links for 2009-09-30

"I was asked a few days ago about how much attention I pay to speed and performance when launching a new blog, like this one. The answer, of course, is that it really depends on the site. Obviously a site like TUTSPLUS (which I didn’t design or code) will require much more attention than a smaller personal blog like this. With that said, it’s always a best practice to follow a few guidelines. Here are a handful of things that I did."

"Eyewitnesses say Guinea soldiers bayoneted and knifed opposition supporters after opening fire at a rally killing at least 125 people. The reports emerged as the military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara admitted some of the security forces had lost control. But he denied any knowledge of women being sexually assaulted by soldiers." Oh well as long as you didn't sexually assault any women, that's fine.

"This class provides methods for retrieving data from the Google Analytics API."

"On his blog, Jonathan Turley writes that this video "appears to show Pittsburgh police during G20 protests using an arrested citizen as a prop for a group photo." That's what it looks like to me, too."