Typically, a well designed web application will respond to a POST request with a redirection to a suitable URL (e.g. one that shows the contents of their e-mail inbox, their Facebook homepage etc.). The main advantage of this approach compared to sending whatever resourse the user thinks they are requesting in the body of the [...]

Whenever a new story about Microsoft and the EU happens to be doing the rounds, I always make a point of visiting DailyTech. It is easily the worst of the major technology news sites, but nothing brings it to life like a good story about those sissy socialists in the EU fining a good ol’ [...]

Since I started contracting three years ago, I have probably attended more job interviews than in all my previous years combined. My success ratio is finally high enough that I now decline more job offers than I accept, and for that I have to thank my newfound ability to see the interview process for the [...]

Or should that read a ’second try’? I must confess that I was never really convinced by Torchwood’s first season. To explain why, I can do little more than direct your attention to this Dead Ringers spoof:

Dead Ringers parodies are often a little hit and miss, but this one captures Torchwood’s hopelessly contrived premise, tacky [...]

As I am sure most of you are already aware, Sun Microsystems has acquired MySQL AB (the company behind the open source MySQL database server that powers much of the world wide web) for the princely sum of $1billion. Many commentators are predicting doom, gloom, fire and brimstone (in that order), largely as a result [...]

A statistician friend of mine has given me permission to publish a few preliminary results from a study he has been performing into sexual attitudes of young adults (aged around 18). The study pays particular attention to the level of impact, if any, that education and academic performance have on those attitudes.
Methodology
A total of 1000 [...]