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Excellent paper on HTTP Sessions
Just finished reading a whitepaper on Web Based Session Management, worth a read. It lists the advantages and disadvantages of the three main forms of session management and common attacks. Go forth and read! (0)

Stretchy Designs
If you’re afraid of using em-based layouts, or just haven’t got around to using them in your designs, head on over to Jon Tan’s blog and read his great article, The Incredible Em & Elastic Layouts with CSS . He does a great job of demonstrating how easy it is to create an elastic layout in terms even engineers can understand. (1)

Is Google Evil? Here's Proof!
Many people wonder if Google is evil, despite their motto. But I have discovered proof that Google is Evil. See for yourself!

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Why software projects die
Great post over at sourcemaking.com today, 40 Reasons Why Software Projects Die. One recent job I had suffered from many of these AntiPatterns, specifically

1. Death by Planning
2. Design by Committee
3. Irrational Management
4. Cover Your Assets
5. Project Mismanagement
6. Lava Flow
7. Mushroom Management

and so many more… it’s a great list and a good read if only so you can recognize these success-killers and avoid them. (0)

What's a Snow Flake?
There are times when I want to make  a quick point without having to write an essay on the topic. Apparently there’s a whole meme of a blog within a blog, aka a sideblog or “asides”. I found a nice plugin that lets me do the same thing. I needed a name for this feature and since it’s just a little piece of Snowmoon Software, that “Snow Flake” would be a good name. Like it? Hate it? Leave a comment! (0)