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I read Sam’s post on Contextl IoC, questioning its benefits. I’ve been skirting around this kind of thing for a while. I like the idea of being able to package all the things which a class needs in a box … Continue reading →

My Windows partition on my PC fell over last night; not sure why. Might have been something I did whilst trying to mount it (read-only, always read-only) in Ubuntu. Or it could just be sulking because I didn’t put the … Continue reading →

My shuttle box for my new server arrived this morning, along with some wireless router stuff and my laptop mouse. Why is it that owning shiny new toys always makes me want to buy more shiny new toys? I have … Continue reading →

If I want to make a fire, I need a little more than just a spark. Something combustible is usually important, otherwise, when that spark happens, I won’t be in a position to build it into a fire. Opportunity’s the … Continue reading →

This weekend, I have been mostly trying to make Debian work on my PC. I should have realised that something was wrong when my boot sector virus scanner picked up LILO as an enemy (it seemed fine with GRUB before). … Continue reading →

My experiments with running Ubuntu Linux have mostly been successful. I’ve certainly learnt a lot about Linux. I love the Debian package management system, and both the Gnome and KDE desktops are great (though anyone thinking of installing KDE be … Continue reading →

So far I have successfully implemented the Zeroth Rule of Agile: If you’re not sitting comfortably, rearrange the furniture. There have been no squeals of dismay from the client. In fact, I don’t think anyone really looked up from their … Continue reading →

According to some religions, or denominations of them anyway, there’s a big fiery pit called Hell into which all the damned souls go. According to some religions, or denominations, damned souls include everyone who’s not part of that religion or … Continue reading →

At GeekNight last night, I spent a lot of time discussing JBehave’s story runner, and how it affects checkins. When you parse a story and produce the template classes, they’re initially empty. Gradually they get filled in with mock objects. … Continue reading →

When I started contracting, it was by accident – the company at which I had applied for permanent employment after moving to London suffered a recruitment freeze. Two six-month contracts later I had had enough of a very long commute … Continue reading →