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ButlerPCnet

  1. Reading ZinFest: Wine, Food & Fun at Lodi Lake on Snooth snooth.com/articles/zinfe… #Wine via @snooth
  2. @pgte @rem gotta love proprietary software! Locking you out of using competitors software since 1975!
  3. Samsung Galaxy S3 Announced, Leaves iPhone Far Behind muktware.com/3575/samsung-g… via @muktware
  4. Reading Wine 101: Tasting Wine on Snooth snooth.com/articles/comme… via @snooth
  5. @LeaVerou Question mark makes sense I suppose, but a prefixed exclamation point removes the element of surprise!
  6. This guy REALLY hates PHP. But it is a great (long) read on the pitfalls and quirks in the language me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/0…
  7. window.console && console.log('message'); // use console and prevent javascript errors in unsupported browsers
  8. @rustybrick It's unbelievable that it sold for such a high amount for what it is. Somehow, they restricted the service just right
  9. Hosting a Dynamic Site on S3 tmblr.co/ZcVrVyJBB1LP All Dynamic loaded via AJAX JSON requests
  10. @LinkedIn Your mobile site does not even work at all on Opera Mobile (Android). This is 23% of all mobile traffic
  11. The web is at a weird crossroads. webmonkey.com/2012/02/webkit…
  12. @pdluhy hate it. No idea who would make the decision to do that
  13. @sazzy congrats on the award!
  14. . @mwichary @rem weirdest Google Logo ever! google.pl