On Window XP the ability to reliably schedule anything was severely limited and problematic. Tasks wouldn’t run if you were logged out, and if you changed your password tasks would fail with authentication errors unless you remembered to update each task. Given these limitations I searched for an alternative and in previous posts I’ve talked [...]
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I’ve posted code examples and a detailed ‘handout’ which includes links and more information on all the software I discussed in my presentation. I’ve also included some alternatives and options for non-Windows operating systems. CFUnited 2010 – Digging Into The Developer Toolbox Thanks to all that attended! If you have any questions or suggestions for [...]
Lately I’ve been really trying to avoid using the mouse while coding. You may not realize it but it’s a huge distraction to: Stop typing Find your mouse Find your cursor Hunt for the icon you need Click the icon Release mouse Resume typing That is a lot of work! And you probably do that [...]
I’ve been tinkering around with Quix, a ‘super’ bookmarklet that can easily replace several Firefox addins and overall reduce your dependency on your mouse. Installing Quix is a simple matter of visiting the Quix site and dragging the bookmarklet to your toolbar. Since I didn’t want to click on the bookmarklet to activate I used [...]
I have a few build scripts that take some time to run and I hate staring at the Eclipse console to see how things are progressing. I've heard of Growl before and today decided to see if I could make this work to popup notices during my build. Growl is originally for the Mac but [...]