Category Archives: Novitas

Technology

Sure, it’s Tested

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Chet

I found this hilarious article today and thought it worth mentioning. After a while, some of the senior developers got a little suspicious of this rosy picture and went in after-hours to look at the tester’s scripts. To their amazement, … Continue reading →

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Review: Amazon Prime

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Chet

Amazon Prime saved Christmas (well, you know). You should get it. It is awesome. You can ship anything Amazon sells to your doorstep in two days. Connect Amazon with the recently released iPhone app and you can buy books and … Continue reading →

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Puzzles and Programs

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Chet

We got a beautiful puzzle of London, England. Its a lot of fun to work on since I used to live there, even though the folk-style painting is nothing like the city. There are people swimming in the Thames River. … Continue reading →

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Corporate America

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Chet

I like corporate America, in general. I think the American industrialist is one of the most incredible types of people to walk the earth. The man who innovates a new product or new method, builds a company, creates wealth, and … Continue reading →

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Quote Today

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Chet

“Well done everybody” – Robert Aymar, director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research Well, it looks like CERN’s tests on the new world’s largest particle collider had a successful test. There were some fears that it could create a … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Seagate Support

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Chet

I just had my Seagate 320gb disk drive break a few weeks ago and of course I was pretty disappointed. For $100 I ordered a Western Digital 640gb drive from my favorite computer supply store Newegg.com. Knowing Seagate has a … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu on my Eee

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Chet

I am as of now still unsure what I’ll do with my eeepc. It’s a great little machine, and was wonderful to me during my holy lands excursions. I got Ubuntu running on it, which is far superior in all … Continue reading →

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One of Those Days

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Chet

Some days in the technology industry something incredibly awesome is announced. This is one of those. I don’t know how I’d use it, but it looks like it could take on anything. Link via Engadget.

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On Two Part Responsibility in Programming

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Chet

Its interesting, I was reading an article recently about how the new Solid State Drives have often underperformed standard hard drives in tests because of the way Windows Vista is optimized for writing data to disks. This is certainly not … Continue reading →

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Awkward Moments in Computer Science

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Chet

Some quotable gems from the last few weeks: “I want you all to implement a PDA.” – My Computer Science Professor Ok, ok, get your mind out of the gutter. PDA obviously stands for PushDown Automata, which is a FSM … Continue reading →

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