Google has abandoned support for Internet Explorer 6. The 2001 browser is old, bugged and doesn't support many standards. Web development must calculate an overhead of 10% to make web applications work for the almost antique browser.
With Google and initiative has started and more as 700 web developers have agreed to drop support. Finally. The bugged, crappy working and time spending browser will be gone.
In the news (dutch)
Petition site (dutch)
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
You go girl!
Neelie Kroes told the US senate to fix their own problems instead of buggin' about the SUN-Oracle merger investigation: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09/kroes_oracle/
Monday, 26 October 2009
Linus on GIT
I've worked with CVS and SVN, the biggest problem there is the merging and branching. Linus talks about GIT; a repository system he created.
The following vido is more than just informational, it's also entertaining.
The following vido is more than just informational, it's also entertaining.
Friday, 16 October 2009
Buggin' me
DARPA has given the word bug a whole new meaning: http://www.physorg.com/news174812133.html
This bug is alive and flies, but it can be remotely controlled with a computer due to microchips stuffed into the brain of the beetle.
Damn bugs...
This bug is alive and flies, but it can be remotely controlled with a computer due to microchips stuffed into the brain of the beetle.
Damn bugs...
Friday, 9 October 2009
PortableApps
Yesterday i got a fresh install of new Win7 64bit. Of course my disk got wiped first with all the programs i use for developing stuff. So i decided to become independent of the machine i use.
I use a WD 160Gb USB harddrive and installed PortableApps (http://portableapps.com/). Almost all my tools are installed now on the drive and it works like a charm. This stuff really rocks. I'm only waiting for PHPEclipse to be released as a stable app and then i'm truly independent and a true flex worker.
I use a WD 160Gb USB harddrive and installed PortableApps (http://portableapps.com/). Almost all my tools are installed now on the drive and it works like a charm. This stuff really rocks. I'm only waiting for PHPEclipse to be released as a stable app and then i'm truly independent and a true flex worker.
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Architecture pitfalls
Gartner has compiled a list of ten common pitfalls in which a lot of projects tumble into. No more says, just a linkdump: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1159617
Thursday, 13 August 2009
About Open Source
"Show yourself and others will improve you"
Some people still don't see the advantages of making Open Source products. They are fond of themselves about what they accomplished and don't want to share their ideas. But they forget that there are probably a lot of mistakes in what they made, after all, they are only human (except for some ofcourse).
When you release your software (for instance) other people just might want to use it and improve it, finding your faults and fixing them. It is not just evil geniuses who look at the source and try to break in on every system that use it. The majority of adopters and users will try to make it better, more useable and more secure. Any caveats in your thinking process are unveiled and that is not a bad thing. Don't bend your head and feel bad about it, they just helped you realise that your not perfect and there is still room for improvement; there always is.
Albert Einstein said: "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources". Albert was a genius but he took a wrong turn there. I don't think he realised that a lot of individuals are smarter than one genius. Creativity is the ability to do something with sources, be it raw materials or code. What is better: one individual sitting in the corner satisfied about the fact that he just created something and people can only enjoy the result. Or a group celebrating the creation of something and sharing it with others to create even more?
I know some people are scared to step out in the light, to show what they did and to accept the fact that they are not perfect, that they are not the best, but a comforting thought might be: no one is!
Some people still don't see the advantages of making Open Source products. They are fond of themselves about what they accomplished and don't want to share their ideas. But they forget that there are probably a lot of mistakes in what they made, after all, they are only human (except for some ofcourse).
When you release your software (for instance) other people just might want to use it and improve it, finding your faults and fixing them. It is not just evil geniuses who look at the source and try to break in on every system that use it. The majority of adopters and users will try to make it better, more useable and more secure. Any caveats in your thinking process are unveiled and that is not a bad thing. Don't bend your head and feel bad about it, they just helped you realise that your not perfect and there is still room for improvement; there always is.
Albert Einstein said: "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources". Albert was a genius but he took a wrong turn there. I don't think he realised that a lot of individuals are smarter than one genius. Creativity is the ability to do something with sources, be it raw materials or code. What is better: one individual sitting in the corner satisfied about the fact that he just created something and people can only enjoy the result. Or a group celebrating the creation of something and sharing it with others to create even more?
I know some people are scared to step out in the light, to show what they did and to accept the fact that they are not perfect, that they are not the best, but a comforting thought might be: no one is!
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