You are NOT a Software Engineer!

“You are not a Software Engineer. You do not build skyscrapers. You do not build bridges.You grow gardens.You are a Software Gardener.”

via You are NOT a Software Engineer! – chrisaitchison.com.

May 6, 2011

Importing bookmarks from Google Chrome | How to | Firefox Support

“To import bookmarks from Google Chrome, you need to first export your Chrome bookmarks to an HTML file, then import that HTML file to Firefox.”

via Importing bookmarks from Google Chrome | How to | Firefox Support.

January 20, 2011

Homebrew — MacPorts driving you to drink? Try Homebrew!

Just wanted to take a note of this, since it’s always forgotten.

“Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didnt include with OS X.”

via Homebrew — MacPorts driving you to drink? Try Homebrew!.

January 19, 2011

Ksplice » Solving problems with proc – System administration and software blog

Very useful article about the proc filesystem on Linux.

“The Linux kernel exposes a wealth of information through the proc special filesystem. It’s not hard to find an encyclopedic reference about proc. In this article I’ll take a different approach: we’ll see how proc tricks can solve a number of real-world problems. All of these tricks should work on a recent Linux kernel, though some will fail on older systems like RHEL version 4.”

via Ksplice » Solving problems with proc – System administration and software blog.

January 12, 2011

5 Things You Might Not Know about jQuery – OReilly Answers

“jQuery is a very powerful library, but some of its powerful features are obscure, and unless youve read the jQuery source code, or my new book jQuery Pocket Reference, you may not know about them. This article excerpts that book to describe five useful features of jQuery that you might not know about.”

via 5 Things You Might Not Know about jQuery – OReilly Answers.

January 8, 2011

PHP Hangs On Numeric Value 2.2250738585072011e-308 – Exploring Binary

“I stumbled upon a very strange bug in PHP; this statement sends it into an infinite loop:<?php $d = 2.2250738585072011e-308; ?>The same thing happens if you write the number without scientific notation — 324 decimal places.”

via PHP Hangs On Numeric Value 2.2250738585072011e-308 – Exploring Binary.

Looks like it only affects 32bit PHP.

Response from Rasmus Lerdorf  on Twitter.

January 4, 2011

Skype – The Big Blog – CIO update: Post-mortem on the Skype outage

“As a follow-up to last week’s outage, here is a detailed explanation of what transpired, the root cause, and plans to mitigate this from happening again in the future.”

via Skype – The Big Blog – CIO update: Post-mortem on the Skype outage.

December 29, 2010

YouTube – 27C3: Adventures in analyzing Stuxnet (Bruce Dang from Microsoft)

27C3: Adventures in analyzing Stuxnet (Bruce Dang from Microsoft)

via YouTube – 27C3: Adventures in analyzing Stuxnet (Bruce Dang from Microsoft).

December 29, 2010

4chan Has Been DDOSed – Slashdot

“According to the 4chan status page all of the 4chan boards have been DDOSed and are down.”

via 4chan Has Been DDOSed – Slashdot.

December 29, 2010

“Skyfishing” with a GoPro HERO POV Camera 400+ Feet Up « Tom Guilmette

“Skyfishing” with a GoPro HERO POV Camera 400+ Feet Up « Tom Guilmette.

I wonder where to buy the helium here in .NO.

December 29, 2010