Category: Ablog

Originally posted 2005-07-11 13:56:45 Today, for the 4,256th time in my email career, I sent an email that promised an attachment but sallied forth with no files attached. After the recipient pointed out my...

Originally posted 2006-03-11 05:14:02 When we bought AccuRev a little over a year ago, we knew AccuRev had no direct Ant support, but that it had a command line tool that we could use...

Originally posted 2007-05-14 02:46:03 The last day of JavaOne featured Java-powered toys, introduced sequentially by James Gosling. None of them commanded more than a raised eyebrow or polite applause, except perhaps the programmable dancing...

Originally posted 2008-11-12 13:18:42 In my post on interviewing Java developers, I explain how and why we make prospective hires write code on a whiteboard. In a similar vein, Imran on Tech posts about...

Originally posted 2010-04-19 15:44:08 I started the day plopping down for breakfast at the same table with Nate Schutta and chatting him up about various technology questions and issues. I then went to his...

Originally posted 2004-11-30 13:27:29 I can’t convert hours to days, or vice versa. I never have been able to. Sure, I’ve memorized that 24 hours make one day, and that 48 hours make two...

Originally posted 2005-07-13 05:49:40 Last night, I gave a presentation to The Jacksonville Developers User Group titled “Source Control Using CVS, Subversion, and AccuRev.” You can download the Powerpoint file here, or view it...

Originally posted 2006-03-13 03:34:08 These are some amazing optical illusions, accompanied by explanations for why they fool the eyes. I especially like \”Rollers\”–I find myself staring at one portion of the image to verify...

Originally posted 2007-05-15 14:02:20 Last Sunday–Mother’s Day in the United States–my wife’s purse disappeared. Actually, someone put a crowbar through the passenger window of her van as it sat in our church parking lot...

Originally posted 2008-11-18 13:51:45 I love Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror blog. Today he wrote about how important it is for programmer’s to be able to type. Good post. The line I loved, though, was...