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Accell UltraAV 4-1 HDMI switcher

HDMI connectivity is quickly becoming a must-have connection type for all types of audio/video gadgets. But while the list of components that have an HDMI output is growing, the number of HDMI inputs on HDTVs and AV receivers is limited--you'll need to spend a lot of money before you see...

Tags: HDMI connectivity, switcher, Accell, HDMI

Product reviews 2007-11-14

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From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureInteresting that there is a Windows Cultureyet no Unix/Linux/Apple culture to speak of.Pretty much says that Windows allowed that opportunity for that desktop to reside in your house and business.Otherwise we would be faxing these post between ourselves, or gathered around some terminal in a...

Tags: Operating systems, Pretty Much, Unix, Wintel, Windows Culture, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Apogee HDMI 3x1 Mini Switcher

HDMI connectivity is quickly becoming a must-have connection type for all kinds of gadgets. But while the list of gadgets with an HDMI output is growing, the number of HDMI inputs on HDTVs and receivers is limited. That's where HDMI switchers come into play, allowing you to add more HDMI-enabled...

Tags: HDMI connectivity, takeaway, switcher, HDMI, IR Receiver, HDMI switcher

Product reviews 2008-06-05

Frustrations with development languages

Last week's discussions of Java suggested to me that most of the response people have to programming language choices is driven first by the lack of real choices and secondly by issues of scale and perception. Setting aside embedded uses of Java, I get the clear impression...

Tags: Business Application, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Monoprice 5x1 HDMI switcher

HDMI connectivity is quickly becoming a must-have connection type for all types of gadgets. But while the list of gadgets with an HDMI output is growing, the number of HDMI inputs on HDTVs and receivers is limited--you'll need to spend a lot of money before you see more than three...

Tags: HDMI connectivity, Monoprice switcher, switcher, HDMI, Monoprice

Product reviews 2007-11-15

Programming Heresy

Programming HeresyIs there any point to your blog anymore Murph?...other than to prove to everyone that you are suffering from a serious case of "Sun Persecution Complex" (see [url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/Amiga-Persecution-Complex.html]here[/url]).Great"Then I made things worse by telling them that a modern equivalent would use PHP with Apache and PostGresSQL and take perhaps...

Tags: Scripting languages, PHP, Java, programming

Discussion threads 2007-10-30

What, no 5GLs?

What, no 5GLs?Unify Vision and Accell/SQLYour recursive dog food assertion was only half right.While Unify's Vision and Accell/SQL tools both used the same 4GL. The Unify Vision devlopment environment was written using the same cross-platform tool that the runtime Galaxy by Visix. The Accell Development Environment ADEV was indeed...

Tags: Development tools, PRODUCTIVITY, programmer, Murph, tool, programming

Discussion threads 2006-09-29

What, no 5GLs?

If C (circa 1973) is the prototypical third generation language and we had undisputed fourth generation languages as early as 1982, why dont we have a wide variety of 5th or even 6th generation languages today. Did progress stop? Heres how IEEE Software Engineering standard 610.12-1990: ( subscription...

Tags: generation language

Blog posts 2006-09-29

4GL Errors and Consequences

Its possible to get into an extended argument on just what constitutes a 4GL. Is RPG, for example, a 4GL? No? how about Mapper? and if not, where do you draw the line between the 3.X languages and a "true 4GL?" A clear answer exists - and Ill raise it...

Tags: 4GL Errors

Blog posts 2006-09-28

Application interfaces

The forms based applications model works pretty well. From a developer perspective, you layout the form, associate data with each field, provide the FYI single line contextual help, and determine what actions the system is to take when other things happen -like a user mouse click, a backspace, or the...

Tags: PC

Blog posts 2006-06-08

RDBMS Applications

The motivating idea behind Codd's relational model wasn't data storage at all. Shared data storage was, to him, merely a means to an end: efficient, easily developed and debugged, applications. Basically the problem he was responding to was the clumsiness of COBOL, the single user orientation of the batch...

Tags: Databases, Servers, RDBMS, database, System 38, Codd, RPG, client-server, storage

Blog posts 2006-06-07

Why calculators are scarier than MySpace

Why calculators are scarier than MySpaceIntegration vs. AugmentationGreat blog. Technology should be a tool to help educate better and prepare for advanced learning, not be the core subject. We need to turn out kids capable of going into challenging CS and other skilled areas, not churning out future...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, computer, MySpace

Discussion threads 2006-04-09

The IT Commandments: Put thy users first, above all other things

The IT Commandments: Put thy users first, above all other thingsPart of the reason I posted...... was the implicit assumption that a dissatisfied user is going to leap onto the internet, find the right software, etc. for his purposes, program, and do his work on his own private system.Leaving aside...

Tags: Channel management, Development tools, Scripting languages, GUI programming, AJAX, Web, Web 2.0, exponential factor, Hinchcliffe, Web programming, IT Commandment

Discussion threads 2006-03-28