Big football picture

Looking through the collection of World Cup photograph’s at Boston Big Picture, I had to pick these two.  The first one made me think of how quickly things change, especially when context is given.  Anyone looking at this picture a month ago wouldn’t think anything negative.  It’s a pretty much classic shot of man, music … Continue reading Big football picture

MantisBT vs. RT3

I’ve been praising Best Pratical’s RT3 (aka Request Tracker) for a long time.  So at my new job, given a new start, I thought that I maybe need to explore other options and widen my horizons.  After all, the needs were much less and much simpler.  We just needed a bug tracking application for three … Continue reading MantisBT vs. RT3

Subversion has changelists

Several times a week I recommend to different people to actually go and read The Subversion Book.  Obviously, not enough people do it.  Including myself.  So sometimes I have to fish out a tasty bit from that book to get people interested.  Today is just such a day. Have you heard about Subversion changelists?  If … Continue reading Subversion has changelists

What was the court thinking?

I came across this article about a couple discovering that they are actually a half-brother and half-sister.  As devastating  as these news were to them, there is not much for us – people who don’t know them.  We’ve heard the stories before and will most likely hear more in the future.  But there was one … Continue reading What was the court thinking?

Pen-based computing? Really?

Here is a quote form Bill Gates that made me go “Huh?  Are you for real?”: Microsoft has a lot of different tablet projects that we’re pursuing. We think that work with the pen that Microsoft pioneered will become a mainstream for students. It can give you a device that you can not only read, … Continue reading Pen-based computing? Really?