2012-10-24 18:34
This article contains a list of LaTeX errors - good to know:http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~witchel/errorclasses.htmlThoughts? Read More
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2012-10-24 17:45
Looking for LaTeX online renderer, came across this link that covers quite a few that are good: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/3/compiling-documents-onlineWorth taking a look at ;-)… Read More
2012-10-19 17:04
Groovy allows you to use "short-written" constructs (such as each or find) to run through lists or easily find one or several items in a list using closures. Example:myList.each { item ->… Read More
2012-10-18 16:40
Want a quick and easy way of rendering LaTeX online? Try out the Google LaTeX labs tool. It's not a Google tool but it does work pretty well as far as I can tell. Easy steps:- add the lab to… Read More
2012-10-17 17:27
"The Method Object implementation pattern suggests turning a complex method into an object to enable further simplification."Read more at: http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/TwoMoreImplemen… Read More
2012-10-17 17:14
Unlike Java that hawled us through (and still is) the autoboxing conundrum for primitive types, Groovy simply *is* fully object-oriented. Declare a primitive type such a 2, and you are actua… Read More
2012-10-17 16:53
Now, this one is interesting. You know how in Java - you call javac, the java or javaw with the classpath to run your *.class (precompiled) file? Well, Groovy just lets you run the *.groovy… Read More
2012-10-16 14:33
As you can see in the previous post, lots of new programming languages are cropping up that will actually run "on" the JVM. In clear, this simply means the code (groovy or whatever) is (pre… Read More
2012-10-16 13:41
Interesting article about Java Virtual Machine languages including Groovy, JRuby and Jython. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_JVM_languages Thoughts? Read More
2012-05-09 17:00
We have all heard of this book by Spencer Johnson, it's just been out for that long and used by so many companies to "help" people cope with (and perhaps even learn to enjoy) usually unwante… Read More
2012-04-30 17:00
This may seem like a non-post but it's actually more important than it seems at first glance.This is when I learned that actionscript (Flex), like javascript, has both a null value (meaning… Read More
2012-04-25 17:00
Usually one wants to merge a branch back into the master (or "trunk" equivalent branch).To do so simply used:git checkout master (for instance)followed bygit merge BRANCH_NAMEBare in mind th… Read More
2012-04-24 17:00
This is most certainly one of the most powerful features in git compared to tradition CVS/SVN systems.1. you can branch locally, without affecting the remote directory - that's very cool2. a… Read More
2012-04-23 17:00
Git identifies all its objects with a SHA-1 (40 byte) hash identifier.This way git uniquely identifies :- blobs (files)- trees (groups of files and/or other trees)- commits (a single tree)am… Read More
2012-04-20 17:00
Now we have worked out how to interact with an SVN repository, let's see how we can work with git locally.Git has three "areas" you can work in:- the working area - this is where you program… Read More
2012-04-19 17:00
We'll be using a classic configuration of Git over SVN. In other words, we will be running and "old" SVN repository with Git clients so that we get all the flexibility of Git without having… Read More
2012-04-18 17:00
We've all heard of CVS, SVN... and now more flexible systems such as Git.This a quick overview of the power of Git over SVN for instance.There are several differences between our habitual CV… Read More
2012-04-17 17:00
A colleague recently suggested using Calibre for e-book management. It seemed like something of a leap to me, quite used to plundering through my PDF files stuffed (and often lost) in catego… Read More
2012-04-16 17:00
When I was young (about a year ago), I thought "The one minute manager" was a great read. I still believe it does have something to it - it makes for a quick read and is straight to the poin… Read More
2012-04-13 17:00
This is a really simple script which sets a variable to a default value if the user doesn't provide input when asked.set /P val=Please enter value: || set val=defaultIf the user enters a val… Read More
2012-04-12 17:00
It's been a while one might quite honestly say since I have kept this blog alive... rest assured though that live again it will. I am back with a family, a house, a recent new job and lots o… Read More
2010-03-07 19:03
When I saw the title of this book, I simply couldn't resist giving it a peak.I would say it is was worth the 5-10$ it cost and made for a quick, relatively entertaining read.The book covers… Read More
2010-03-01 22:05
Well, hey presto that's done. Got an advert via the post and have decided to try out Google adWords to see how things pan out - for better for worse Read More
2009-12-11 17:32
No later than this morning was I trying to use my symfony dev environment from a different PC on the network, and came across the following error:You are not allowed to access this file. Che… Read More
2009-12-05 19:23
Well, back to the basics of Java...Just in case anybody (that's including me ;-)) gets this problem (again) here is the solution.Basic scenario: building a JTable with a non default model cl… Read More
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