Bookmarks
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Sizing your Rabbit[MQ]s
Strategies for scaling RabbitMQ queues -
TextMate Fullscreen on Lion
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Scamp
Ruby framework for writing Campfire bots -
Brighton’s Silicon Beach tech cluster finally breaks shore
TC piece about leading tech companies based in Brighton -
Flat, simple icons for interface design
Round-up of simple vector icon collections. -
Recurly
Subscription and recurring billing service -
Why Separate Mobile & Desktop Web Pages?
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Normalize.css
Normalises styles across browsers but preserves defaults where they’re useful -
Cube
Another graphing tool for visualising time series data. Built with MongoDB and Node.js -
5 subtle ways you’re using MySQL as a queue, and why it’ll bite you
Percona on why MySQL (or any database) is a bad choice for a queue -
Public Speaking
Tips from Matt Gemmell on speaking at conferences -
Learn How to Shave Like Your Grandpa
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Dummy credit card numbers
For testing past a site’s pre-validation stage -
Names are more important than domain names
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FreeAgent
Online accounting software: small businesses and freelancers. UK friendly and recommended by @swombat -
Golden Grid System
Proportional columns, gutters and a baseline grid. -
Shim
Synchronise browsers on a local network. Follow links across all devices -
Use UTF-8 throughout your web stack
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Mobile screen resolutions by brand and model
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Cookpad
Simple recipes with photos of each step (created by Yongfook)