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
If you’re like me, you’ve run into situation after situation in which you’d like to convert a Word document to a PDF. While Googling for a tool to do this, though, I inevitably end up drowning in page after page of supposedly “free” converters which cost $30+ to unlock. Come … Continue reading
Read about a 69-year-old grandmother who has two passions: cooking and… gaming. Yes, gaming. There are 17 game consoles in her residence. Just goes to show you that no matter how old you get, you can always find a good creative way to waste extraordinary amounts of time!
This paper written by a quartet of guys from the CS department at Old Dominion is quite fascinating. They present a software solution for recovering and reconstructing web sites from various Internet archive sources and cached search engine data. The tool is called Warrick and, while I expect I’ll never … Continue reading
I’ve been using Watir for a week or so now and have (naturally) run into a couple of problems. I’ve also come up with a handy way to reference fields on a page. I thought I’d share these tips so others won’t have to spend their precious time working through … Continue reading
Another example why Ruby is generally the best choice when you want to get something up and running fast with a minimum amount of code and a maximum amount of clarity. Dion Almaer’s 20.weeks.ago vs. java.util.Calendar
WATIR stands for “Web Application Testing in Ruby”. Watir is a free, open-source functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications. It is pronounced water. I began experimenting with Watir over the weekend. I run a database-driven web site for a local non-profit group and have been looking … Continue reading
Someone just sent me a link to this video. How amazingly geeky. Yet another case where I’m wondering why people like this have so much extra time on their hands. There has to be an explanation!
Sails: a dynamic, open-source web framework for Java designed in the spirit of Rails. The top 5 reasons to use it? 1. Created using test-driven development (no, seriously, it was!) 2. Controllers are testable (oh yeah) 3. Leans heavily on convention over configuration (Rails anyone?) 4. Binds URLs to Actions … 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.