Last time I checked Socket.IO doesn't support GZip compression. I found that, especially on mobile connections with larger datasets, it's just faster to use AJAX requests for client->server data requests, in combination with Socket.IO for fast server->client updates/notifications.
The longer the URL, the bigger the benefit of using your service, the greater the chance it will break.
URLs might be too long for a varchar(255) field!
White on black for me. Since a few weeks the twilight256 theme is enabled in all my editors (ST2/Vim/Textmate) and it's great with an non-font-smoothed Courier New in the terminal (Vim) as with a bigger smoothed 'Monaco' in ST2/Textmate.
it sure must be helpful for a 11 year old to be talked into viewing the world as a dangerous place full of evil people, fearing life will be a bigger hell for every year to come until he's done with school. all because his own father feels he needs to explain to his son he is too awkward to for this world, and he's only really safe at home. and all this to "hopefully prevent himself from committing suicide".
a boy get's picked last at team-games, do you tell him the rest of his life will be a hell - and give him the impression he's powerless against it? or do you tell him that people will forget he was picked last as soon as 5 seconds later: so he should just forget about it too, enjoy the game and try to improve his skills in the game.
i guess it's normal for parents to feel they have to warn their children for the dangers of the world, but it's not the same teaching them to fear the future. it would be far more useful to concentrate on teaching some confidence and useful social skills.
