Detecting Firebug

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.

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Perl Modules to Make Your Life Easier

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 Read more…

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Shape-Shifting Robots

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.

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