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Scott Hanselman's 2011 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
Everyone collects utilities, and most folks have a list of a few that they feel ...
What’s New In Emacs 24
Part one of my annotated NEWS file for Emacs 24
Whatever works for you
In my earlier 20s when I knew everything, I was a much bigger evangelist for my technology choices. I’m accused of fanboyism a lot more these days, but only because Hacker News keeps sending huge waves of people here who tell me I’m an idiot. But I used to be much more annoying with pushing my choices onto others.
Why Emacs?
Prelude
How to forcibly eject a CD/DVD from a MacBook Air USB SuperDrive
So you've got a DVD stuck in the external USB SuperDrive that connects to the MacBook Air? And you've tried hitting the magic Eject button ...
Arduino Controlled Dishwasher
Explore the rise of retrofication in the automotive industry, blending classic design with modern technology for sustainable solutions and reducing environmental impact.
Announcing Testling - Automated Cross-Browser JavaScript Testing
Testling now has moved to Testling-CI Don't use anything described below as it doesn't work anymore All questions about Testling-CI: feedback@browserling.com We have amazing news at Browserling. We just launched a new product called Testling! Testling is automated cross-browser JavaScript testing tool. You write the...
The Rands Test
It's hard to pick a single best work by Joel Spolsky, but if I was forced to, I'd pick The Joel Test. It's his own, highly irresponsible, sloppy test to rate th
An lsof Primer
Key Options Getting Information About the Network User Information Commands and Processes Files and Directories Advanced lsof is the sysadmin/security über-tool
Introduction to sed
sed book This is the world's best introduction to sed - the superman of UNIX stream editing. Originally I wrote this introduction for my second e-book, however later I decided to make it a part of the free e-book preview and republish it here as this article. Introduction to sed Mastering sed can be reduced to...