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I've been told this is where my elevator pitch goes. Problem is, I work from home. I've forgotten what the inside of an elevator looks like, or how I'd pitch myself to a visiting CTO from the...
View ArticleSweet potato and rosemary boule
Dense, cakey, and moist, with a hint of floral rosemary. So filling it's almost a meal in itself, allow me to introduce a firm favourite of the women in my life.Rosemary and potatoes, a match made in...
View ArticleEmbed screenshots in your HTML output
Cucumber's HTML output is fantastic. But I began to wonder if there was a way to embed the screenshots I was capturing separately. Turns out there is, and it's incredibly simple to do.You have failed...
View ArticleFFCFC. Democracy at it's finest
It's 8 o' clock. The baby is in bed. "Let's watch a film" is uttered by your other half. The sweat beads on your forehead, "Oh no! She'll never agree to watch Die Hard!" But it doesn't have to end in...
View ArticleGet Sinatra to sing it your way
Everybody in software loves up to the minute statistics. Including being able to stay abreast of the latest test run from anywhere. So why not go one step further and have Sinatra sing it for you. In...
View ArticleMea culpa everyone
Cute cat pictures are the accepted currency of apologies on the internet, right?I'm very sorry nothing new appeared for a weekSincere apologies for the lack of content this past week. I was working...
View ArticleRumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. #notdead...
As I alluded to in my last post (and after a small break due to work load), I shall be macro blogging for the majority of my posts from now on to avoid work/life causing more breaks in service. This...
View ArticleReal-time QA a.k.a If you practice CI correctly, production is your test...
Great article about how to correctly implement the QA process in a CI environment. Written by The Guardian's software architect Andy Hume."When you're releasing code multiple times a day, you don't...
View ArticleNew kneading board ordered, traveling bake kit complete! Great idea...
I've been building a fully portable baking kit for a while now. But the one thing I could never take with me was my wooden counter top, which is my favourite place to knead due to the sturdiness (no...
View ArticleThis Google video explains nicely why I'm a Software Engineer (in Test), not...
I build infrastructure, tools, and software that is going to be used for testing purposes.I understand testing requirements at scale.I write code not session reports.I am a Software Engineer in Test,...
View ArticleBusiness Insider claims I should be earning at least £78,793 as the bearer of...
In this article titled "15 More Tech Skills That Can Instantly Net You A $100,000+ Salary", Business Insider claim that as the proud bearer of a CSM certificate I should be expecting the thick end of...
View ArticleWhy being a polyglot is good for you, but bad for your boss....
We all know at least a handful of languages. For me Ruby is my bread and butter, both for application development and UI automation, I use CoffeeScript for my web based scripting, and Bash is my go to...
View ArticleCan't find the time to shop for a lame? Neither could I, so I made one...
I'd always been envious of the beautiful slashes my village baker could achieve in a loaf, but could never suitably replicate them even with the sharpest knife in my kitchen. It would always lead to a...
View ArticleWhen blogging code snippets from an indie coffee shop wearing horn rim...
Public gists a little too mainstream for your blog? Feel like you need a little more ennui in your snippets? Well then, instacod.es is for you...Disclosure: I wear horn rimmed glasses, and have blogged...
View ArticleRunning your test suite on a headless environment. #watir #testing #ci
This post was inspired by my last post. It included a snippet that has sparked a few questions from friends, so I thought I'd put together a post on what is, and what it does. Having your test suite...
View ArticleLondon food and wine explorer badge unlocked. #offbeat #fun
Today I had planned a morning of culture at the British Museum, followed by a blog post. But Foursquare tells a different story... Stoke Newington (Friend's house & Breakfast)Liverpool St Railway...
View ArticleAdding the missing element back into your Watir tests... the keyboard. #watir...
Sometimes it can feel that your test suite, like this keyboard, is missing all it's keys. But fear not, it's an easy problem to fix... To me, automating doesn't always mean removing the physical,...
View ArticleZOMG! Look what I found in a dusty box under the spare bed! #offbeat #gaming...
Words can't express how happy I was to find this today...Not only is it fully functional, but it was bundled up with Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VIII. I see retro gaming dominating almost all my...
View ArticleWant to stay abreast of updates to your project's Gems? Then look no further....
I recently discovered BundleWatcher, a fantastic new service that tracks releases of your project's dependant gems and gives you a heads up regarding updates when you need it.By simply pointing at your...
View ArticleInspiring video on how to reduce noise and deliver quality. #inspiring #video...
My friend Lloyd sent me a link to this video today. After some fairly shocking statistics about the shear volume of data we (as human beings) create on a daily basis, the presenter Brad Frost goes on...
View Article100,000 Scoville homemade salsa. #cooking #delicious #keepabeerhandy
Cooking the finest chilli con carne this side of New Mexico in bulk for 13 people means having to cater to the person with the lowest capsaicin resistance in the group. So, how does one ensure the hot...
View ArticleMy musings on the 'perfect' password. #security #passwords
A quick search on the internet for "password security" and a few clicks will get you the following conflicting advice...Helpful website 1: “Think of a song title or memorable phrase, take the first...
View ArticleHow to avoid the three big problems of telecommuting. #telecommuting #wfh...
"You work from home? Oh, you are sooooo lucky!" I hear this a lot, and don't get me wrong, it's true; I did hit the commuting jackpot. However, it's not without it's pitfalls for the unsuspecting. The...
View ArticleAn alternative to the ubiquitous standup/daily/morning meeting. #scrum...
Almost all the software teams I've worked with have used daily standup meetings to share information about where each member of the project stands with regard to work completed, planned, or blocked....
View ArticleIPoAC (IP over Avian Carriers) #offbeat #fun
In computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) is a proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by birds such as homing pigeons. IP over Avian Carriers was initially described in RFC 1149,...
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