Category Archives: General

Feeling a little despotic? Need to impose your vision on the world? Look no further than … a private island! Sure Charlie did it. So can you!

Woohoo! Munster wins the Heineken Cup Final! I'd only have a casual interest in Rugby, but I'd have to say I really enjoyed the final. Nail-biting stuff at the end.

The almighty Seth Godin says: “In every category, in every profession, half the people are below average.“. Bzzt! Wrong! Na-ah. Half the people in any industry are below the median. As in, half the people are below the half-way point … Continue reading →

I've been doing this online typing course, and it's been going pretty well. It's not the flashiest of sites, but it gets the job done. I would prefer more coaching, tips and advice. So today I got to the end … Continue reading →

Running a Java 1.5 SAX XML parser on the UltraSparc T1 is five times slower than running it on my Athlon 2800+. That's about right. Five times slower. Now when I got delivery of my new T2000, I thought, “Hey, … Continue reading →

I've just put up a new release of CSV Manager, my CSV file parsing Java component. This release adds the ability to handle comments in CSV files. I should explain how the Ricebridge versioning system works. It's pretty standard in … Continue reading →

Literally. This thing is so loud I now have a headache. No more benchmarking for me today.

I've decided to introduce free trials for my two main products. As a micro-ISV, these types of decisions are always a bit tricky. I've done pretty well up to now sticking to online demos. By their nature, the products (a … Continue reading →

Well, you've got hand it to Jonathan Schwarz (Sun CTO), when he says “free server”, he means “free server”. A while back I decided to apply for this “free server” promotion that Sun Microsystems is running. You get a free … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Roman Nowak, winner of last week's Ricebridge Java Components Competition! A free XML Manager for you sir! So this week, let's get pay homage to our descendants: grab those HTML anchors! All you have to do is figure … Continue reading →