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Ask Andrei Alexandrescu

So I asked Andrei Alexandrescu what the tools were that he uses. The more, the merrier :o). I mostly use gcc, but that’s not my decision. I also use eclipse with CDT as my environment. If you don’t know who … Continue reading

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Gmail Delete Button

I really don’t like that you can’t delete email easily. However, with this GreaseMonkey script appropriately called Gmail Delete Button I can have my cake and eat it too. Thank you Greasemonkey and hordes of script writers.

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A new law of Software

In homage to, JWZ’s, Law of Software Envelopment: “Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.” Nelson’s Law of Modern Software: “Any sufficiently popular program that … Continue reading

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Did it like this, Did it like that…

Passed to me from the homies at work. http://www.mcplusplus.com/ (This one is awesome…) http://www.monzy.com/intro/drama_lyrics.html

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They don’t make web pages like this anymore…

While setting up the toolchain to build Thunderbird in debug mode, I noticed this web site. Wow, they don’t make web sites like that anymore. So the question is this: are assembly programmers Trekkies or Jedi ?

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Tried out Greasemonkey

Last night I had one of those problems where I needed to fix a web site, but and there wasn’t an easy way to do it. I was running the web site as a reverse proxy behind an Apache server … Continue reading

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Google Talk : Not That Hot

Last night, like the rest of the geeks out there, I tried out Google Talk. Overall, I don’t think its much to talk about. Here are my reasons: You have to have a gmail account to be a buddy or … Continue reading

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Code::Blocks – An Open Source Replacement for Visual Studio

As I was looking around at C++ stuff on the net, I ran across this project on Sourceforge called Code::Blocks Studio. I think these guys have a shot at being a decent Open source replacement for visual studio. They have … Continue reading

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