http://blogs.atlassian.com/developer/2008/07/magic_trick_in_java.html
Can you solve this one?
Monday, 23 March 2009
Sunday, 22 March 2009
My time at JTeam
Hey everyone. Now that I am back in NZ and looking for employment, I have been thinking about my work last year at JTeam.
First and foremost: I had a great working year, and I really enjoyed working with all the team at JTeam! The guys made me very welcome - I managed to learn lots of new stuff, as well as maybe leave a little behind. I contributed to some RFPs, pitched JTeam solutions directly to customers, as well as actually developing web applications.
Oh and I also bitched about Flash lots ...
At the end of a hard years work, I got this lovely box of treats for (early) Christmas. The Dutch have a cunning way to get Christmas twice per year: in addition to Dec 25 with Santa Claus, they also have Sinterklaas. He shows up Dec 5th giving presents and chocolates shaped of letters, and is suspiciously similar to Santa. Check the link for details.You know what they say about gift horses, so thanks Sinterklaas!
The crew from JTeam also all went out for an excellent Christmas dinner. I can't remember specifics, but the conversation (and wine) was top notch... It snowed outside as we dined, and I had to cycle home. Still, it was a genuine white Christmas, something us antipodeans don't see much of.
In short, I had a great time living in Holland! The Dutch seem to think that New Zealand is nothing but a country full of sheep. Its not true, we are as modern as any other western country in the world. Here is a picture of me in the middle of Auckland City.
The funny thing is that I'm not joking, this really is in the central part of our biggest city, Auckland. Check street view out on this link: Google maps link
This is my home computer, great to have it all setup again: 20" 1600x1200 LCD with my Behringer speakers.. mmmm!
And for those Dutchies who wanted to know what products are available here in NZ, here is an European section of a supermarket. Some supermarkets also sell stuff like stroopwafels and hagelslag.
First and foremost: I had a great working year, and I really enjoyed working with all the team at JTeam! The guys made me very welcome - I managed to learn lots of new stuff, as well as maybe leave a little behind. I contributed to some RFPs, pitched JTeam solutions directly to customers, as well as actually developing web applications.
Oh and I also bitched about Flash lots ...
At the end of a hard years work, I got this lovely box of treats for (early) Christmas. The Dutch have a cunning way to get Christmas twice per year: in addition to Dec 25 with Santa Claus, they also have Sinterklaas. He shows up Dec 5th giving presents and chocolates shaped of letters, and is suspiciously similar to Santa. Check the link for details.You know what they say about gift horses, so thanks Sinterklaas!
The crew from JTeam also all went out for an excellent Christmas dinner. I can't remember specifics, but the conversation (and wine) was top notch... It snowed outside as we dined, and I had to cycle home. Still, it was a genuine white Christmas, something us antipodeans don't see much of.
In short, I had a great time living in Holland! The Dutch seem to think that New Zealand is nothing but a country full of sheep. Its not true, we are as modern as any other western country in the world. Here is a picture of me in the middle of Auckland City.
The funny thing is that I'm not joking, this really is in the central part of our biggest city, Auckland. Check street view out on this link: Google maps link
This is my home computer, great to have it all setup again: 20" 1600x1200 LCD with my Behringer speakers.. mmmm!
And for those Dutchies who wanted to know what products are available here in NZ, here is an European section of a supermarket. Some supermarkets also sell stuff like stroopwafels and hagelslag.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
New domain:
Hey subscribers;
I have pointed my own domain to this blog, so the new link is
http://blog.toolman.geek.nz
RSS: http://blog.toolman.geek.nz/feeds/posts/default
The old location should redirect anyway. Update them readers!
I have pointed my own domain to this blog, so the new link is
http://blog.toolman.geek.nz
RSS: http://blog.toolman.geek.nz/feeds/posts/default
The old location should redirect anyway. Update them readers!
Monday, 16 March 2009
Augmented reality: Like this one!
This is a great experimental invention - truly augmented reality...
.. at the cost of having a projector (aka beamer, Dutchies) strapped on to yourself.
I really like how it could augment real products; thats the holy grail for augmentation, and a source of plenty of revenue if successful.
The next challenge is getting quality information to the device. Control of the information used in this system, one it grew to mobile handset scales, would be powerful. Hopefully open systems such ala wikipedia would ensure sane community control of the public data.
What will products compete on? Consumer weighting of metrics, as offered on augmentation device:
Decisions would (mostly) be that of the Economists' ideal consumer: rational decision makers trying to maximize their benefits and minimize their costs. I say "mostly" because you don't have to take your handsets advice, do you :P ?
... Beamer on board ...
Thanks to Alef for the link.
.. at the cost of having a projector (aka beamer, Dutchies) strapped on to yourself.
I really like how it could augment real products; thats the holy grail for augmentation, and a source of plenty of revenue if successful.
The next challenge is getting quality information to the device. Control of the information used in this system, one it grew to mobile handset scales, would be powerful. Hopefully open systems such ala wikipedia would ensure sane community control of the public data.
What will products compete on? Consumer weighting of metrics, as offered on augmentation device:
- price (Current favorite ;)
- carbon footprint
- eco factor - packaging, manufacture etc.
- rating/score/desiriability in demographics you care about
- Loyalty scheme incentives
- ...
Decisions would (mostly) be that of the Economists' ideal consumer: rational decision makers trying to maximize their benefits and minimize their costs. I say "mostly" because you don't have to take your handsets advice, do you :P ?
... Beamer on board ...
Thanks to Alef for the link.
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Xmas platter:
What do you do when you have too many spare HDDs?
Create a Xmas tree out of them!
Check out the page my pal Trigger put up with pictures and videos. It even spins!
http://www.nzgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81672
Good work!
Create a Xmas tree out of them!
Check out the page my pal Trigger put up with pictures and videos. It even spins!
http://www.nzgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81672
Good work!
Kubuntu 8.10 with KDE4
As we are winding up here in Holland (only 3 more days of work for me), I am consolidating all the data I have scattered over 3 laptops down to just the old Acer.
I did a clean install of Kubuntu 8.10, and upgraded with to all the latest updates. I had a few reservations about KDE4:
The whole UI runs smoothly with hardware accelerated video and compositing. KDE4 is complete: it has all the major features going, and is very stable, no crashes or lockups.
In short, I am really impressed! Theres not many widgets, themes etc. yet. I want a widget that does CPU and network statistics if anyone knows of one..
But build it, and they will come. Give it a few minor point revisions and KDE4 could be suitable for most desktop situations; I would be comfortable developing with it.
This release of Kubuntu, which has a recent current kernel, supports all the important hardware in the Acer. The webcam is the only problem hardware, still only experimental drivers.
I did a clean install of Kubuntu 8.10, and upgraded with to all the latest updates. I had a few reservations about KDE4:
- Is KDE4 going be fast on this hardware? Though badged as such, this is not "Vista capable" even with 2Gb RAM.
- Will it support hardware accelerated video? If not, is the performance in 2D mode OK?
- Is it usable yet?
The whole UI runs smoothly with hardware accelerated video and compositing. KDE4 is complete: it has all the major features going, and is very stable, no crashes or lockups.
In short, I am really impressed! Theres not many widgets, themes etc. yet. I want a widget that does CPU and network statistics if anyone knows of one..
But build it, and they will come. Give it a few minor point revisions and KDE4 could be suitable for most desktop situations; I would be comfortable developing with it.
This release of Kubuntu, which has a recent current kernel, supports all the important hardware in the Acer. The webcam is the only problem hardware, still only experimental drivers.
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