Monthly Archives: February 2006

Here are some things that don’t work in VBScript: Sub Try ExecuteGlobal(“On Error Resume Next”) End Sub I’m one of the few people who doesn’t really mind VBScripts error mechanism, it’s just like checking return codes. But this piece of … Continue reading →

Occasionally, after long days at work, I’ll read an article like “Quantum computer solves problem, without running”, and wonder what other dreadful hacks the Great Makers rushed through to get the Big Bang out in time. I mean, this is … Continue reading →

Wouldn’t it be great if you were driving, and the gear-stick went THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDER, THUNDERCATS… HO! as you moved up through the gears? How cool would that be?

Some useful extensions for Firefox users interested in Selenium: Selenium Recorder – pretty simple record/playback functionality for your tests. If you can convince people to turn this on and repeat the bug, you’ve got a ready made test onto which … Continue reading →

A few posts (and months) ago I moaned about the whole ‘attention’ thing, thinking it was just another way to configure which adverts I saw. Since then, I’ve remembered why I like Windows Media Player. A lot of media players … Continue reading →

If you can’t get your iPod Nano to charge when it’s plugged in to a USB port and iTunes is running but nothing complains – try configuring it to work as a hard disk. Edit | Preferences | iPod etc. … Continue reading →

I will admit that I’m at my most miserable when I’m having to perform ninja SQL to get something to work in a project. The more I have to mess around with complex queries, the more I wish every web … Continue reading →

I’ve not been posting, but I’ve fine tuned my subscriptions and added some real gems: Anarchaia – If you weren’t totally repulsed by Haskell at university, or you just don’t have time read rambling tech blog entries, this is a … Continue reading →

Having learned a bit of PHP on my hiatus, I thought I’d share a couple of tips for people who like testing. One of things I missed in PHPUnit to begin with was the ability to test for errors. NUnit … Continue reading →