This has been around for awhile, but I just stumbled on it again today. The Joel Test (by Joel Spolsky of “Joel on Software” fame) is a quick checklist of the quality of a development team. When I’m making recommendations to clients on how to improve their development process, these are the types of things […]
Browsing Posts published in April, 2005
Two new tools were recently released onto the .NET scene to assist with identifying differences between assemblies. The two are actually complementary. The first is LibCheck from Microsoft, which displays API differences between two assemblies. The second is the Reflector Diff Addin, which actually displays differences in MSIL (in the language of your choice of […]
Have you ever wanted to publish a CS paper, but lacked one or more of the following? A good topic Co-authors Time to write it Any knowledge of computer science If you answered YES to any of the above, then SCIgen can save the day. Generate your own personal CS paper. Share it with your […]
I have updated ZoneStripper to v1.0.1.0. This version fixes an issue where ZoneStripper would stop processing files/directories on an “Access denied” error. ZoneStripper would occassionally encounter this error on a particular file, even when you have full rights to the file and it is not locked. Closing all open applications and/or rebooting and re-running ZoneStripper […]
Don Box and Andrew Layman analyze the flow characteristics of XML streams using fluid dynamics and investigate improvements to XML compression efficiency using discrete cosine transforms. XML Performance Improvements through Interdisciplinary Factor Assessment and Application This is geek humour at its finest. Thanks, Don and Andrew, for an enjoyable April 1st chuckle.
