useless tinsel

Jason doesnot know how to end the post The difference between trying something and using something

I really really want to use a service that I came across recently. But I donot get any response writing to the service maintainers..

I should probably just develop Folksomoney into how I want it to be even though this other _paid_ service is very very close to what i exactly need !

btw: a dime is a coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents

Visit Buy the Books! - Joel on Software

This must be quite an important page for Joel..

the “table of contents” is linked to about:articles/ContentsofBook2.html

the “online book” to about:uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html

Invalid Links !

Since I really really have learned much from Joel, I want to help

So I goto Email the Author!

An email address is provided and also is stated ..Typos? Broken links? Grammatical issues? Don’t bother telling me — I’ve probably heard it already from someone else, and if I haven’t fixed it yet, well, I probably don’t plan to…!..

Why Why Why !

e.g., visit Steve Pavlina’s post Forums Launched !

Donald Norman talks about Emotional Design

I listened to Peter Morville @ IT Conversations and he talked about ambient findability..

Peter Morville’s latest book is Ambient Findability

Have got an Amazon gift certificate and what else should I buy ?

dear upcoming.org

see upcoming events for singapore

please implement Jakob Nielsen’s International Sites: Minimum Requirements : ..For dates, the main guideline is: Always spell out the name of the month. Using a notation like 8/9 is confusing — is that August 9th or the 8th of September? If you write “Aug. 9″ people from all countries will understand it, and it requires only a few more characters. Far better than having customers show up at your hotel thirty days before or after their actual reservations..

The Global Indian International School has organized an Open House on 11 Nov 2006

For me, there is a more interesting event on the same day

Such issues could be reduced if event organizers would register and reference sites like upcoming.org

On 11 November 2006, Dattatreya Siva Baba will conduct an Intensive Manifestation Workshop from 10 am to 2pm. The cost is S$30. Putting Money Back into the Hands of the Spiritual People - Dattatreya Siva Baba

Joel Spolsky explains in detail about the SQL Injection Bug. But there are direct pointers to solve the issue..

It looks like using The Prepared Statements is the right solution

lifehacker points to Napster’s free download of the day

Napster is not supported in Singapore. Since free, why not check-out !

Response: “We’re sorry but you cannot purchase tracks from outside the United States.” and the url is “http://www.napster.com/subscribe/unsupported_country.html”