January 2006
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Other things can bite.
I was having a lot of problems with getting ps2pdf working from a CGI Perl program running under Apache on Windows at a client’s site. If you’ve been paying attention you might ask “Why are you running Apache on Windows and Perl?”. That’d be a good question. The answer is because this stuff was written before we made that switch, and also necessity and compromise… definitely a topic for a future...
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Java will bite you
You know that burning flushed feeling you get when you just got a really good zinger tossed in your face, possibly by your best friend, possibly by your worst enemy. Doesn’t matter. Anyway, on the “worst enemy” part, Java just threw one of those my way, except it wasn’t a zinger, it was the stinging burn of a day and a half of wasted effort.
In Windows, a File object will report false to the...
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Design Redux
I’m in the middle of working on some design concepts for another shotgunflat/thoughtbot joint, and for the first time in a very long time, the design started looking vaguely familiar—as it was unfolding. It was quite arresting at first. The thing that made it even more strange was that once I figured out where I recognized the design, it dawned on me that I was essentially plagiarizing work from...
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New Year's Resolutions
The new year is a great time to reflect on the year going and plan for the year coming.
Regarding Information Technology, going over what you had hoped to accomplish in the previous year, reflecting on what was successfull and what was not can help you set realistic goals for the new year.
However, when doing this planning, keep in mind the principle that there is no one problem, and no...