Archive for the ‘Programming’ Category
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
you've got 30 minutes... to write a python script
It's hard to write code when you're hungry, and even harder to concentrate when you've just ordered pizza from dominos and you know that they will be buzzing any minute. I bet you wished that you had a sweet script that ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
ZSFA -- My Bear Stearns Employees Need A Job
My Bear Stearns Employees Need A JobWell it looks like things are going very badly at Bear Stearns. As usual, other idiots running the company fucked it up for everyone else, and I really hope someone goes to jail for this ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Robot Magazine: VEXplorer Contest
Revell, Innovation First, Inc., Robot magazine and SolidWorks Corporation, with Grant Imahara, are pleased to announce the Grant Imahara VEXplorer Robot Challenge. Grant Imahara is one of the hosts of Discovery Channel's hit television show Mythbusters. He is a special effects expert who has worked on ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zenoss can now monitor two kinds of traffic.
By hacking at the javascript in the default zenoss template it is possible to add Google Maps traffic overlays to the Zenoss dashboard.
Submit your own Zenoss tip and get a chance to win an AsusEEE!
The full Google Maps Traffic Report Howto is on ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Henry brings up a good question in the comments on the indeed.com comparison of the languages. While I don't believe the trends in search terms are a good measure of job possibilities or job growth, they do indicate what people are interested in, or at least what they are having ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
ruby, python, php, java Job Trends | Indeed.com
Indeed.com can show some interesting trends about what's hot and not in the job posting world. Here's a chart of the popular web languages vs Java. It appears to me that Java has flat-lined.
Individual charts after the jump:
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Comanche Hill » The Fallacy of Software Design Documentation
Mark has an excellent post about our recent experiences with documentation and some people who place way too much trust in software design and not enough in testing.
Software design is like herding cats. You're a lot better off if you just ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Extending Vim with Python - Program - Python - Builder AU
If you're a user of the text editor Vim, chances are you are already impressed with the number and power of its inbuilt features. If you've ever tried to add your own functionality to the editor but been turned ...
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