Archive for the 'Tools' Category

01
Jan

Save 15% on ACM membership

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My boss offered to reimburse the developers at work if we wanted to join the ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery.  I think that’s what counts as our Christmas bonus, but I’ll take it.  I’ve been meaning to join for a few years now.
While checking out their site, I found a link to save 15% [...]

06
Nov

PHP.net Search Bars

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Back when I worked on Pick systems, it was common for Pick developers to gripe about the way Java programmers always had a browser window open, pointing to Google or Sun’s Java site. While today’s programming environments offer a lot of flexibility, the days of knowing an entire programming language and its standard libraries [...]

06
Nov

Another one from the toolbox

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I’ve always kept a coffee can next to my bed for collecting my spare change at the end of the day. But now, even the banks want a few bucks to count through a full can of coins. Now, I use the Coinstar machine at the local Jewel.
Coinstar doesn’t charge any fees if [...]

02
Nov

Dave’s November “Presentation”

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Dave’s Toolkit
Browsercam.com
I can’t say enough nice things about Browsercam. You can have them take “snapshots” of your site in different browsers on different operating systems, or even get “remote access” to a machine with your choice of OS.
But, it tends to be pricey, starting at $19.95/day, $59.95/month, and $399.95/year. Ouch!
If you go [...]