I am a huge fan of model based testing, but unfortunately have not had much opportunity to implement it. Even so, I try to keep up with the trends. Here is a Google video about model based testing. Enjoy.

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A couple weeks ago I hurt my back and have subsequently endured intense pain. Thank goodness for modern pain medication. Fortunately I am going to a good physical therapist and things are (slowly) getting better. The only gem in my unending hours with the physical therapist is that I get to watch [...]

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If you are a SOAP fan then you may want to stop reading now.  Seriously, I am not interested in a philosophical debate on the “merits” of SOAP.  Personally, I think SOAP is a horrible way for distributed resources to communicate.  The idea of SOAP being XML and hence partially readable is OK, but for [...]

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I found this TCL call graph generator today. I find that call graph generators are useful for static debugging and tracing of program flow.
http://www.fincher.org/tips/Languages/tcltk.shtml
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My normal operating system of choice is Ubuntu Linux which has a nice little frequency scaling applet. Normally I leave the frequency switching scheme set to “On Demand” which will alter the speed according to the load. Sometimes, when I really need to save on power I will set the scheme to lowest [...]

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