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It seems like a number of tools I use or have wanted are getting released, updated or just kicked off recently. The latest I found is StatSVN, a slick tool for documenting the activity on an Subversion repository.
It looks like this is a fork of StatCVS that started as a university project. This one is […]

Nicely in the spirit of Live CDs, ThoughtWorks has given build masters an interesting jumpstart: Buildix. Sure, it’s more than just a build master tool, since it’s aimed at creating a whole team support environment (Subversion source control, Trac bug tracking/wiki, and CruiseControl for builds), but the person who typically sets these things up is […]

I like pleasant surprises. In the world of software tools, those are when I come across something that I thought didn’t exist, or wouldn’t exist for the forseeable future. For code coverage tools, I’ve been using Emma for a few years, and stopped checking for Eclipse plugins long ago, but now one has magically appeared: […]

If there is one thing that festivals in Guatemala don’t lack, it’s color. I’ve seen pictures of Semana Santa in Antigua, where people make elaborate sawdust and flower carpets for processions during Holy Week.
Now I’ve just seen a reference to an annual kite festival held in Santiago, Sacatapequez on Day of the Dead (November […]

Doesn’t this sound like a fancy pants beer?
‘T Smisje Calva Reserva
Delicious notes of candy sugar and wood pleasurably coat the mouth on the first sips of Calva Reserva. The accompanying raisiny malt sweetness is a perfect foil for the temporarily restrained low simmer of alcohol (12%/vol.). As the cloudy, caramel-colored body warms, a tart, ruity, […]

My eye doctor was right, as he has always been. First, he told me at 40 that I would be wearing bifocals within two or three years, max. Then at my appointment last December he told me that I could use them now, but that he would leave it up to me when to fill […]