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Groovy's projectile motion

Alex wrote 5 months ago: Today I needed more than a decent crossword. So, I had a think about subjects that I had been fascin … more →

Tags: Groovy, Mathematica, Numerical, oop, projectile motion

Groovy gave me piles2 comments

Alex wrote 5 months ago: If you haven’t already, make sure to read Bob’s (@Transentia) massive improvement on the … more →

Tags: Groovy, Numerical

Groovy coding a pile of dirt1 comment

Alex wrote 5 months ago: Today I was wondering about the weight of a pile of builders raw material, like sand or cement. Spec … more →

Tags: Cement, dry sand, Dynamic Scripting, Groovy, Material, Pile, W = pi h³D / 3 tan²(theta), Weight

How to be a program manager

Alex wrote 5 months ago: Back in March I had a brush with Nokia in Oslo and Qt Software. I made a bad pitch, and the followin … more →

Tags: Program Manager, spolsky

No more tabs please5 comments

Alex wrote 6 months ago: I was asked for help with removing tabs from source code in a CVS repository. Simple I say. Well it … more →

Tags: UNIX and Linux platforms, C#, Code, CVS, Perl, removing, Tabs

Groovy and JavaFX, more useful together?1 comment

Alex wrote 8 months ago: Last week I quipped to a colleague “Why wouldn’t one take advantage of both Groovy and J … more →

Tags: Groovy, JavaFX

JavaFX, it has merit1 comment

Alex wrote 8 months ago: Well in my last post I was struggling with JavaFX. I’m still not impressed with a missing cons … more →

Tags: Groovy, JavaFX

Java, Groovy and maybe JavaFX?3 comments

Alex wrote 8 months ago: I wonder whether I will be able to like JavaFX! Have I been spoilt already by Groovy (it does, virtu … more →

Tags: Java, Groovy, JavaFX

And a little more respect

Alex wrote 8 months ago: Bruno Vecchi just left a tidied up version of the Perl code which I last posted. That code was a lit … more →

Tags: Perl, Groovy

Respecting Perl2 comments

Alex wrote 8 months ago: Blimey.  I didn’t realise that closures were available in Perl! Or it didn’t click with … more →

Tags: Perl, Groovy, closure

Warming to Groovy

Alex wrote 8 months ago: Before I call it a night, I thought that I would share my thoughts on Groovy, a language I have just … more →

Tags: Data, Databases & Documentation, geolog, C#, coding, Groovy, Closures

A little Groovy file handling

Alex wrote 9 months ago: I’m still plodding along building my KindieSmart application. It’s a back burner project … more →

Tags: Java, Programming, Groovy, csv, Dynamic Scripting

A true story of unexpected folly

Alex wrote 9 months ago: At a site not so far in time and space from where I now happily sit, I was set the task of assessing … more →

Tags: Consulting, General, Process and practice, Design, Failure, soap, Software, Team

Software engineer or just a small piece of my mind?2 comments

Alex wrote 9 months ago: The last time I was pidgeonholed as a Software Engineer I was a permanent employee back in 2001. Sin … more →

Tags: Consulting, General, Process and practice, Piece of My Mind, projects, Software Engineer

coLinux Fedora 10 with GNOME via VNC viewer2 comments

Alex wrote 9 months ago: I recently mentioned that one could dump the desktop (GNOME or KDE) on a virtualized Linux and use V … more →

Tags: UNIX and Linux platforms, General, Networking and protocols, The Windows platform, Gnome, Vista, coLinux, Fedora, vnc

A mixed desktop!

Alex wrote 9 months ago: In case you wonder how clean this coLinux looks, well here’s a simple picture of my Vista Desk … more →

Tags: UNIX and Linux platforms, General, The Windows platform, Vista, Cygwin, coLinux, KDE

Mapping coLinux to VISTA

Alex wrote 9 months ago: In my last post I mentioned coLinux as a virtualisation solution. I must say that if you want a reco … more →

Tags: UNIX and Linux platforms, Networking and protocols, The Windows platform, Embedded and mobile phone platforms, Vista, Cygwin, Linux, virtualization, xServer

The command line world (and more)

Alex wrote 9 months ago: Well I use UNIX too often to wish to use cmd.exe or similar whilst on Windows. I keep Cygwin to make … more →

Tags: UNIX and Linux platforms, Networking and protocols, The Windows platform, Vista, Cygwin, coLinux, virtualization, xServer, Debian

JAI gotcha

Alex wrote 9 months ago: I always get caught by this one I must be slow to learn. Today I upgraded my Java JDK to 1.6.0_12. I … more →

Tags: Graphics, Visualisation, Image Processing, The Windows platform, Java, J'ai, Cygwin, Windows, JDK, jre


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