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Commentary Apr 25 2006
Ok comments are back - simply look at an individual post on my blog now, and underneath, an “Add Comment” section has appeared. Simply enter your comment (just a simple textbox for now I’m afraid) and who you are, then hit “Comment!”. I’m going to be doing some serious development on the entire software soon and commenting will be done properly - but for now at least it’s an arbitrary way for any readers wishing to comment, to do so.
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Stacked Actors Apr 25 2006
So, day two of the UML course, and it’s starting to get useful. Use cases, leading on to class diagrams, has me intrigued as a coder. I want to get cracking now trying it out on a system I’m designing (designing before coding, wowee!), but upon looking for some decent UML software, preferably a plug-in for VS 2005, I’m most disappointed. Now I understand VS 2005 has some class diagram tools built-in, but while it looks like UML, it doesn’t smell quite like UML (am I missing something?). I really want something that lets me create any of the different types of UML diagrams (such as use case, class diagrams etc), however the only software I’ve so far come across (such as Borland’s Together plug-in for VS 2003/2005) costs a shitload of money. So, I’m going to keep digging, but my options look limited…
1) personal, “free but only for non commercial” or trial versions - basically yucky cut-down tools
2) NetBeans 5, or at least the latest alpha/beta whatever, seems to have some UML diagramming tools - but come on, a different IDE just for diagrams?
3) a separate tool, such as an open source tool - again, I’d prefer it within my main IDE, but oh well…. *sigh*
Anyone have any ideas? As some may have guessed, this is one of the reasons I quickly cobbled together the ability to add basic comments again tonight, benching all of the big ideas I’ve got for my blogging software in favour of quickly deploying a way for my loyal readers (both of you, including that Google search bot) to post any suggestions they may have!
More UML tidbits soon hopefully…
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Fragile Development Apr 24 2006
Today I did a bit of modelling - data modelling that is. I started my five-day UML course, as I’m attempting to learn the deadly art of analysis. It was actually quite interesting - after Getting Real recently (must get round to finishing that book) I was starting to dispense more with documentation/design diagrams and all that in favour of writing the damn code. However there are times when I need to crystallize my thoughts, gather design details, and really plan more complex concepts. It seems after today that UML, and design analysis, is a good way of doing that. In many ways, the course I’m doing (which is actually object-oriented design and analysis, specialising in UML) does tie in with a few agile concepts - in particular, the idea of smaller iterations of development, and an especially agile process for coping with design/requirement changes. On top of this, the idea of use cases defining functionality, doubling up nicely as easy scenarios for testing, ties in with test-driven development. So while I initially poo-poo’d heavy-handed design, analysis, and UML, I’m finding it refreshing to look at a project from a far more architectural point-of-view - especially when the model-view-controller pattern was brought up as being a Good Thing ™ - something I’ve spent a lot of my spare time working on recently. Over-all: interesting stuff, and expect a few more thought provoking posts (with hopefully even more amusing titles).
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Safety Apr 24 2006
Ah, guarenteed Premiership football next season after tonight’s victory. Sweet.
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Icy Cold Apr 22 2006
Holy shit, how’d this one sneak up on us? Somehow we’ve been teleported back in time forty-five years to the Cold War. Russia supplying anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. I thought either naivety or a simple good-nature explained Russia’s involvement with Iran to help them with nuclear technology (they proclaimed that it was only going to be used for nuclear energy, and therefore peaceful purposes), however anti-aircraft missiles aren’t really dual-purpose and the intention is surely pretty clear. It’s quite an antagonistic move, and certainly one that doesn’t help the diplomatic process.
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More classic House Apr 20 2006
Another great episode of House tonight - and another classic House quip:
Henry: I assume you’ve been in love?
House: Is that the one that makes your pants feel funny?
Glad to see it’s been picked up for another series.
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Intriguing Apr 18 2006
Catching up on some of the weekends tidbits, I noticed RSSBus - this looks quite interesting, and reading through the whitepaper brings up some intriguing ideas - however until I can play with the actual product, I’m not sure how useful it’ll actually end up being. Not sure I count as an “early adopter” or “influencer” either ;-)
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scanR Apr 18 2006
This is pretty cool, with my 2-megapixel Sony K750i, who needs a scanner now? I might have to give it a go a little later, let’s see how I get on.
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Easter Apr 18 2006
I had an excellent Easter weekend away up north in Lincolnshire visiting relatives - and it was really enjoyable. Some photos from the weekend are up here and here. Anyway, Andie and I stayed at my grandmothers for the weekend, and spent the Saturday and Sunday visiting with various relatives I haven’t seen in a long while - and it made me realise I should make more time to see them more often. Sometimes they drive me nuts, often in fact - but it’s fun to see them and after-all, it’s family :-)
Came back Sunday, and yesterday had a nice relaxing day - back to work today though, feels like a bit of a drag as you’d expect. However, it’s only a four-day week, and I’m already looking forward to the weekend again!
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Photo overload Apr 13 2006
I’ve just stuck a load of photo’s I’ve been collating over recent weeks up on Flickr, in a photo uploading binge. As always, check out my photos here, or subscribe to the photostream here. Enjoy.
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It makes phone calls, too Apr 12 2006
Yesterday I took delivery of my new handset upgrade - the Sony Ericsson K750i. I had originally wanted a Nokia N70, but decided to go for the K750i because I realised I probably didn’t need the extra features the N70 had, and I certainly didn’t need the extra cost that goes with it. So after playing around with the handset last night, I’m pretty pleased. I was upgrading from a Samsung D500, which I enjoyed using, and my biggest gripe was that I couldn’t set the alarm to use mp3s that were stored on the phone - with the K750i, I can ;-)
On top of this, there are plenty of neat features. PC integration is a lot smarter, and while the usage of the Memory Stick Duo will annoy some people I’m sure - being as I own a PSP, and had a spare 1GB card lying around, I was most pleased. This is the first phone I’ve ever owned with over a gig of memory in it, and because it’s got a fairly nice media player in it, a decent set of headphones (that double as a hands-free kit) I’m tempted to use it as my portable music player. I don’t find time to listen to a lot of music out and about (well I do, but that’s why I bought a decent car stereo), but whenever I think “I could do with an iPod right now” I usually don’t have mine with me. However almost always I’ll have my phone on me - if I can remember to stick the headphones in my pocket, I’ll be sorted.
I’ve also tried a few apps on the phone, more on this later - but let it be said though that Opera Mini is pretty awesome, and I’ve got an SSH client on there too - I’m always pleased by the nice range of apps available for Java based phones, and whenever I get a new phone I tend to re-investigate - so I’m still playing with this side of things.
The thing I use my phone most for is probably txting (just shades actually making calls) and it’s intuitive to use and feels nice and easy. Unlike before, where seemingly every time I changed my phone I had to re-learn where all the symbols and special txting keys were, the layout on the K750i is almost identical to the D500 (space key, caps key all in the same place). As such it feels right at home, and the actual interface for writing a text is much much nicer.
Overall, it’s a sweet sweet phone, even if I do have to get used to locking the keypad again! It even allows me to make and receive calls which is a bonus ;-)
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It's got a name Apr 12 2006
Give It A Name is back on again this year, and seeing as I mentioned it in my last post, I thought I’d give a quick shout out to say I’m going to be at both days, Earl’s Court London, this year. It’s just over two weeks away, and thanks to the brilliant “Kill Your Own”, I think I’m looking forward to seeing Hundred Reasons the most. Billy Talent come a close second, and LostProphets, Taking Back Sunday, and MCR all feature too - it’s going to be an awesome two days.
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