Entries from January 2008

Distributed Deployment and Testing

Date January 28, 2008 by Isaac

I love Google videos. They have many great videos about software testing by some of the most renowned software testers in the industry. A couple weeks ago, while looking for new software testing videos, I stumbled on something called SmartFrog. SmartFrog was designed to be a distributed deployment system, but it can [...]

Drobo Your Storage

Date January 26, 2008 by Isaac

I’ve been out of the country for about a week now and have been so busy with work that I have been unable to do any posts. While here I have been able to catch up on GeekBrief podcasts during taxi rides or whatnot. Something that is mentioned over and over on GeekBrief [...]

Fools and Their Tools

Date January 16, 2008 by Isaac

This blog post about The Incapability Immaturity Model hit way too close to home. A former professor of mine used to say that “a fool with a tool is still a fool.”
I used to work for a company that at the beginning of a project they would spend months on documentation. A full [...]

My Favorite Firefox Plugins

Date January 14, 2008 by Isaac

I know there are a million of these lists floating around, but here is my addition. In no particular order, here are my favorite Firefox plugins:

Adblock Plus — One of the greatest plugins ever invented. This will stop most of the ads on the internet from even being displayed. It also stops a [...]

Quantifying the value of testing

Date January 13, 2008 by Isaac

I love the fact that Google publishes videos of some of their meetings. This talk, by Lee Copeland, is about proving our worth as testers. I’ve seen Lee speak in person at another event and quite enjoyed him.

Gimme the Storage

Date January 11, 2008 by Isaac

ZDNet recently commented on the state of Blu-ray vs. HD DVD (Is Blu-ray any less dead than HD DVD? | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com). As pointed out though the problem with hi-def is that it requires an upgrade of your whole entertainment system. I personally fall into the category of too-expensive-to-upgrade-all-my-components. Sure, [...]

MiniCat car runs on compressed air

Date January 10, 2008 by Isaac

I bet this will cost an arm and a leg, but I wouldn’t mind having one. It would be nice to not have to buy gasoline any more.
Photos: MiniCat car runs on compressed air | ZDNet Photo Gallery
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In-car entertainment? Bring your own, industry says | Tech News on ZDNet

Date January 10, 2008 by Isaac

For years the auto industry has been adding more in the way of entertainment packages for cars. For example, MP3 players and DVD players have become standard in many cars. According to this ZDNet article automobile manufactures are shifting away from creating an all encompassing entertainment experience in cars. I actually think [...]

Die, you nasty file!

Date January 8, 2008 by Isaac

I am all about efficiency. In conversations I try to cut right to the chase. At work I try to sort through all the cruft people tell me and find what is really important. Years ago I came up with a little law that has yet to be proven wrong. The [...]