Monthly Archives: August 2005

EclipseWorld was a success

Looks like EclipseWorld was a success. I didn’t get a chance to go, even though it is on the same coast I am. Why do I say so? Well, from the most recent EclipseSource, the lead article was titled “Exuberance … Continue reading

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Finally found a DC Mac Programming Group

Last week, I finally found a DC Mac Programming Group. It is the Programming SIG of the Washington Apple Pi (WAP), which is the big Mac Users Group in the area. We met over in Reston, VA in a _really_ … Continue reading

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RCP from my readers

I got two comments from my readers recently on RCP: 1. Henry wrote “Why Eclipse RCP is going to rule the world“, giving 5 reasons. I agree with his arguments that Eclipse RCP is the ideal platform for building desktop … Continue reading

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How to have a stable hostname in OS X Tiger

I’ve got DHCP at home and at work. Its definitely a lot easier than the early days of network administration, where everyone had their own static IP. There is a problem though: with DHCP, my hostname keeps changing whenever I … Continue reading

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Dependency Injection in both Ruby and Java

Dependency Injection: Vitally Important or Totally Irrelevant? by Jim Weirich at OSCON 2005. This is a great presentation about Dependency of Inversion (and why you might not need it). It nicely compares and contrasts Java and Ruby. It underscores why … Continue reading

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