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Posts from ‘February, 2011’

Killing Orphans

Ok the title sounds really bad and I might want to rethink the evil connotation I’m giving to the term “Orphan,”  but in software development, they ARE evil.  So after you run the findOrphans script I made, kill them!  Use the file created by the script called UnusedClassFiles.  It has full paths. for filePath in [...]

Implementing Orphan Finder for Your Flex App

I recently posted how to detect unused classes (orphans) in your Flex Application (Bigger, Badder, Orphan Finder) so here’s an implementation of it and a downloadable version

Late Hotel Checkins and Getting a Free Night’s Sleep

Most hotel front desks have the ability to check you in at any time from 12am – 3pm. So what if you show up at just after midnight? If you’re staying at a hotel that isn’t right off a major interstate you can pull off getting an extra night’s sleep for free.

Getting the Most Bag for your Buck

I thought I’d write down the details so as to not get dinged hundreds of dollars by making the wrong assumption about an airline’s baggage policy.