I really like Firefox. It's been a real solid browser with lots of development support for the things we do at OpenLogic. Firebug in particular has been awesome and Selenium is nice too. Since upgrading to Firefox 2.x, my linux machine has been dog slow. For a long time I couldn't figure out what the [...]
Read More »So I decided to go my own way since I don't really like installing via a package manager. IMO, package managers are good for installing shared libraries and the like on Linux, but major apps like Subversion and PostgreSQL and stuff like that I like to install where I want them so I can maintain [...]
Read More »First, a little background for non-users of open source: Because users have access to the source code (for most projects), when users encounter problems, bugs, or just unexpected behavior, they can inspect the source code to see what's going on under the covers. This visibility is extremely useful for developers to learn new techniques and [...]
Read More »I like to see the similarities in things. I find it interesting to find connections and look at things from that point of view. It is certainly not a unique habit, but I do find that many people, (and particularly engineers) do not think that way. Things are specific and even small differences mean that [...]
Read More »What is it about technical support that support personnel think that if they simply provide an answer, even if it's wrong, they have done their job? I find it really odd and a sad comment on the state of our society that this passes for customer service. First off, a caveat. Our company blog site [...]
Read More »Hi all, I'm new to the blogosphere, although not a new blogger. I used to write blogs way back when they were called op-ed back in my salad days. So, I may be a little rusty, but here goes. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it, because Groovy has really added so much [...]
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