A few years ago, I was sharing a drink with a friend of mine. He was about to become a fully qualified architect. In the UK, one cannot call themselves an architect without having carried out the full, three part course, which takes at least seven years. Typically, as the course involves working in [...]
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It has come to this. After many years of mis-directed mail, I have finally decided to put pen to paper (well, photon to monitor, but you get the idea) and state that I Am Not Sam Newman.
World, here me now. It is possible – nay likely – that more than one person has the same [...]
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There is a rustle in the posit-in notes. The water cooler ripples. USB-powered missile launchers inexplicably fire, whilst nerf guns jam mid-battle. There is the smell of sulfur in the air. The Great Rewrite Approaches.
The signs were there. Grumbling from the developers – sometimes new to the project. “This code is horrible!”, “Completely unfit for [...]
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It just threw up this playlist for me on the iPhone – it seems my own personal DJ has finally arrived:
Beast Of Burden – Rolling Stones
Idioteque – Radiohead (live)
Born Under A Bad Sign – Jimi Hendrix
I Got Mine – The Black Keys
It’s Hard To Be a Saint In the City – Bruce Springsteen & The [...]
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I’ve been working on a tool called Hairball to track setter and constructor injection, and use of singletons in Java code. Right now, the tool is capable of creating dot diagrams (for use with GraphViz) and graphml diagrams (for display in yEd).
My initial motivation for hairball was as a tool to help me understand [...]
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Update: There is a workaround for this problem, which allows you to sign-up for a prepaid account with AT&T which sidesteps the need for a Social Security Number. The Unofficial Apple Weblog has the full details.
I’m working in the US at the moment, and decided to pick up an iPhone. I’m here long enough to [...]
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I upgraded to the latest and greatest version of Wordpress at the weekend, but forgot to reconstitute my .htaccess file, so everything apart from the index page was 404ing. Normal service should now be resumed, but please let me know if you spot anything odd.
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It’s that time again – after the success of March, what better than an April meet-up?
No fixed topic (as usual) so just a general chat about Web 2.0 technologies in the relaxed atmosphere of a Pub in central London next door to where Sweeny Todd used to butcher people.
Demos are welcome – so bring along [...]
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I’ll be presenting on database refactoring and specifically dbdeploy at this year’s XTech conference. XTech 2007 runs from the 15th to the 18th of May in Paris, and my presentation will be first thing on the morning of the 17th.
See you there…
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One of the struggles people can have when they first start pairing, is understanding when it is time to drive, and when it is time to watch. Developing a good tempo to the act of pairing – and understanding when the change over should occur – can make it seem like a much more fluid [...]
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