Disqus - Latest Comments for Brian W

Re: Javascript code coverage MIA

Brian W — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:08:13 -0000

This doesn't help you with your Javascript problem but Cobertura4J2ME does work quite well now on mobile java code.

Re: One a Day

Brian W — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:01:18 -0000

A different approach... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7dnGo_2tZA :)

Re: Textmate of death

Brian W — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:52:29 -0000

TextMate is a fantastic editor, I miss it on this Windows machine.

Modern IDEs are great and powerful and such but they're completely useless once you leave their little realm.

I'd happily pay twice the price for a Windows port.

Re: Snap Preview isn’t very snappy

Brian W — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:14:25 -0000

I agree completely. It's one of those things that's technically interesting but is not being used appropriately.

I've seen it confuse 2 non-techie users, first hand. Links should be links, nothing more. While we're at it, using "javascript:goUrl('/other_page.html');" for an href should disqualify you from the internet.

Re: Waterford cinema

Brian W — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:48:27 -0000

I haven't been to Waterford cinema in a long, long time. Dungarvan is the only place I'll go, but like you say, 45mins means it has to be a film I *really* want to see.

Re: Top Gear is back

Brian W — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:04:28 -0000

Wow.

Can't wait to see the next season opener now... ;)

Re: Java doing my head in

Brian W — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:41:34 -0000

Agree, completely.

Eclipse is an abomination next to the fast, elegant TextMate.

The really annoying thing is that Java could be a useful web app language if it wasn't so bogged down in such pointless (and largely unused) architecture.

Re: Pole Vaulters

Brian W — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:36:43 -0000

"wang" :D

...I'm such a child.

Re: A night with a Wii

Brian W — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:39:18 -0000

One night might not be long enough to have formed a solid opinion but would you think Excite Truck is a game worth buying ? I've heard mixed reports so far.

Re: Wallet loosening Macs

Brian W — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:50:51 -0000

Parallels is also available for Linux and Windows... :)

I switched back to my Dell workstation today, the default Fisher-Price inspired XP theme reminds me just how pretty my Mac is. Still, it's 9:50am and I've only rebooted twice (1: Forgot what my USB wifi dongle was. 2: Thunderbird has some weird DLL issue, fixed with a delete-reboot-reinstall)

Re: Wallet loosening Macs

Brian W — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:33:28 -0000

I meant more Chris' problem of having to dual boot Windows. I don't think Parallels will virtualize an OSX instance -- some agreement with Apple to maintain a friendly relationship.

Re: Ham over fist

Brian W — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:06:24 -0000

"[Ham] indulged his growing fascination with the Net, teaching himself to create websites and to code in Perl."

I think that's all the proof we need that Perl is truly evil.

Re: Making calls with an iPhone

Brian W — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:04:14 -0000

Jealous. Very jealous.

I ordered my TurboSIM but no idea when it'll arrive.

Re: Nokia copying iPhone

Brian W — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:26:54 -0000

Last I heard that video was a mockup to demo the touchscreen support in Symbian/Series60. I think Nokia are moving that way but not in such a blatant iPhone-y way.

Re: O2 Broadband; Day 1

Brian W — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:53:51 -0000

I have the 3 HSDPA modem and I found it to be pretty useful (currently on loan to another TSSGer who's just moved house).

Signal seemed pretty solid everywhere I've used it, never hit speeds higher than what you'd expect on a 1MBit DSL line -- but that's impressive enough for me sitting in a car at 100km/h.

The 3 SIM I have is configured not to use a PIN, which is why I think you need to run the O2 software (might be wrong on that though).

There's details on configuring it for Linux too here: http://the.taoofmac.com/space/Huawei/E220

Re: Leopard Spots: Transparent Menu Bar

Brian W — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:19:35 -0000

Love Leopard.

Miss the rounded corners on the menu bar though. I'd pay extra to get them back.

Re: Leopard Spots: Transparent Menu Bar

Brian W — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:21:52 -0000

And they're back... http://www.manytricks.com/displaperture/

Re: Baby Watson on the way

Brian W — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:53:44 -0000

Congratulations! That's excellent news.

Re: The 16gb iPhone, why?

Brian W — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:53:17 -0000

Video.

Takes up space quickly, looks incredible on that little display and makes a few hours on a plane blow by :)

Re: CreativeCamp clashing with Rugby

Brian W — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:29:22 -0000

Hmm, last minute change of plan for my talk so.

"GPS: How location technologies impact Rugby"

Slide #1: "Not much, not much at all really"
Slide #2: Video stream of match

I'm sure it'll be just as popular.

Re: Hacked

Brian W — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:04:25 -0000

Nasty, sorry to hear that. Looks like another hole in xmlrpc.php.

I like a lot of things about WordPress but a lot of this stuff could probably be disabled by default and I'd bet most people wouldn't notice.

Re: Bye Bye Bertie

Brian W — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:03:29 -0000

“I don’t think it helps people to start throwing white elephants and red herrings at each other.”

Compared to other leaders, you're completely right, his (alleged) crimes are insignificant. He is the embodiment of "Ah sure" politics in Ireland though.

Some more Bertieisms: http://thatsireland.com/2008/04/02/top-ten-thin...

Re: Obama mix

Brian W — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:27:31 -0000

Obama needs people to make hilarious videos for his campaign.

McCain can do it all by himself: http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...