Author Archives: Dave

GitHub is addictive

Posted on Tuesday February 7, 2012 by Dave

Since my last post I’ve been spending far too long on a fairly trivial project, TrayJenkins (v0.1 released today). In the process I’ve become addicted to GitHub, contributing a few minor changesets to two other projects along the way (CxxTest … Continue reading →

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In defence of Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on Tuesday December 6, 2011 by Dave

I got my new laptop at the weekend and, obviously, the first thing that I had to do was get Linux on there. I have to say I’ve been a bit suspicious of the direction Linux-on-the-desktop has been heading of … Continue reading →

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Python wonderland

Posted on Sunday November 20, 2011 by Dave

Last week I got to delve back into the world of Python at work to try and streamline part of our day-to-day working practices. I’ve never really got into TDD or MVP with Python, and we’ve been harping on about … Continue reading →

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Laptops, laptops, laptops

Posted on Wednesday November 2, 2011 by Dave

Last weekend, I had the whole weekend to get started on my project. No prior engagements, no visitors, no chores to attend to (well, not many). So, I knuckled down and got started. Right? Not so fast. Didn’t you know … Continue reading →

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Jira, GreenHopper and phone rescue

Posted on Wednesday October 26, 2011 by Dave

So what have I been up to, apart from spending most of the weekend getting the missus’ laptop running smoothly with Ubuntu 11.10? I’ve been investigating JIRA and GreenHopper for potential use at work. They look nifty, but still not … Continue reading →

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Brownie points

Posted on Friday October 21, 2011 by Dave

So, having lost a week to SpaceChem, you’d think I’d be diving right back in to the mystery project. Well, no. The latest distraction is that the new Ubuntu 11.10 is out and I’ve been promising to fix the missus’ … Continue reading →

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SpaceChem

Posted on Sunday October 16, 2011 by Dave

The latest distraction would be SpaceChem, a superb indie game. Challenging, educational and seriously addictive. Kiss goodbye to your spare time…

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Smelly code, smelly attitudes

Posted on Tuesday October 11, 2011 by Dave

At work we’ve got a lot of legacy code. Some of it is very new, but still legacy, going by Michael Feathers‘ definition of code without tests. Our newish policy is to not introduce any new code that isn’t under … Continue reading →

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More, erm, research

Posted on Thursday October 6, 2011 by Dave

This week I’ve been mostly distracted engaged in looking into Heroku and Neo4j. Heroku is an interesting looking continuous deployment / cloud platform that’s just introduced Scala as a supported language. It looks very slick. You push your git changes … Continue reading →

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It’s all Google Maps’ fault

Posted on Tuesday October 4, 2011 by Dave

This project I’m thinking about started off in part because Google Maps was annoying. I think it’s probably the worst Google thing I’ve used. I’m talking about the “My Places” feature once you’ve logged in. Maybe I was pushing it … Continue reading →

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