a…

Just took a look at EarthBrowser. Very cool indeed. I didn't expect Adobe AIR and would prefer it didn't default to a desktop icon but overall I like it quite a lot. Can I remove t…

I have half a preserved brain sitting behind me on a shelf (seriously.) I think I'll make a sign with that phrase on it :-)

Actually that's for the PRO edition (actually it's currently $799 USD.) It's $299 USD for the standard one. I absolutely defy you to come up with a better IDE with better support (…

Apart from the clunky interface (wait, was this intended to be used only with Facebook?) ... That was the first thing I noticed, too. You can click the 'more information' button an…

I think the only people who don't value experience are those without it. Skill is almost always a result of experience. Yes, there are those who "just get it" and can code circles …

As a side note... Check out http://www.carrotmob.org/ and watch the little video. It's cute and get's the point across. Consider using something like this in your startup's web sit…

I'm sure this was intended as a joke but it was an actual issue for me, since I sometimes can't read an entire article without looking suspiciously inactive at work. :-) I use an a…

lol at least you can do that one for free... Having said that, I saved some money and took two years off to pursue all of my life-interests (mine, in fact, are quite similar to you…