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April 2005

Free screen grab

0In my line of work, I’m constantly looking for a way to grab screenshots. I actually paid for SnagIt!, and I like it, but I lost the activation code about 35 rebuilds ago, so now I’m glad to find Screen Grab Pro, which does much of the same thing for free.

More programmer how-to additions

0A couple of new additions to the Programmer How-To: Set Linux/Unix permission values Use a for-next loop (added PHP) Technorati Tags: Linux | System Administration | Programming | PHP |

Definitions of an engineer

0I like all three of the Definitions of an Engineer, including the original: An engineer is someone who can take a simple idea and see through it to the bottomless pits of messy, complexity that lies underneath. and the two in the comments. Hehehehe….

Tag Central

0I’ve been having fun with Technorati tags, but not nearly as fun as Tag Central does.

New additions to the Programmer How-To

0Apparently I’ve been remiss in pointing to new additions to the Programmer How-To. I’ve added the following items: Automatically reload a web page Mount a floppy disk in Linux/Unix Use an array (PHP) Get submitted form values (PHP) Create a symbolic link in Linux/Unix Get the current date (Python) Format a date (Added Python) Use [...]

Japanese youth rediscover novels — on their cell phones

0Apparently Japanese teenages are rediscovering reading with ebooks on their cell phones. Technorati Tag: cell phones | Japan | books | reading