http://daveastels.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm pleased to say that we are opensourcing our C++ xUnit-style framework. See the official announcement. http://daveastels.com/2008/07/03/google-is-opensourcing-our-c-testing-framework/ In my first foray into the world of online Tshirts, I placed orders with StylinOnline and MakeUSmile Tees. Both orders were processed smoothly and arrived quickly.  I'm very happy with them and thought I'd mention it.  Go check out their wares.  http://daveastels.com/2008/06/28/i-can-has-tshirts/ George Carlin passed away last week. The world is suddenly a less funny and more politically correct place. He will be missed. http://daveastels.com/2008/06/28/rip-george-carlin/ Check the weather on Mars courtesy of the Canadian Space Agency. http://daveastels.com/2008/06/14/looking-for-an-out-of-the-way-vacation-spot/ A friend of mine, Misko Hevery, has written a very cool opensource tool for analyzing Java projects and scoring them in terms of how testable they are. His plans are to have it point out what's wrong, and make suggestions as to what you can do to improve the ... http://daveastels.com/2008/05/13/cool-tool/ I thought I should let everyone know that, although things will never be"back to normal", I'm feeling great. I've been back to work for almost 2 weeks. The diabetes is under control and my blood glucose level is where they should be. Getting used to the new routine of ... http://daveastels.com/2008/05/01/im-feeling-much-better-now/ I came close to death last week. Such a thing gives one pause to think... Life is too fragile to waste on bland food, bad music, cheap wine, weak coffee, unpleasant women, undue rushing about, and poorly written software. ... I'm just sayin', is all. Carpe Diem http://daveastels.com/2008/04/16/dont-waste-it/ I was reading a food related email thread in gmail and it suggested this link.  I was intrigued so I checked it out.  It just got me mad.  And so I blog. How totally lame... look at the poor cute piggy... gimme a break.  That tactic doesn't open my wallet for poor ... http://daveastels.com/2008/03/26/im-starting-to-hate-vegetarians/ Arthur C. Clarke passed away yesterday in Sri Lanka.  He is one of a handful of authors I remember vividly and fondly from my childhood & teen years of reading one scifi novel after another. See An appreciation of Arthur C. Clarke on the Official Google Blog. http://daveastels.com/2008/03/20/in-memory-of-arthur-c-clarke/ Several people have asked me for the source from my last book "TDD: A Practical Guide". A lot has happened since that book, and the files from it that were once posted on the Saorsa & Adaption sites were lost. Unfortunately I've had to tell people that the ... http://daveastels.com/2008/01/27/source-from-tdd-a-practical-guide/