Archive for July, 2007

Funny or smug?

Friday, July 27th, 2007

New Scientist letters page:
From Krista Nelson
Jay Bear says the Bible contradicts itself from one chapter to the next when listing the order of creation: plants, animals, man, woman and so on (30 June, p 23). Obviously, creation is in a quantum superposition until some outside observer measures it.
Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
It made me […]

Gcams - 40% return rate

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

I think it’s now long enough since Glastonbury that the GCam experiment can be considered over — I’d be surprised to get any more, although there’s still a possibility some are lying forgotten in someone’s cagoule pocket.
I’ve received four, all of which were processed and put on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/gcam2007/pool/
Or…
- Camera 1
- Camera […]

Back from holiday

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

We’re back from Corralejo in Fuerteventura, where Debbie and I shared a villa with Tom, Abbi and Steve.
Tom and I did some fairly intensive kiteboarding learning, while everyone else did a lot of relaxing with books and gameboys, by pools, on terraces, and on beaches.
With warm waters, reliable wind, sandy beaches and low prices, […]

“Catchup” for Flickr

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Does it irritate you when your Flickr homepage shows a bright yellow “new!” flag next to your comments link, but when you click it, it’s just comments you’ve already seen?
Well, it annoyed me.
The answer is to reset the flag, by visiting http://flickr.com/?clear=y but that’s “secret” and I got fed up of having to type […]

Java constructors, static initalizers and the Template pattern

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Alrighty then, I fell into a trap, I looked for other people warning about it, and I found none, so I’m doing it myself.
What does this Java do?
public abstract class SuperClass {

    public SuperClass() {
        setup();
    }

    public abstract void setup();
}

public class SubClass extends SuperClass {
    public String status = “uninitialised”;
    // If this was omitted, the default constructor would […]



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