TrickyDicky in Zenit
Translations posts the article, Hell
in the Pyrenees, a translation of El
infierno está en el Pirineo by Eugeni Casanova published
in La Vanguardia magazine on Sunday 20th May 2006. Eugeni Casanova is
the author of ´Crónica de un exterminio. El oso de los
Pirineos´ (Milenio, 2002) - Chronicle of an extermination. The
bear in the Pyrenees. The article traces the decline of the brown
bear in the countries of the Pyrenees, especially the region of
Catalonia and tries to examine the possible reasons for this decline.
Juan Palacio in Navegapolis
posts links to a number of Excel tools created by Management
Information Systems (in English) for self-assessment according to
the criteria of CMM. They include:
Interim Maturity Evaluation based on Capability Maturity
Model V 1.1
Interim Maturity Evaluation based on Capability Maturity
Model Integrated for Systems Engineering and Software Engineering
V1.1
Interim Maturity Evaluation based on Capability Maturity
Model Integrated for Systems Engineering, Software Engineering,
Integrated Product and Process Development, and Supplier Sourcing,
V1.1
Test Process Improvement Evaluation based on the Test Process
Improvement Model (TPI)® IQUIP, The Netherlands
Interim Maturity Evaluation based on People Capability
Maturity Model V 2.0
Size estimation using paired comparisons: a tool that helps
to make better software size estimates in Lines Of Code.
Epaminondas Pantulis in Sobre
Raíles posts a link to Rannotate,
a rails application and rdoc generator that work together to provide
user submitted notes for rdoc generated documentation. It is modeled
after the successful on-line PHP documentation.
Cesar Tardaguila in design-nation.blog/es
posts a link to 5
Next Generation PHP Frameworks, a article describing common PHP
frameworks each based on a different programming model.
Niko in niko's mini
factory posts a link to the article, Declarative
Caching Services for Spring by Alex Ruiz in which he describes
introduces a code-free caching framework for Spring-based
applications.
Juan Palacio in Navegapolis
posts a link to gliffy, a web
service for drawing diagrams. This first version can be used to
create diagrams such as: Flow Charts, Workflow documents, Class
Diagrams, Network Diagrams, Database schemas, Website
layouts/wireframes, Floor plans, and Seating charts.
alex in Buayacorp posts a
link to the article, Programmers
and Chefs from an audio interview with Ron Jeffries in which he
draws parallels between the work of a Chef and that of a programmer.
In particular he mentions the concepts of working clean and mise
en place; how their cooking stations are arranged for optimal
work.
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