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Software > Programming >
(on Wikipedia)
http://www.smalltalk.org/

A programming language.

Smalltalk (Programming):

Smalltalk is intriguing. Very intriguing. I was turned onto this while Ruby was a live project, where the rabbit hold led me to Seaside.

Smalltalk leads to Squeak, the open source implementation, and through one if its main contributors (Alan Kay) leads to the Croquet Project.

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Neverwinter Nights - (2002 game) cover

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20151105102937/http://http://nwn.bioware.com/

An online MMO type thing. I was using Linux at the time, and so I suppose my options were limited.



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Software >
Firefox > Firefox add-ons and extensions >
Chrome > Chromium extensions >

(on Wikipedia)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-%E2%80%94-best-ad-blocker/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom
https://getadblock.com/en/

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GNU logo

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/

A commandline file fetching and Mirroring program.

A core part of every Linux distribution. Essential, for when Lynx is just too terrible to use, and there’s nothing else.

  • curl is a solid alternative.
  • You can also use Links or Lynx to download a page.



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watir old logo

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.



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