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O’Reilly’s Beautiful Testing book coming soon!
Emily Chen and I coauthored a chapter in an O’Reilly book entitled “Beautiful Testing” which was edited by Adam Goucher and Tim Riley.
Successful software depends as much on scrupulous testing as it does on solid architecture or elegant code. Beautiful Testing offers 23 essays from 27 leading testers and developers that illustrate the qualities and [...]
Posted: October 20th, 2009 under news.
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Malahide rail viaduct before and after photos
Here is a clearer before and after photo. Both were taken from exactly the same spot (with in a couple of feet), with exactly the same kid’s telescope/lens adapter.
Posted: August 24th, 2009 under news.
Tags: broadmeadows estuary, ireland, malahide, rail, viaduct collapse
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Irish rail line collapses in Malahide’s broadmeadows estuary
A railway viaduct very near my home collapsed into the broadmeadows estuary. We’re very fortunate that the train which crossed only seconds before the collapse made it across safely. The underlying piers the viaduct is built upon dates back to the mid 19th century. Yesterdays tides were approximately 15 feet high, which [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2009 under news.
Tags: rail, repair, technology, transportation
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