June 20, 2002
Suicidal Chipmunk

Suicidal Chipmunk?

Via Elegant Hack.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 05:09 PM
Strangelets from outer space attacking Earth

Strange.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 04:25 PM
AutoMouse

AutoMouse is a utility for automatically driving mouse and keyboard driven programs.

This could be incredibly helpful.

Automated testing is a central part of Extreme programming, and is a great idea even if you don't adopt the whole XP methodology. There are some great tools to help you automate a lot of stuff, but not GUIs. And GUIs are most of what I'm doing at the moment.

Also, part of out integration build process involves a tool which isn't scriptable - it can't be driven from the command line, not via COM. AutoMouse might just just the the answer to automating our integration build.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 03:23 PM
The truth behind programming languages

Brainfuck, Mueller: "I wasn't aware of the existence of Perl". ;-)

More about Brainfuck.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 03:07 PM
Board Game Geek

If you are a gamer, Board Game Geek is another site worth the occasional visit.

I'm not real a gamer. Not any more - I can't seem to find the time. But I dad a lot of fun gaming in the old days, and I'm still interested in what goes on.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 01:38 PM
Satire at its finest

This isn't new, but I wasn't blogging when I first saw it. God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 01:30 PM
Korean striker's Italian coup earns him the sack

Miserable bastards.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 01:28 PM
Simplifying Tasks

A perfect example of IBM's idea of Simplifying Tasks. (Read the instructions.)

Via CamWorld.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 12:59 PM
RPGIV enhancements at V5R2

RPGIV enhancements at V5R2.

No changes to SEU, surprise surprise.

%DEC and %INT (character to numeric conversion) should have been in from the start, IMHO. I've had to write them more than once. (At different sites, I hasten to add!)

The field lists now supported by the database I/O opcodes (CHAIN and friends) sound interesting. No more level checks?

But what might be the biggest thing is the continued Java integration.

Nothing else earth shattering.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 09:20 AM