Field Notes

Strip jsessionid from URLs entirely instead of redirecting - prevent Google from indexing session chaos.

Jamie and Adam from MythBusters appeared on CSI Las Vegas - yes, we're definitely geeks for noticing.

GWT In Practice delivers practical guidance for building advanced web UIs - and includes a real author endorsement.

Google crawlers skip jsessionid parameters, diluting your rank. Mod_rewrite strips them cleanly without breaking sessions.

HowGoodIWas beta lets ex-athletes reconnect, share memories, and relive competitive glory through social media.

HowGoodIWas.com launches its friends and family beta in four days - Google indexing post for search.

SpamAssassin plus Mail.app filters manage spam burden effectively - IMAP junk folder safeguards false positives.

The Tom Bihn laptop bag became my travel essential - light, roomy, and built for both adventures and coffee runs.

French croissants are light, flaky, buttery. Ours are dense, greasy lead weights - there's no comparison.

A week in South France: Monaco supercars, Bandol wine region, Juan-les-Pins yachts, and jet-lag adventures.

YouTube stopped playing after two seconds until downgrading Flash from 9.0.124.0 to 9.0.47.0 fixed it.

ATG RSS Feed Droplet now supports configurable character encodings - reformatting breaks feeds, so beware.

Tech startups carry no debt and don't depend on luxury spending, so they'll weather this recession far better than last time.

Andrea saw a Boston Marathon license plate in Boston - the ultimate vanity plate flex.

Attended Startup School in San Francisco - full coverage across two blog posts on Friday and the weekend.

Y Combinator's Startup School 2008 packed the auditorium early with eager founders - here's what it felt like to be there.

First flight on Virgin America First Class: luxury that rivals Qantas with two-person legroom in a narrow cabin.

Someone made a how-to video for 10MinuteMail - user-created content is the best kind of product validation.

Heading to Startup School this weekend - if you're there, email me.

Columbus trip: 4:30 AM flight, jet lag at midnight, interviews on zero sleep - the startup grind is real.