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TOC from Dumps, Bugs and Debugging Forensics Book

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

I’m pleased to announce that OpenTask has submitted the book Dumps, Bugs and Debugging Forensics: The Adventures of Dr. Debugalov for printing and here is the link to TOC:

Table of Contents

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Bugtation No.68

Monday, November 24th, 2008

“Diamonds are forever but bugs are an error.”

Narasimha Vedala, Dumps, Bugs and Debugging Forensics: The Adventures of Dr. Debugalov

Santa bug from Narasimha Vedala

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Dumps, Bugs and Debugging Forensics

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Finally Dr. Debugalov adventures are going to be imprinted with bugs inside. This full-color book features never published before cartoons and a few surprises. It sets a new standard for entertainment in software engineering.

  • Title: Dumps, Bugs and Debugging Forensics: The Adventures of Dr. Debugalov
  • Author: Narasimha Vedala
  • Editor: Dmitry Vostokov
  • Publisher: Opentask (1 December 2008)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.0
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-906717-25-4
  • Paperback: 64 pages

The cover was designed by Narasimha Vedala.

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Bugs Burning the Barn

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

New cartoon from Narasimha Vedala (click on it to enlarge):

Revolution and carnage imminent at Dr. Debugalov’s bug farm…

DBG_BugsBurningTheBarn from Narasimha Vedala (click to enlarge)

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The House of Bugxorcist

Friday, September 12th, 2008

New cartoon and a word “bugxorcist” from Narasimha Vedala (click on it to enlarge):

Bugs At The Gate

DBG_BugsAtTheGate from Narasimha Vedala (click to enlarge)

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Belling The Cat

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

New cartoon from Narasimha Vedala (click on it to enlarge):

Bugs Trying To Bell The Cat…

DBG_BellingTheCat from Narasimha Vedala (click to enlarge)

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BugSlasher: Fuzzy Logic Bug Hunting Robot

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

New cartoon from Narasimha Vedala provides insight into Dr. Debugalov’s embedded programming hobby:

Dr. Debugalov tests his new invention “BugSlasher” the fuzzy logic bug hunting robot.

DBG_BugBotMounts from Narasimha Vedala (click to enlarge)

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Forthcoming Dumpstatic Album

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Album cover and songs list from Narasimha Vedala:

DUMPSTATIC
Dr. Debugalov Feat.
Assembly Crooks and
E.I.P. Wailers.

1. Mistah Dumpstatic Feat. E.I.P Wailers.
2. Attached to your pros-ass.
3. I put a dump on you.
4. Be my debugger.
5. When push comes to shove, call Debugalov.
6. Pop ECX Feat. Assembly Crooks.
7. You corrupted my memory Feat. E.I.P Wailers.
8. Dark side of the dump.
9. Sweet Dump o’mine.
10. Optimize your soul.
11. Load address blues Feat. Assembly Crooks.
12. Good bye, Kernel.

DBG_DebugAlbum from Narasimha Vedala (click to enlarge)

Some music for this album will be written with the help of Dump2Wave technology :-) Stay statically tuned to further announcements.

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Bug Concentration Camp

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

New cartoon from Narasimha Vedala provides insight on string reversing (click on it to enlarge):

At the Bug Concentration Camp [BCC]
CCB officer decides the fate

DBG_BugConcentrationCamp from Narasimha Vedala (click to enlarge)

I was curious to check if there are any opcodes like BCC or CCB and there are indeed:

BCC - Branch on Carry Clear
CCB - Chip Configuration Byte

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Mother Bug

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

New cartoon from Narasimha Vedala:

Mother bug explains Morris worm

DBG_MotherBug from Narasimha Vedala

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