Articles and links worth checking out – 15 July 2008

More and more links

Game Programming in J2ME crash course

Effective Code Reviews

8 reasons why XML sucks

The 10 Ultimate SEO Tips of All Time

Handling images with PHP

Building and managing virtual teams

How to be a programmer

Life

How to Write with Style (Kurt Vonnegut)

26 Key Innovations of the last 20 years

Someday is NOW!

101 Dirt Cheap Ways to Enjoy Yourself

Data ‘chunks’ are easier to remember

The income snowball

SQL Injection Example

Here is a good example of how hackers use SQL Injection to access data. The example here is only one of many possible attacks that hackers can use to access (or destroy) information on your site so its very important to implement security measures to protect your site.

More detail on what SQL Injection is:

What is a SQL Injection bug? – Joel on software

SQL Injection walkthrough – SecuriTeam

Protecting Your PHP/MySQL Queries from SQL Injection – Metatitan

SQL Injection – WikiPedia
As a bonus here is an old xkcd cartoon about sanitizing your database inputs:

Little Bobby tables

Articles and links worth checking out – 12 July 2008

I’ve been away for a while so I have a bumper edition of links for you. Enjoy!

Technology

Login Form Design Patterns

10 Mobile Developer Tips

Startup Business Strategy For The Simple-Minded

Reddit goes open source

A guide to cloud computing

Iconfinder

Code Kata

Getting your copyright date right using PHP

21 laws of Computer Programming

Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design

10 Rules of user Experience by Google

Life

Overcoming Shyness

BMW GINA: New Concept car

Bad guys really do get the most girls.

5 Tips To Recharge Your Body And Mind Overnight

7 steps to Completing your 1projects on time

12 Keys for building trust

Online Games

TypeRacer

Lunch Timers

Puzzle Farter

Other

Odd facts about WWII

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