"It's the Sicilian version of Ratatouille; trust me, it's good."

Our newest Cook the Books Club hostess, Debra of Eliot's Eats , picked a very sensual book for us to read, Marlena de Blasi…

The Great Bilateral Breathing Controversy: A Critique

I am but a humble swim teacher and as such I try and stay away from controversy between coaching professionals. But sometimes I j…

Load Testing with JMETER - introduction

Load testing is the process of applying load to an application to see if it can perform as intended under normal conditions. It i…

Learning to race

Over the last two and a half months I have really enjoyed racing at shorter distances and I mean really enjoyed it. Since I wrote…

Breathing in Freestyle: How to Fix Being Late

I written lots about how to fix your breathing whilst doing freestyle . So why Oh why am I doing it again? Because it is by far …

Dolphin Rams Tourist during Show

Safe to Swim with Dolphins (Really?) Many tourists wonder whether or not it is safe to swim with dolphins in captivity, and the a…

Dynamic WHERE clauses for SQL queries

Let's assume that the following example query is needed for getting the number or orders and the sum of order values from som…

Cross Browser testing in Web Driver

There are a few options that can be used for the cross browser test automation in Web Driver: 1. use the browsers installed on th…

How to Conquer Open Water Swimming

Open water swimming is a totally different experience to swimming in a pool, and while lots of people dismiss it, it can be diffi…

Send Me Gluten Free Products Box and Giveaway

Interested in trying out new gluten-free products? A fun new monthly gluten-free products subscription service is now live. Send …

WebDriver scripts with parameters

Some test automation projects require the ability to run the same test script multiple times using  different values for the scri…