Java WebStart and JNLP can be finicky beasts, especially when paired with Maven-generated websites and artifact repositories. Over the last few months I’ve developed POM and JNLP template patterns that I think are useful when used with the webstart-maven-plugin:jnlp goal; the main advantage is that applications …
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.
I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May.
Well, I guess you’d say
What can make me feel this way?
Prozac…
O. Henry could write with finesse
The Gift of the Magi’s his best;
A poor couple trades gifts
Irony in their thrifts:
Sells his watch, then finds that she’s distressed.
At work, I’ve finally had a chance to apply some of the practices I’ve been reading about (and advocating) for months. Foremost among them are the related concepts of test-driven development, (proper) unit testing, dependency injection and the principle of least knowledge (aka the Law of Demeter).
And what do …
Obverse:
It has been Hollywood gospel for decades that advertising and marketing can help a film to open strongly, but moviegoers talking with each other are crucial to its continuing success. [... Younger moviegoers] resist a choice that is not in step with …
The movie “UHF” was released to an unsuspecting public exactly 20 years ago today. #UHF
It sure was. Twenty years ago my friend Bob picked me …
It’s summer music festival time, which makes this cautionary tale all the more topical:
I have several musical friends who are travelling by air in the near future, to places all across Canada and even into Europe, so here’s hoping none of them end up becoming …
While reading I’m a proud Brainiac, Roger Ebert’s non-apology to those who call him “elitist” for not liking Transformers 2, I was reminded of one of my favourite moments from this year’s Fringe festival. It was during The NO Show, a nightly “talk show” put on by local …
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