This is one of those moments that I think I'm the last person on Earth to know about it, but there is a very neat tool called SelfSSL that allows you to install a simple certificate on your IIS (on XP) for testing purpose.
I'm surprised at the number of sites that have plain stupid JavaScript bugs on them. How do I know about it? Well, I have script error notification enabled on both my browsers (IE and Firefox).
Ok, most users will never see that error and it will not bother them or prevent them from navigate on the site, but clearly, there is a bug on the site script and maybe some neat feature is not working because of that.
What I say is that if you ever do JavaScript development, turn on the errors notifications.
On IE, go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced and select "Display a notification about every script error".
On Firefox, install the WebDeveloper extension, and on it's option dialog, click on Miscellaneous, and check "Open the JavaScript console...".
This way, whenever you are developing your code, you'll be sure to see the syntax/runtime errors that you've been missing before. And, you'll get annoyed by other sites that have bug as well, so, do the world a favor and send a feedback to site with the error and ask them to fix it.
How do you know I'm a big World Cup fan? I was born in Brazil.
I'm always surprised at how poorly explored the World Cup business is. There is no "Web 2.0" companies dealing with that.
Right now I'm watching Germany vs. Costa Rica (need Costa Rica flag). Better than I expected. Germany is usually very defensive and play hard without flair, but today they are quite different team. Very disciplined, but with a lot of energy. After all, they are playing at home.
Brazil initial game is next Tuesday at noon (PDT). It will probably be the most watched match so far.
For the people that don't know anything about World Cup (a.k.a. most Americans), it is the biggest sport event in the world. Really. Bigger than the Olympics. More people watch, more people travel, more money transactions.
The interesting thing about Brazil is that it managed to be the "best" over the century without being hated by most. You know, most people root for the underdog, but not with Brazil. Richard MacManus is rooting for Brazil. I believe the reason for that is because (most) Brazilian players are humble, don't brag about how good they are and, above all, play having fun like they were 11 year-old.
Now, back to watching the game and answering customers questions about the Beta.
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vs. Costa Rica (need Costa Rica flag). Better than I expected. Germany is usually very defensive and play hard without flair, but today they are quite different team. Very disciplined, but with a lot of energy. After all, they are playing at home.
initial game is next Tuesday at noon (PDT). It will probably be the most watched match so far.
October, 2007