A random quiz on a random site thinks I am an OS X :)

If you thought HTML tables were passe, think again. Show me how you can draw the same picture using only CSS; I will then use it on my blog :)

Note: This is for Indians who have to travel abroad on short business trips. Which overseas travel insurance company do you use for short trip?

Two good articles on coding standards and traits of good software developer which I think you will enjoy: 1. Top 10 Reasons Not To Use Coding Conventions / Standards 2. 5 Habits Of Best Software Developers

All I really want is to store a very large Hashtable with more reads than writes. It should be able to deal with more than 8GB of data. The key will be a String of limited length. I want it to be extremely fast on read-access, stable with sudden shutdown and other issues beyond our control and with very low CPU usage. The leading contenders in my mind are: 1. HSQLDB 2. H2 Database, from the creator of Hypersonic SQL which is the predecessor of HSQLDB 3. Berkeley DB (Java version) 4. MySQL (least preference) 5. Derby Database 6. One$DB 7. Home-brewed implementation of a souped up Hashtable 8. Prevayler