A friend told me he had dropped his notebook PC, and it was going to cost more to repair than it was worth. I advised: Get a Mac. I started looking around for some information for him. Why would the Mac benefit his Computer Science course? Why would the Mac be more reliable? What does …
Monthly Archives: January 2008
How the mighty have fallen
Alexander Downer spent 11 years as the foreign minister of Australia. During his tenure, had he been visiting Melbourne he would have had his cars, his people and arrangements for venues visited. Now it’s a bit different. This morning I almost bumped into him on Collins Street in Melbourne. You can’t miss a public figure. …
Clearcase Tips Number 03 – managing label conventions with perl
I previously showed you how to use a shell script with Rational Clearcase, to alert you when a new branch type was created. In this post, I will show you how to use a Perl script to enforce Clearcase labeling conventions. This example is directed toward Clearcase on UNIX (i.e. Solaris or similar) and assumes …
Macheist – 14 applications for $49
With MacHeist.com still selling their bundle for another 3 days, they have added a new Mac application to the bundle. VectorDesigner brings the total number of applications in the bundle up to 14, with the recent addition of the Freeverse games. If you get referrals from your friends there are another two up for grabs …
