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Posts from March 2006

Searching for the perfect in memory database

I’ve been using HSQLDB for my in memory database testing, but I think its time to find something else. Things have been getting pretty painful lately and I’m wondering what kind of experience others have with the alternatives. My criteria are:

fast
easy to embed in a Java test suite - so basically just drop [...]


java.awt.List - the Bane of IDE AutoCompletion

When I’m cruising in Eclipse, nothing disrupts flow like having to fix stupid import problems. FOr example, I type in a reference to List and try to autocorrect it:

Oh! I wanted the standard collection type, not the AWT specific list! Here, Eclipse, let me tell you I need the the standard list [...]


Bloglines Adds Drag and Drop, Finally

If you read a lot of feeds via Bloglines, you’ll know how painful managing your folders has been with the very old school interface. I noticed today that things have finally improved - real drag and drop and some prettier icons, too! No longer will I dread organizing feeds only because the UI [...]


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