I saw an EDS ad in Forbes today which had what I thought was an interesting tagline: You can talk about it. You can think about it. You can hope for it. But if you actually want to cut a bolt, use a bolt cutter. This is so true. Yet … Continue reading
Forbes.com hops on the AJAX bandwagon with a brief overview of what some new businesses are using it for. I found the point at the end about AJAX impacting Nielsen/NetRatings statistics particularly interesting.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m currently slogging through the melancholic mire of testing .NET/C# code. In the process, I’ve been receiving exceptions which give an HRESULT code in hex (i.e. 8×80020005) and not much else. That got me to wondering what these HRESULTs are and how to … Continue reading
As Rich Main blogged in mid-October, Ward Cunningham recently left Microsoft for a job at the Eclipse Foundation. I found this especially fascinating considering that, after over 4 years of developing with Java, a job change recently required me to begin using C# for automated testing. The pain of doing … Continue reading
What is pair programming? PairProgramming.com defines it as: Two programmers working side-by-side, collaborating on the same design, algorithm, code or test. One programmer, the driver, has control of the keyboard/mouse and actively implements the program. The other programmer, the observer, continuously observes the work of the driver to identify tactical … Continue reading
Wired News ran an article last month talking about the recent phenomenon of warez traders and illegal music downloaders flocking back to Usenet to ply their trade. I find this fascinating considering the number of “modern” file sharing applications like Kazaa and BitTorrent which are easily available. The article cited … Continue reading
Expect is a UNIX program based on the Tcl programming language. It allows for quick and easy automation of interaction with other programs. For example, Expect can be used to write a script which launches FTP, enters a password when prompted, navigates to a directory, downloads a file, and finally … Continue reading