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Eric Jarvi

the bug stops here

October 2006 - Posts

Ready for Halloween?
Boo! And they say case designs are too boring... Check out this pumpkin cooled jack-o-cpu ... :) http://www3.uark.edu/bkst/pumpkin/ Read More...
bella vista
I've had some people ask me lately what they need to know to make XP apps work on Vista - here's a site that looks promising - http://devreadiness.org/ Read More...
protest: the tester's box
[ protest ] First off, business reality dictates that as unique and individual as we all are, for someone in every company (let's pick someone in HR), the job of a tester boils down to a black box. Job descriptions often read like a "spec" of what inputs Read More...
VSTS Tip: No Late Fees on Channel 9
FYI - just got word that VSTS has its own category on Channel 9 making it easier to browse through what's available, here are the links: VSTS All [ Web ] VSTS Videos [ Web | RSS ] VSTS Screencasts [ Web | RSS ] Read More...
protest: the status wiki
[ protest ] Over the past year or so I arrived at a nice way to report status that finally works for me, and has earned its keep in the protest system. The way this works is just set up a private wiki page for just you and your management chain. I am Read More...
protest: bug tracking basics
[ protest ] There are tons of interesting queries you can do with a decent bug database (subliminal message: buy TFS). Managers and leads have all sorts of ways of looking at the data. And it can be entertaining to pull out gems from your bug database Read More...
VSTS Tip: Join the Team System Chat Wed Oct. 4th 10AM-11AM PDT
Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Team Editions for Architects, Developers, Database Pros, and Testers. In addition, discuss what's new in Visual Studio Code Read More...
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