To detect the presence of firebug in a browser window simply check that window.console is not ‘undefined’. You can get the version of firebug by reading the value from console.firebug.

These are some of my favorite perl modules.

Config::General

The format of config files supported by Config::General is inspired by the well known apache config format, in fact, this module is 100% compatible with apache configs, but you can also just use simple name/value pairs in your config files.

In addition to the capabilities of an apache config file it supports some enhancements such as here-documents, C-style comments or multiline options.

The University of Pennsylvania created these modular robots that are able to recognize each other and assemble themselves into 1 larger robot. Once assembled, the larger robot is able to walk…theoretically.

A video of the bot in action is available here.

1964: In the predawn hours of May Day, two professors at Dartmouth College run the first program in their new language, Basic.

Mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz had been trying to make computing more accessible to their undergraduate students. One problem was that available computing languages like Fortran and Algol were so complex that you really had to be a professional to use them.

Read the full article from wired.com here.

In Canada, the National Research Council is the federal agency responsible for official time. Metrologists in the Frequency & Time Group at the Institute for National Measurement Standards work to satisfy the requirements for time at all levels of precision.

Follow the link below to access the CNU Time Services page.