Blog is back online (almost)
January 25, 2010
After moving my hosting, the basic content is back online, minus the last two posts. Sorry for the interruption!
JMeter annoyances with If Controller – missing ; before statement
January 15, 2010
After repeated issues trying to get what I thought would be a simple ‘If controller’ working in JMeter, it looks like my issue is to do with the poor examples on the JMeter site. Or else something is making my version and or/installation behave differently. While the example provided on the JMeter site would have […]
Text-based progress bar in Ruby for command line programs
January 13, 2010
When I’m running tests and tools, I frequently want to know how far through I am. I’d built a class to help with this a while back, but Corey Goldberg’s recent post on a python version prompted me to post this Ruby version. First, you’ll need to save this to progress_bar.rb: class Progress_bar attr_accessor :items_to_do, […]
Presstimates
January 6, 2010
Presstimate: The number you give to get a manager off your back when you’re being hassled to give an estimate; Your best guess of what estimate of effort management will accept, not how long the work will actually take.
The declining value of testers (or signs that all that government debt is a problem)
December 10, 2009
I knew the market wasn’t quite what it was, but this job ad today surprised even me. Â
Free half-day workshop with Rex Black in Melbourne, Sydney
December 2, 2009
ANZTB (http://www.anztb.org/) are hosting a free half day workshop with Rex Black on Risk-based testing. The workshop is on December 8th in Sydney and December 9th in Melbourne. Contact Karen Haig at info@anztb.org if you’re interested in attending. As of this morning there were 17 places left for Melbourne.
Employee IP rights in Australia
November 19, 2009
I’ve had past conversations with others on the topic of intellectual property rights of employees in Australia, and had always been under the belief that pretty much anything I did in a creative capacity would belong to my employer. Today I was pointed to this article, which suggests that’s not really the case. Of course, […]
I'm still on holiday…
October 30, 2009
Things should resume soon. I’m touring the Korean countryside and should be back at work mid-November. Until then, expect this site to be quiet. You can follow updates at http://www.twitter.com/xflibbleinkorea/, or http://www.quinert.com/korea/
At last, the recognition I have always craved!
September 22, 2009
When filling out my tax return this year, I was pleased to see that finally, I am no longer ‘IT Analyst – Other’. I am now a Software Tester! About time.
Something to try if Squirrel SQL stops working on Windows
August 12, 2009
I’ve been using the free Squirrel SQL SQL client under windows for a month or so now. It’s a good tool, though somewhat annoying to get working. Today it stopped working.  The loading splash screen would display, the progress bar would get about halfway through and then Squirrel would exit without any messages. I had no desire […]