I’ve been reading Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems. My mate @indigo suggested I read David A. Wheeler’s summary of it over here: David A. Wheeler’s Review of Debugging by David J. Agans. I know David A. Wheeler from his work on sloccount.
Category Archives: Software
about:processes
Today I learned about about:processes which will show you what your Firefox browser is up to.
Essential CLI/TUI Tools for Developers
There are some interesting tools to learn about here: Essential CLI/TUI Tools for Developers.
Debugging WeAct Studio Epaper Modules
I’m trying to get my WeAct Studio Epaper Modules to work on my WeAct Studio ESP32-C3FH4 microcontroller. I’ve made some progress, but it’s not working yet.
Trick Out Your Excel Quick Access Toolbar with these Hidden Powerful Features
This was less cool than I thought it might be. Still worth watching though. Trick Out Your Excel Quick Access Toolbar with these Hidden Powerful Features.
Firefox Video Speed Controller
Today I installed the Video Speed Controller for Firefox. Let’s see how this goes!
These are the controls:
- S – decrease playback speed.
- D – increase playback speed.
- R – reset playback speed.
- Z – rewind video by 10 seconds.
- X – advance video by 10 seconds.
- V – show/hide controller.
1968 “Mother of All Demos” with Doug Engelbart & Team (1/3) [re-mastered]
This is awesome! It’s an old demo from IBM from back in 1968: 1968 “Mother of All Demos” with Doug Engelbart & Team (1/3) [re-mastered].
Stuff Made Here
Today I discovered a new YouTube channel Stuff Made Here. They had this fun video: What if we made a camera that sees in reverse?
Electronics projects mentioned by friends
Today on IRC some of my friends recommended or mentioned:
Also, honorable mention: Eliza for the Neo6502 running Morpheus firmware and Neobasic.
And there are heaps more boxes at HackerBoxes.
Books by Bill Inmon
This is a note for Future John.
I am reading Fundamentals of Data Engineering which says that beside Ralph Kimball, Bill Inmon had a lot to do with data warehousing in the early days. I’m going to try and read a few of his books, many of which are available in Kindle (and Audible) format from Amazon.