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How Far the Mighty Have Fallen

April 10, 2014 9:52:07.521

They aren't "CrackBerries" any longer:

BlackBerry Ltd would consider exiting its handset business if it remains unprofitable, its chief executive officer said on Wednesday, as the technology company looks to expand its corporate reach with investments, acquisitions and partnerships.

It's been a very fast fall, too - right up to the introduction of the iPhone, and the rapid rise of Android, Blackberry owned the smartphone category.

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PY 4U 60: Exceptions

April 10, 2014 10:18:46.022

Today's Python 4 You looks at exceptions and exception handling. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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ST 4U 556: Basic VA Usage 7 - Tests

April 11, 2014 11:10:08.764

Today's Smalltalk 4 You continues the basics series for VA Smalltalk, looking at how you exercise your test suite. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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Where the Fans Are

April 13, 2014 10:15:14.006

Now that Titanfall is out for the 360, and I see that the next Borderlands game is last gen only, this comment in a Joystiq story about that decision made me think:

As for why Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel won't be appearing on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Armstrong says the Borderlands audience is still on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. "The install base [on Xbox One and PS4] isn't quite there yet," he says. "They're doing fantastically well, and it's going to be great in the next couple years, but I think we're going to go where our fans are."

The initial reporting on numbers for the next gen platforms sounded good, but here's a question: how many buyers don't already own a last gen console? Which makes me really wonder about the market for next gen console games going forward....

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IM 170: Reviving the Dead (Code)

April 13, 2014 22:56:46.311

Welcome to episode 170 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week James and David talk about "dead" code - and how sometimes, you need to bring that code back to life.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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IM 170: Reviving the Dead (Code) (AAC)

April 13, 2014 23:00:02.732

Welcome to episode 170 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week James and David talk about "dead" code - and how sometimes, you need to bring that code back to life.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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ST 4U 557: Basic CST Usage 7 - Testing

April 14, 2014 11:28:14.908

Today's Smalltalk 4 You continues the CST basics series with a look at unit testing. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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PY 4U 61: Else Clauses in Exception Handlers

April 15, 2014 11:45:10.230

Today's Python 4 You looks at "else" clauses in exception handlers. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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ST 4U 558: Tabbed Browsing in CST

April 16, 2014 10:00:57.456

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at tabbed browsing in the Cincom Smalltalk toolset. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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PU 4U 62: Exception Handling

April 17, 2014 9:57:16.882

Today's Python 4 You continues with exception handlers. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

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