Chipping the web: March 2nd

March 2nd, 2011 12:00:16 pm pst by Sterling Camden

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The Origin of Unix Pipes
Oh, so they should be called "hoses" instead — except for the resultant multiplexed meaning of "hosing your data". via The Code Project
Tags: unix pipes history
Web development using Go | TechRepublic
Assuming your site isn't one of the millions that should use Stop instead.
Tags: golang webdev programming techrepublic

Tags: del.icio.us, golang, history, pipes, programming, techrepublic, unix, webdev

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Chipping the web: December 8th

December 8th, 2010 10:00:03 am pst by Sterling Camden

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Geeks from History: Napoleon
Vive les geeks!
Tags: napoleon geeksaresexy history astronomy
OPML Browser version 2.2 for WordPress — Chip’s Tips for Developers
Once more unto the PHP, dear friends
Tags: wordpress widgets plugins php opml chipstips
Doing something vs. talking about it | Technology for Mortals
A laudable idea — although improving on a Facebook meme hardly seems a challenge.
Tags: justinjames charity facebook

Tags: astronomy, charity, chipstips, del.icio.us, facebook, geeksaresexy, history, justinjames, napoleon, opml, php, plugins, widgets, wordpress

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Chipping the web: October 15th

October 15th, 2010 9:00:35 am pst by Sterling Camden

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xkcd: Tech Support
Aw man, I was all psyched to try the code word next time…
Tags: xkcd techsupport humor
IT consultants, document your work! | IT Consultant | TechRepublic.com
No, source code alone does not constitute documentation.
Tags: techrepublic consulting documentation
You Might Be A Computing Old Timer If … – Reed’s Ruminations: A Blog by Dan Reed
Six out of ten — I guess that makes me a Slightly Used Timer?
Tags: computing history

Tags: computing, consulting, del.icio.us, documentation, history, humor, techrepublic, techsupport, xkcd

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Chipping the web: May 11th

May 11th, 2010 5:01:34 pm pst by Sterling Camden

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Secure Mercurial and BitBucket for your development projects | IT Security | TechRepublic.com
A great starting point for Hg reference
Tags: techrepublic security mercurial apotheon
One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
Truth in lies.
Tags: humor programming languages history
IT consultants must learn to trust their intuitions | IT Consultant | TechRepublic.com
Don't open that class!
Tags: techrepublic consulting intuition

Tags: apotheon, consulting, del.icio.us, history, humor, intuition, languages, mercurial, programming, security, techrepublic

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Chipping the web: March 25th

March 25th, 2010 3:00:45 pm pst by Sterling Camden

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RGB to Color Name Mapping(Triplet and Hex)
Crayola for CSS
Tags: color design graphics webdev reference
Phil Factor’s Phrenetic Phoughts : Ada and ‘The Book’
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
Tags: ada adalovelace history computing babbage
Job snapshot: IT Consultant | View from the Cubicle | TechRepublic.com
Cheese!
Tags: consulting techrepublic

Tags: ada, adalovelace, babbage, color, computing, consulting, del.icio.us, design, graphics, history, reference, techrepublic, webdev

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Chipping the web: January 21st

January 21st, 2010 11:00:34 am pst by Sterling Camden

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The Development of the C Language
A history, by Dennis Ritchie
Via the Code Project.
Tags: c programming ritchie history
Synthesis 2.0.2: more improvements to regexen, lists, and code coverage — Chip’s Tips for Developers
I wonder how many total hours programmers around the world and over the years have spent tuning sort algorithms…
Tags: chipstips synthesis synergyde sorting regex codecoverage
Chad Perrin: SOB » Business Terms Explained
Makes me glad I'm self-employed.
Tags: apotheon business humor

Tags: apotheon, business, c, chipstips, codecoverage, del.icio.us, history, humor, programming, regex, ritchie, sorting, synergyde, synthesis

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Chipping the web: July 25th

July 25th, 2009 5:00:42 pm pst by Sterling Camden

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Urban Dictionary: World War II
The short version.
Thanks, Miss Cellania.
Tags: humor ww2 history
Giles Bowkett: More About "Magic" In Rails
I get the same kind of witch hunting over the use of macros in Synergy/DE, too.
Tags: magic ruby rails gilesbowkett
Bacterial computers to solve complex mathematics problems | Blog | Futurismic
I'm ahead of this curve – some of my old code already resembles an unchecked bacterial infection.
Tags: computing bacteria mathematics
Browser benchmark update: Lunascape 5.1.2
Pretty quick, for a three-headed monster
Tags: lunascape browsers benchmark geeksaresexy javascript dromeao acid3

Tags: acid3, bacteria, benchmark, browsers, computing, del.icio.us, dromeao, geeksaresexy, gilesbowkett, history, humor, javascript, lunascape, magic, mathematics, rails, ruby, ww2

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Chipping the web: June 8th

June 8th, 2009 10:00:27 am pst by Sterling Camden

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How do you greet an extraterrestrial? – Los Angeles Times
How about "We mean you no harm, despite our long history of destroying everything in our path."
Tags: seti aliens
Conflicts of interest between IT consulting clients | IT Consultant | TechRepublic.com
Be careful not to rob Peter to rob Paul
Tags: techrepublic consulting competition
Unix turns 40: The past, present and future of a revolutionary OS
Via the Code Project
Tags: unix history

Tags: aliens, competition, consulting, del.icio.us, history, seti, techrepublic, unix

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Chipping the web: March 26th

March 26th, 2009 10:01:06 am pst by Sterling Camden

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Is this woman really as old as the LIGHT BULB? ‘Oldest person in the world’ set to celebrate her 130th birthday
Thanks, Joseph.
Tags: longevity aging kazakhstan
Gone but not forgotten: 10 operating systems the world left behind
Hey, they forgot to include COS-310! I guess it's even forgotten from lists of the forgotten…
Via the Code Project.
Tags: os evolution history
CallCatalog.com tries to throw the book at unwanted callers
Harassed 2.0
Tags: callcatalog harassment telephone socialmedia
Agile Software Development: 3 Reasons Why I Wouldn’t Do Agile Software …
Would you do agile on a fixed price contract?
Thanks, Arjan.
Tags: methodology projectmanagement agile

Tags: agile, aging, callcatalog, del.icio.us, evolution, harassment, history, kazakhstan, longevity, methodology, os, projectmanagement, socialmedia, telephone

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Chipping the web: February 13th

February 13th, 2009 2:00:19 pm pst by Sterling Camden

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Um, I have a question!

Measuring productivity seems hopeless! Every time we cook up a metric (function points per iteration divided by the trailing average number of WTFs per minute in code reviews), we find a convincing case for the metric being meaningless or even inversely correlated with the results of the team as a whole.

Tags: raganwald productivity programming
The internet isn’t making you stupid. People are making you stupid.
The Internet just makes the process faster and easier. Love the Yeats link!
Tags: paulraven internet society ignorance
On Programming
Alexandre collects and comments on my "History of programming languages" series
Tags: programming history
Textual Gratification
"We are like bugs trying to grab as much web as we can, until we are completely bound when the spider arrives."
Tags: random johncamden
Cuba launches its own Linux distro: Nova
Patria o Muerte
Tags: linux cuba opensource nova
Hire Reg Braithwaite!
It's unbelievable that Reg hasn't been hired yet, even in this economy. If I could afford it, I'd hire Reg just to sit in my office and make me smarter.
Tags: regbraithwaite

Tags: cuba, del.icio.us, history, ignorance, internet, johncamden, linux, nova, opensource, paulraven, productivity, programming, raganwald, random, regbraithwaite, society

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