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There are some reviews of Eric Clapton’s Shanghai concert up on his web site. The set lists of the concerts in other countries make interesting reading. There’s only two place in which Cocaine was not performed: China and Singapore. Think about it.

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china music

Wednesday, 31 January 2007

MySpace Lessons in How Not To Build A Web Site

Baseline Mag has an overview of how MySpace coped with rapid growth. Basically a good lesson in how not to build a dynamic database backed website.

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Wednesday, 24 January 2007

Shanghai To Issue Spit Bags To Taxi Drivers

Shanghai To Issue Spit Bags To Taxi Drivers. Nice. Would you rather ride around with a bag of spit all day or wind down your window and expectorate?

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humour shanghai

Sunday, 21 January 2007

JavaScript Books

Here’s a list of some JavaScript books:

Pro Javascript Techniques by John Resig - amazon.com
PPK on JavaScript by Peter-Paul Koch - amazon.com
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 5th edition by David Flanagan - amazon.com
The JavaScript Anthology by James Edwards and Cameron Adams - amazon.com
Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax by Christian Heilmann - amazon.com
DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith - amazon.com
Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith - amazon.com

Personally I spend a lot of time with The Definitive Guide.

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javascript

Sunday, 21 January 2007

Eric Clapton in Shanghai

eric clapton in shanghai Eric Clapton played Shanghai last night. Lots of old tunes from the Derek and the Dominoes era. More details here. Talking of Dereks one of his two support guitarists on this tour is Derek Trucks.