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The guys from Nonsense gave themselves 24 hours to conceive, design, build and promote a web-based business. To top all that off, they sold it on Ebay!

24 hour startup

Dr Hue – Shop by colour

Ebay

With the way things are in the industry at the moment. Maybe it’s better to just get your idea out there, instead of letting it fester in your head. Well done to the guys!

• AS3 Code Libraries
  Adrian has collated a great list of AS3 libs worth checking out.
• Hardcore Gamer Magazine Online
  Enthusiast gaming magazine that celebrates the lifestyle and culture of gaming. Street Fighter 4 is covered in this issue.
• BBC Widgets
  4 new widgets to try.
• How To Install Ubuntu on the PS3
  I think I'm going to try this just so I have a machine with Ubuntu on it.
• Find your Flickr ID
  Couldn't find my Flickr ID on the site, which is something I would expect to see in the profile section or settings. I luckily came across this service which returns your ID after entering your username.
• Godiva chocolate
  Gentle reminder about that certain time coming round.
• Signal (and noise) about Jaiku this week
  Pretty much what I thought about Jaiku going down the Laconica route.
• Distinguishing decorative from meaningful elements in UI design
  Article on the effects of decorative features around UI. Sometimes the smallest things can change the meaning of something. Must read for developers too.
• Coding Horror: Dictionary Attacks 101
  Some facts about dictionary attacks and suggestions to help avoid it.

• Google Giveth, and Taketh Away: Google Video, Notebook, Catalog Search, Jaiku, and Dodgeball to Shut Down
  What hope did Jaiku really have? It never got past the invite only stage. This google pattern seems to be repeating itself, the same thing happened with Dodgeball. One positive to take is that the source code will be released under the open source Apache license. I wonder if this news will bother the Laconica team.
• Does Mobile TV Have a Future?
  I don't think so. The experience is currently not the greatest. Movies watched on my current mobile device. Zero!!!
• Get your checkbook out – HeyAmigo.net is going on eBay
  Hey Amigo the application that was blogged while being built is for sale. Could Ryan have stumbled upon a new business model. Hey we can all build a web app, but do we have the necessary skills or time to run one.
• EA Announces EA Sports Complex for PlayStation Home
  The jury is still out on Home. Initiatives like this from EA might help.
• How to Mod the Hori Fighting Stick EX2 with Authentic Arcade Parts
  New hobby. I've so far changed the gates on my Hori Fighter 3 sticks. Next will be the graphics and then the buttons.
• The intricacies of designing for mobile devices
  Ribot's slides on mobile user experience and focus on interface tweaks and interaction design.
• Who's not following you back? Who aren't you following?
  Useful tool to find out who's not following you back.
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Official Soundtrack
  Soundtrack to the HD remixed game.
• The Zangief Chronicles
  Propaganda in preparation for SF 4. Made me laugh. Would love to see the Ken chronicles.
• US boy takes car in school dash
  No game is going to teach you how to drive manual.
• Phishing Fools?
  Old but very interesting article. Definitely worth a read. With all the phishing that has been going on Twitter of late, we as developers have a responsibility to our users to try and implement as many standards to try and eradicate the issue.
• Adobe & Intel Love Lockdown
  Adobe, Intel to collaborate on developing to port Flash technology for Intel Media Processor CE 3100.
  Why not go straight to the source.

Part of the index page has been leaked and posted at Facebook Secrets.

Server configuration was the cause and nothing critical was leaked. I’ve seen this type of thing happen many times before and it always makes you stop and think; is my data really safe?

Nik Cubrilovic has posted his 4 tips for preventing PHP leakage

You can get all the gossip over at TechCrunch

Today sees the launch of Windows Live Hotmail, not a big fan, it’s very slow and loaded with ads.

I’m going to stick with Gmail. As well as the standard email functionality, it allows me to pick up and send pop3 mail and I can see my desktop version of Outlook being retired for good very soon.

The latest product out of 37 Signals is Highrise. Highrise is an online contact management system. Too early for me to comment, but I’m going to give this a try seeing as it works with Basecamp. I’ll let you know how I get on.

Highrise – tour

(mt) have laid down the facts on the issues with MySQL on the grid and have given a very comprehensive explanation of what went wrong and how they addressed it.

You couldn’t ask for more from your host.

Anatomy of MySQL on the GRID

Nice little service for testing your connection speed done in Flash.

Speedtest

Need a profile picture for one of the many network sites and you are not a whiz with image manipulation software, then try Pictr.

I’m not a fan of the service name; To be a successful Web 2.0 service you don’t need to name it in the same guise as Flickr.

An image upload progress indicator would be a nice addition.

Maybe adding IM apps to list will increase the user base.