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Archive for May, 2008

PsTools to the rescue

We were having memory issues on one of our production servers today, no one was able to get in via Remote Desktop or any other remote access tools. PsTools by Mark Russinovich was a life saver, it allowed me to query the processes running on the remote machine and also their memory usage, we were [...]

Hacking democracy

Just saw Hacking Democracy on HBO, it’s available online as well. I can’t believe the whole electronic voting system is built on Access and a VB frontend!!

links for 2008-05-10

How I Built a Working Poker Bot, Part 1 - Coding the Wheel
(tags: poker programming bot development c++)

links for 2008-05-09

Best Programming Jokes
(tags: programming humor funny geek computer fun jokes humour)

links for 2008-05-08

35 Useful Source Code Editors Reviewed | Developer’s Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
(tags: editor programming software tools development code)

links for 2008-05-07

5 Sources for Free Computer Technology Education Online — Education-Portal.com
(tags: education free computer programming courses online)

“Electricity” Misconceptions Spread By Textbooks
(tags: electronics reference education science physics)

Lessons In Electric Circuits
(tags: electronics tutorial reference hardware ebooks engineering)

SciPy -
SciPy (pronounced “Sigh Pie”) is open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering
(tags: python programming science math software tools opensource)

links for 2008-05-06

What Kind of Software Would People Actually Pay For? » What’s In Peter’s Head
(tags: business software entrepreneur marketing)

links for 2008-05-05

The Story of Mel - A real programmer
(tags: code cool culture fun hacks history humor computers programming)

Subversion as a deployment tool

I was thinking on the way to work today that subversion would be a great tool to overcome some of the difficulties associated with frequent deployments to the web serevers. Here’s how I see it working

Create a production/live build folder in your source tree and add it to the repository.
Modify our build system to create [...]

links for 2008-05-02

Microsoft SoftGrid® Application Virtualization
designed to help IT support large-scale virtualization implementations across more sites and enable multiple delivery options;
(tags: microsoft tools software virtualization softgrid desktop management application)