One of the many things that bother me about the field of computer science, is the enigma that surrounds computer programmers. Few people understand who we are, even fewer understand what we do, and practically nobody understands how we do it. The first of these I tackled a while ago, and today I intend to […]
Tag: programming
Terminal
A few months ago, I could not imagine ever willingly using the Windows XP command-line for anything signficant. By ever, do I mean ever ever? Forever ever? Eternity and beyond not just the end of this song? Yes. I certainly do. Now, Terminal (The Mac command-line) is a startup item on my Macbook. It runs […]
Web-Dev Solutions
Now it took me a while before I discovered that all those tools were available to me, and in that time, I discovered some pretty good alternatives – though I admit, nothing beats having your own local setup already well… setup. First and foremost, I’d have to mention the guys at BitNami. As soon as […]
Programming on the Mac
I have now had my Macbook Pro for a month and thus believe I can write a more informed review of it. You can check out the last edition (The 1st Knot) for my initial review if you missed it. I’ll start with the obvious question “What else have I done with the Macbook since […]
Consider Yourself Informed!
So now that you’ve been given a brief introduction into the fields of I.T., C.S., and C.E., it should be apparent to you why it is, that not every “computer person” you know is interested in or even capable of fixing your computer or solving your day to day computer needs. For that, you need […]