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Epic Self Documenting Code

This is the best: switch (mIntegrationDirection) { case InventoryIntegrationDirection.DoTheSameChangeInShop: DoTheSameChangeInShop(GetChangedDataFromInventory(mLastSynchDate)); break; case InventoryIntegrationDirection.DoTheSameChangeInInventory: DoTheSam

GMail Downtime: Affected Small Subset of Users?

No it didn’t. According to a quote on the Telegraph website the GMail downtime affected only a small subset of users but if you look at the comments on the story it was hitting people in Florida, France, UK and Canada. That’s quite a big, R

Django CMS

Finally a Django CMS that looks stable and well built has been released at: http://www.django-cms.org. It’s sponsored by a Swiss compay which doesn’t bother me one bit (I love ….cheese and chocolate?) but the Americans seem obsessed with

Seskelohots is Lonely

I have no idea who this is but they commented about 4 months ago claiming to be lonely. They need a hug. I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death - Seskelohots With no spammy links posted I can only assume

Best Linux Filesystem?

The executive summary in my own words of which filesystem to pick if you’re wondering which is best. I’m avoiding jargon or anything overly technical. I also provide some made-up* graphs to help with quick decision making. Overview Ext2 R

Python’s Beards and Ruby’s ‘Cool’ Guys

I was having a chat on the MicroSoft Networks fancy comms protocol. Aka: MSN. Along came someone with an opinion. As is customary I shot it down with wild abandon!! The quickie backstory: I suggested Python is better than Ruby. They argued using two exam

Excellent Apache Log Analyser & Monitor

I’ve been looking up hill and down dale for a good (Python-based – fanboy!! Woo!!) log analyser and monitor for Apache. It looks like I’ve found one – and awesome it is too! wtop is by far the best I’ve come across of the opt

Google Phones/Android (incl. G1) ROMs

Great comparison table of all the custom Android ROMs at this site: http://www.simonwalkerphotos.com/android/android_build_information.asp

ASE Makes Android Development Pleasant

Having got myself a G1 phone a few weeks back I’ve been tinkering a lot. Mainly with the Android Scripting Environment that I plan on writing about soon but I thought I’d give a quick summary of what I’ve found so far on this platform &#

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