Learning by example is very useful when programming, and a lot of examples can be found by searching for source code in Google Code Search. Just remember to check the license if you want to copy some existing code!
Mysterious crashes = RAM memory failure
I had some mysterious crashes on my Thinkpad T60p the other day. First I got Firefox hangs, second Firefox didn’t start, third I got segfaults when listing a directory on the hard disk, four I got kernel panic when running fsck… Now I’m running Memtest86 and it does not look good: That computer is soooo… Continue reading Mysterious crashes = RAM memory failure
WordPress upgraded and categories converted to tags
It seems like I’m always using an old WordPress generation, but hopefully without suffering too much from security issues. After upgrading I installed New Tag Cloud and converted my categories to tags. Unfortunately that means that all my posts are uncategorized now! I also need to fix the CSS styling for the tag cloud.
Nordic Agile starts tomorrow
Nordic Agile starts tomorrow. Maybe there are a few seats left if you haven’t registered already?
BlueGriffon – “the next-generation Web editor”
I forgot to write about the upcoming WYSIWYG web site editor BlueGriffon when I first heard about it (probably from Fredda) but I got reminded of it today. This is the announcement in Daniel Glazman’s blog (from 30 September): In the beginning was Netscape Gold. Then Mozilla Composer. From the ashes of Netscape and the… Continue reading BlueGriffon – “the next-generation Web editor”
Bye bye UIQ
Mobile phone interface developer UIQ (a former Symbian office) in Ronneby, Sweden has given notice to all employees today. This is the latest development in a downward spiral that started (or just accelerated?) with the Symbian Foundation announcement earlier this year.
Instantiating Java objects of generic type parameter
I was going to write a really grand blog entry about how to instantiate a Java object of the type specified as parameter to a generic class but I figured that someone must have done that already. The blog article Java Generics: Instantiating Objects Of Type Parameter Without Passing Class Literal To Instance sums it… Continue reading Instantiating Java objects of generic type parameter
Namespace separator in PHP
Danne has the stuff, but I can tell that backslash is the buzz!
Note to self: SimpleDateFormat is not thread-safe
The details are nicely laid out in DateFormat objects and thread-safety and a number of other blog posts…
Nordic Agile in Stockholm on December 1-4
Øresund Agile goes Nordic Agile! Scrum for team members is a workshop directed to the developers and testers in an agile team,, an obviously very important component in an agile project but maybe not so much the primary target for conferences and the like. I liked Jim Coplien’s Agile Architecture session on Øresund Agile 2008… Continue reading Nordic Agile in Stockholm on December 1-4