pj

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  1. I've created an awesome database application that is great for small businesses and one of the niches I'm considering selling it to are retail stores that want to put their inventory online. This market is dominated by…

  2. How Spellcheckers Work (pcplus.co.uk)
  3. I like Reversi (a.k.a. Othello). I think because it is so simple, yet so complicated. It's counter-intuitive. It's a metaphor for life. Which board game do you like best and why?

  4. This is just an idea I'm going to throw out there. It seems a bit odd to suggest it because any link is a good link, right? Maybe not. Anyway, something like this in a bit of javascript would prevent people from linking…

  5. Sometimes I accidentally click the wrong arrow, voting up when I meant down or down when I meant up. If there was a hover over the arrows it would be clearer which I was currently pointing at. They are so little any bit…

  6. MapReduce (NoSQL): A major step backwards (databasecolumn.vertica.com)
  7. The end of retirement article made me wonder about this. What was your first job, how old were you, and how much were you paid? My first job was stacking bricks from an old building they tore down behind my house. I was…

  8. I've noticed almost every potential client, when they are considering buying our product or paying for some services, they always say things like, "This is our entry point." or "I see lots of potential later." "I know…