HTC Droid Incredible 2
Not really a programming topic, but… Had it for a while now – got it from work. Very lightweight and confortable phone. But I have Motorola Droid to compare, so… […]
Miscellaneous
Windows 8: Dazed and Confused
So, it looks like we get two operating systems for the price of one. It has two styles of apps: one more suitable for a phone (a.k.a. “Metro” style) and […]
It's the solar flares, stupid
“Three large explosions from the sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions” […]
Hosting your own e-mail sevrer: no longer an option
Somone on Slashdot asked what are possible “Self-Hosted Gmail Alternatives?“. Unfortunately, it seems like in practice there are none. When I registered my domain, I used to run an e-mail […]
IRR and APR for Programmers
Following some discussion in LJ, I came up with this. http://www.ikriv.com/en/prog/info/irr/. Someday I may translate that into Russian 🙂
Why I don’t like SQL
Had a discussion with some friends where I said I don’t like SQL and consider it an atavism. They disagreed and said that SQL is a very insightful language and […]
TFS and the KISS principle
How do you copy an SVN label to a folder? svn serverpath/tags/label destdir How do you copy a TFS label to a folder? Watch my hands: mkdir destdir cd destdir […]
On the State of Hotel Industry in Israel
In recent days I was doing some serious hotel booking in Israel, and I must say I am appalled by the state of the hotel industry there. I am quite […]
Live+Press: Victory!
I have downloaded Live+Press plugin for WordPress that can synchronize my WordPress-based blog and my LiveJournal. Of course, with my luck, nothing worked out of the box. After several debugging […]
Temporary Measures
Temporary measures of today tend to become the legacy of tomorrow.