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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Hogmanay Fun
This will be my last post of the year, so here is something fun Have a great new year everyone. I hope that 2008 brings you the best! Technorati Tags: code monkey,jonathan coulton,video
The value of smaller methods
A while ago on a forum I advised someone that their method was too long and difficult to read and maintain. I suggested that they break the code into smaller methods as it would improve the maintainability and readability of … Continue reading
Forum Signatures II
It sometimes amazes me the things people put in forum signatures. Sometimes they distill knowledge in to a short pithy phrase, other times they are just humorous and occasionally they are just plain bizarre. Here are a collection of some … Continue reading
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Geeky Christmas
Continuing the season’s diversions, XKCD has some excellent cartoons, a lot of them reflect the reality of people with a technical profession and are passionate about it. And this one is no exception. Technorati Tags: xkcd,christmas,geek,santa
OTT Christmas Decorations
More festive diversions with this display of synchronised lights on someone’s house. Technorati Tags: video,christmas,lights,display
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Christmas Humour
Just a little humour for Christmas. Twelve Days of Christmas (Indian style)
Spam messages are down
It seems that the spirit of the season of goodwill is also bestowed on us by spammers too. I’ve seen a noticeable fall off in the amount of spam my blog gets over the last 36 hours or so. The … Continue reading
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Aarrgghh!! Accidentally pressing the Caps Lock key
I keep pressing the Caps Lock key accidentally. I don’t know why, but I do. I think it is the most despicable key on the keyboard, but I am not willing to go to the measures that a former colleague … Continue reading
Follow up on hiring a software developer
A while ago I wrote about finding it difficult to hire good software developers. We have now hired someone and it took us 3 months from the first interview to the last. We changed our strategy a couple of times … Continue reading
My Favourite Patterns by Gary Short
Glasgow Caledonian University Top speaker Gary Short presents his favourite patterns. If you missed this highly acclaimed presentation at DDD then this is your chance to see it. Gary has consistently received high scores on our event feedback and has … Continue reading
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