This is a nice tool for doing mockups called Balsamiq...

http://www.balsamiq.com/

Here's another great design tool...  ColorPix

Have you ever wanted to get the Hex code off that beautiful image... without having to open up Photoshop?

ColorPix is a really quick and easy tool for grabbing colors off images or any other application or web page.  The download is a simple .exe file and when you run it you get a little box that will pick up the color data of any item on your screen.  Just move your mouse around the screen and the box will display the pixel location, RGB, HEX, HSB, and CMYK values.  Click the "Magnifier" button to get a zoom-in of the area surrounding your mouse.

I have used GoDaddy to register domain names, and recommend them to anyone who has the ability to resist the temptation to buy all the add-ins they offer you.  During checkout, they will make several offers for other "similar" domain names, and many many add-ons such as Private Domains and Email.  It is only cheap if you don't select any extras!  Otherwise, don't say they are cheap!

As for the control panels, they are pretty nice and offer all the tools that you need to manage a domain.

Then I started looking at Hosting with GoDaddy... and I tried them for a time, and yes, it was cheap.  It might be great for someone who wants to use a Content Management System, and does not need to do a lot of development work.  But, there are some account restrictions that may drive a developer crazy...

Database Connections

GoDaddy does not allow any connections to a database unless that connection comes from one of their servers.  This is an understandable security issue, but if you are developing a site, and want to test on your development computer and still connect to the database... you can't!  You must upload files to the server to test.  This forces you to test on your live site, which can be disasterous.  You could setup a test folder on your server, but you still have to upload files, which can really slow down your development process.

FTP Connection Limits

GoDaddy only allows a single FTP connection at a time.  This is means one file at a time.  That's okay if you are only uploading a few files, but if you are trying to upload or download an entire folder, it is a limitation that is time consuming.  Many FTP programs will let you initiate several "worker threads" that can run simultaneoustly.  This only works if your web server supports multiple connections.

When I try to use this feature on a GoDaddy server I get a message...

 "Too many connections from this IP"

So, I had to revert to the one-at-a-time method and wait...

If you need to make that change in SmartFTP you can Edit your site's Connection Settings and go to Transfer/Queue and set the number of Workers = 1.

Conclusion

GoDaddy is great for Domains, but they keep too many doors locked on their hosting to make it valuable to a Developer... In my opinion.

It's not every day that you get an error from a Google App, but it  does happen on occasion.  I think it is interesting to see how applications handle their error pages.  In the screenshot below, Google makes sure that every user understands what has happened by providing a message in many different languages.  You should be able to access this page directly by going to this link... http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/unavailable.html