firefox 2 options

Well [http://getfirefox.com/ firefox 2] is finally released, but had a few little gotchas (well missing compatibility with LiveHTTPHeaders (which is just too useful)

goto about:config in location bar
Add new boolean value
extensions.checkCompatibility=false

webservers and the web 2.0 step backwards

Joy, so some clever sods decided that databases aren’t really that expensive and that it’s perfectly fine to make lots of queries against tables for every little web page they write.

However, when does the programmer think about their little nested SELECT statement and the 20,000 rows of data they get back to generate a little 30Kb web page?

Err, do the math people! If you’re going to talk to a database, then ask for what you need not what you think you might want.

If you’re requiring that much data for each page, then look at your design – it sounds like you might have chosen the wrong design.

lesson 2

Cyrillic Phonetic English
Меня зовут михаил menya zavoot michael
Эта Ehta This is
Где Gedeer Where is?
Вот Vot Here is

Your

Cyril Phon Eng
Ваш Vash Your (masculine)
Ваша Vasha Your (femine)
Ваше Vashye Your (neuter)

My

Cyril Phon Eng
Мои Moi My (masculine)
Моя Maya My (femine)
My (neuter)

Argh, themes!

Hmm, I really do quite like this particular theme, but it… well, lets be frank about it, it’s PINK! Might have to fire up photoshop and make a few alterations to the theme, but aside from that, found a nice enough gallery2 theme that works pretty well.

the kings and queens

Willy, Willy, Harry, Ste,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three,
One, two, three Neds, Richard two,
Henries four, five, six – then who?
Edwards four, five, Dick the bad,
Harries twain and Ned the lad,
Mary, Bessie, James the vain,
Charlie, Charlie, James again,
William & Mary, Anna Gloria,
Four Georges, William and Victoria,
Edward, George, then Ned the eighth
quickly goes and abdicat’th,
leaving George, then Liz the second,
and with Charlie next it’s reckoned.

That’s the way our monarchs lie
since Harold got it in the eye!