http://www.magpiebrain.com Sam Newman's blog Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:29:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been neglecting things here at Magpiebrain Towers since my move to San Francisco. Blame the sunshine, a demanding new client, or just a relapse of extreme apathy. Whatever the cause, it seems that my inattention has been rewarded. Simon sent me an email the other day, wondering where the blog ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2008/06/01/wordpress-site-hacked/ 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 ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/07/08/hairball/ 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. ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/07/01/no-social-security-number-forget-an-iphone/ 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. http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/04/13/upgrade-snafu-fixed-now/ 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 ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/03/22/london-20-rc-11-wednesday-11th-of-april/ 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... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/02/25/dbdeploy-at-xtech-2007/ Update 1: OK, sorry for the change - but I've had to reschedule to Thursday 15th of March. Venue still tbc Update 2: The venue is now confirmed as the Old Bank Of England OK - I thought getting filmed by someone from Microsoft last year was as surreal an experience as ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/02/21/london-20-rc-10-wednesday-14th-of-march/ 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 ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/02/13/pairing-pattern-ping-pong-pairing/ I've long been a fan of Amazon's emerging webservices such as S3 or the mechanical turk - without doubt they are doing some of the most interesting things with web services anywhere on the Internet. The mechanical turk is bridge between people who want work done, and people who ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/02/05/help-find-jim-gray-using-the-amazon-mechanical-turk/ When using a Continuous Integration build, before long you'll break it. Breaking a build is not a bad thing, however it is typically the team's top priority to have such a build fixed. Beyond the shame associated with having been named as the breaker, you then have the hassle of ... http://www.magpiebrain.com/blog/2007/01/31/build-pattern-build-fix-flag/