Monthly Archives: May 2005

Microsoft Desktop Search is Good

Based on an email recommendation/conversation with Mark Jen, I tried out the newly shipped MSN Desktop Search. Wow. Initially I didn’t see a difference, but now I’m really digging it. It has had no effect on my machine or my … Continue reading

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XML Parsers

Today I was looking at some code on the internets and eventually ended up looking at XML Pull parsers. I’m not a huge fan of XML. I feel it is bloated, too easy to abuse, and too easy to get … Continue reading

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Gmail – Move To Trash

Here is a neat tip for FireFox users who also enjoy Gmail. With a few tools, you can get the much needed ‘Move To Trash’ button that everybody wants. First install Grease Monkey – this add-in allows you to modify … Continue reading

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Unit Testing – How do you do it?

I’ve been reading about some of the tenets of Xtreme Programming (XP) and in particular the use of Unit Testing. At work I sent out the following article: Strong Typing vs. Strong Testing Very interesting, but in real life I … Continue reading

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Trafshow a reminder to myself

Note to self: when you need to see traffic, via an ncurses console… don’t forget about the ole Trafshow.

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More memory news…

Unless Nantero destroys the entire market for memories (SRAM, DRAM, FLASH, MAGNETIC, OPTICAL), another company I was watching was Matrix Semiconductor. These guys have been working on a 3D chip layout for memory. They were specifically targetting the digital camera … Continue reading

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Nantero

A while back, there was some /. posting (way back when I used to waste my time reading that site), on Nantero. This is one of those new nano-tech startups that announced some fantastic technology a while back. The nutshell … Continue reading

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The Apple ][ creates another success

Read this excerpt from http://www.mindjack.com/feature/gne.html Stewart Butterfield: When I was really little I had an Intellivision, and though I enjoyed the car racing game, Astrosmash, and Advanced D&D, it was Utopia (a very early sim game where you controlled an … Continue reading

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