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Entries for September, 2008

The Economics of Computer Programming, or Why System Architects should be Investment Bankers

There’s been an utter collapse in the investment banking sector of the US economy over the past few weeks. It’s truly sad that such a thing has happened, but I don’t buy the line that nobody saw this coming. Either way, that subject isn’t really the focus of this post.
According to many, the ill-regulated system [...]

Word to the Wise

Never name a web control “description” and expect to be able to use it without errors. Why? Freaking IE and it’s crappy rendering engine, that’s why. It gets confused, at least in certain instances, when you use the word “description” as a control id and starts to do strange things you’ll have a hard time [...]

Finally…

The Contdown Smackdown!

Chrome, Freaking Chrome

 
I recently wrote of the merits of Opera 9.5, which is a truly pleasant browsing experience. However, and somewhat unexpectedly, Google just yesterday released a new browser, Chrome, which I believe changes the game.
Being the browser junkie that I am, I downloaded it within hours of being released. From Google’s own admission, Chrome is less [...]