Tech Tips, Tricks & Trivia

Bill Gates has posted an interesting video on his site about his thoughts on vaccines The video presents facts through entertaining comic art with voice-over by Bill Also see: Software industry related comics

HTTPWatch Blog has a nice article debunking these HTTPS myths - Myth #1 – My Site Only Needs HTTPS for the Login Page Myth #2 – Anything can go in Cookies and Query Strings with HTTPS Myth #3 – HTTPS is Too Slow Myth #4 – New SSL Certificates Have to be Purchased When Moving Servers or Running Multiple Servers Myth #5 – Each HTTPS Site Needs its Own Public IP Address Myth #6 – SSL Certificates are Expensive Myth #7 – HTTPS Never Caches Also see: A Web App Is As Secure As You Make It & the Browser It Runs On Prevent identity theft with HTTPS browsing

The software industry inspires cartoonists & vice versa . From The Oatmeal: Why some emails go unanswered Here is a list of software industry related comics from a question on the Pro Webmasters StackExchange forum  - Dilbert - Keyword search is now available on the site. There is also an unofficial Dilbert Strip Finder  which explains its popularity. This strip where Asok, the IIT-ian intern takes a jibe at a senior colleague over how experience doesn't matter in the software industry , garnered 50+ comments. Smashing Magazine cartoons - cartoons on web development & design, published every Friday xkcd - comic titles & transcripts are searchable The Oatmeal Abstruse Goose Mashable Comics I'll add more as I find them