dead

There are those who want to relinquish power, believing that others are more capable and therefore qualified than themselves to run aspects of their life or world for them. This could be ignorance, this could be laziness, this could be willful. Fnord is a related hesitation. Or I could be completely wrong.

I tend to additionally attribute fnord to concepts of doublethink and doublespeak.

Mirroring a website with wget

2005-11-21

archivism, dead, HOWTO, projects

wget >

NOTE: curl and Curlmirror are also good for this.

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PCLinuxOS remastering

2005-11-08

archivism, dead, HOWTO, PCLinuxOS, projects

PCLinuxOS >

Using “mklivecd” to create a liveCD and installable distribution.

Watir

2005-10-19

abandoned, dead, freeware, glances, GUI software, internet, liked, open-source software, programming, Ruby, Ruby programming, Ruby software, software, software testing, web browser software, Windows software, Windows XP software

Software >
Ruby > Ruby web programming, Ruby testing >

(on Wikipedia)
(old website, archive)
was watir.com

A functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications. It drives the Internet Explorer browser the same way people do. It clicks links, fills in forms, presses buttons. It also checks results, such as whether expected text appears on the page.

I did some simple website testing with it.

aka Web Application Testing in Ruby.
Pronounced “water”.
my Watir scripts
Water 2.0 had support planned for Linux and Firefox using the “selenium” engine. 2019-09-29 – That engine appwars to have become https://www.selenium.dev/
Abandoned – 2024-04-22 – No website updates in a while, and the domain is down.

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The Deadline – (1997 book), by Tom DeMarco

2005-10-18

books, dead, dead-tree books, glances, loved, non-fiction, philosophy, previously-owned, reviews, things, time management, Tom DeMarco

The Deadline - (1997 book), by Tom DeMarco cover

Entertainment > Reading >
Time management >

http://tomdemarco.com/Books/deadline.html

The book is an interesting mix of story and advice, bringing the reader through the experiences of “Mr. Tomkins”, a bright man who is open to learning.

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Kate

2005-10-16

dead, freeware, GUI software, KDE software, Linux software, loved, open-source software, reviews, software, text editors

Software > Text editors >

(on Wikipedia)
https://kate-editor.org/

An excellent text editor on KDE.

kedit
See also KWrite

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The Little Schemer – (1996 book), by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Fellesein

2005-10-15

books, Daniel P. Friedman, dead, disliked, education, glances, Lisp, Matthias Fellesein, non-fiction, previously-owned, programming, Scheme, softcover books, things

Entertainment > Reading >

https://web.archive.org/web/20190208124553/http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTLS/

A programmer’s book for the Scheme implementation of Lisp.

Ack!: Unfortunately, it’s not possible for me to read this book. It’s not geared towards people who are new to Lisp so it’s impossible to comprehend in any way. I don’t want to learn lisp, I want to learn the problem solving skills touted for this book. Oh well…

I gave it away, though to whom I cannot recall.

The Little Schemer – 4th Edition
by Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Fellesein
Foreword by Gerald J. Sussman
ISBN 0-262-56099-2 (pbk: alk. paper)

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TEMPEST

2005-10-11

computers, dead, intelligence, projects, security

Computers > Computer security >

(on Wikipedia)

Absorbed from old notes. This topic isn’t as interesting to me as it once was, but there are some interesting points on security I noted.. so it’s worth absorbing.

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