The cat is destroying all of my electronic device cables.
She is systematically working through the house, and munching through those dc converer cables!
First it was the Wireless Router, which spent a while playing up, I couldnt work out what the problem was, patches a whole bunch of stuff, but it was still dropping out! I now know why!
Then it was my mobile phone charger which suffered the brunt of her chewing requirements.
Oh well, at least I've got a soldering iron out in the shed for the trains, so I've been able to fix up the (much shorter!) cables! :P
Friday, April 28, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
All American Rejects
I got a hot tip about this band, so I got a hold of their latest album, Move Along.
I'm pretty impressed so far, sounds really good. I guess it's one of those things, where you don't really expect a lot, so you are pleasantly suprised.
I'm pretty impressed so far, sounds really good. I guess it's one of those things, where you don't really expect a lot, so you are pleasantly suprised.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Come on Bomber, get fired up!
Voters don't believe PM on AWB - National - theage.com.au
Surely the Labor party hacks can't screw up an opportunity like this?
It's strange that we haven't really seen the Labor party getting any traction over this issue. Are they choosing not to get stuck in? Or are some of their mates involved?
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Well, certainly his physical health is fine...
Beazley 'perfectly healthy' - National - theage.com.au
.... but politically he's really a lame duck.
He needs to get it together, and stand for something that differentiates him from the Libs. Otherwise we will be destined for another 4 years of Howard. yay.
.... but politically he's really a lame duck.
He needs to get it together, and stand for something that differentiates him from the Libs. Otherwise we will be destined for another 4 years of Howard. yay.
Trains will be getting squashy...
Petrol to hit $1.45 a litre - National - theage.com.au
and
Oil shock: what's in store? - Business - Business - theage.com.au
The first article actually recommends that we leave the car at home and take public transport to work.
a bit of a concern for those of us who regularly do that already. It might be time to start putting pressure on the government to urgently review the current public transport levels. If we managed to increase train frequency over the Commonwealth Games, why not more permenantly?
New Project
Ok. I've been out on a new project for the past month or so, and have been a bit busy to update.
Anyway, it's essentially a 5 month Design phase for significant changes to an existing J2EE project.
Unfortunately, it was coded pretty badly, seeing as only 1 person has been able to log in and use the site at a time. I thought it might have been something to do with WAS configurations, but ruled that out. Interestingly, I did see that two sessions were pointing at the same struts Form instance. Not good. It turned out to be instantiated in an Action class, not the one that was being called, but it's parent.
I found that was also done on another parent Action, which was causing quite a few problems also. Anyway, that should be pretty straightforward to resolve, although it would need a bit of testing to confirm the fix.
There are a couple of things that have left me scratching my head, including:
No Business Layer
No real 'Logical Unit of Work'
No database referential integrity(!)
Business logic living in Stored Procedures
Uses OJB for it's persistence layer.
I'm really not too sure how the thing passed the original suite of tests (well, one person clicking on a few screens!), which is a bit scary.
Hopefully I can get it all sorted out, it seems as though both business units who have a stake in the project can get themselves sorted out, and we can deliver a good outcome.
Anyway, it's essentially a 5 month Design phase for significant changes to an existing J2EE project.
Unfortunately, it was coded pretty badly, seeing as only 1 person has been able to log in and use the site at a time. I thought it might have been something to do with WAS configurations, but ruled that out. Interestingly, I did see that two sessions were pointing at the same struts Form instance. Not good. It turned out to be instantiated in an Action class, not the one that was being called, but it's parent.
I found that was also done on another parent Action, which was causing quite a few problems also. Anyway, that should be pretty straightforward to resolve, although it would need a bit of testing to confirm the fix.
There are a couple of things that have left me scratching my head, including:
No Business Layer
No real 'Logical Unit of Work'
No database referential integrity(!)
Business logic living in Stored Procedures
Uses OJB for it's persistence layer.
I'm really not too sure how the thing passed the original suite of tests (well, one person clicking on a few screens!), which is a bit scary.
Hopefully I can get it all sorted out, it seems as though both business units who have a stake in the project can get themselves sorted out, and we can deliver a good outcome.
Growing Up..
Little Jack is growing up.
He started free standing about 3 weeks ago, after pulling himself up on a couch or wall or anything at a convenient height.
About 2 weeks ago, he started just standing up from a sitting position, with no assistance.
Then about a week ago, after stading up, he would take a couple of steps... Soon will come the time when he will be running after Jude.
His fourth tooth came through about a week or so ago too - which was good, because he was very very unsettled for about 3-4 nights when the tooth was trying to break through.
He started free standing about 3 weeks ago, after pulling himself up on a couch or wall or anything at a convenient height.
About 2 weeks ago, he started just standing up from a sitting position, with no assistance.
Then about a week ago, after stading up, he would take a couple of steps... Soon will come the time when he will be running after Jude.
His fourth tooth came through about a week or so ago too - which was good, because he was very very unsettled for about 3-4 nights when the tooth was trying to break through.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Monster-In-Law
Monster-in-Law (2005)
This was a suprisingly funny film - I really quite enjoyed it. Directed by aussie Robert Luketic (of Legally Blonde fame). Lighhearted comedy, and you suspect that it wasn't too much hard work for any of the actors.
Don't go out of your way to see it, unless your a J.Lo fan.
6/10
This was a suprisingly funny film - I really quite enjoyed it. Directed by aussie Robert Luketic (of Legally Blonde fame). Lighhearted comedy, and you suspect that it wasn't too much hard work for any of the actors.
Don't go out of your way to see it, unless your a J.Lo fan.
6/10
Saturday, April 15, 2006
V-Line
Uncle Mike and I took Jude to Hobsons Bay Model Railway show today.Lots and lots of good stuff to see. Jude had a ball playing with the Thomas set.
He even managed to skip his mid-day sleep. Little guy. :)
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Assault on Precinct 13
IMDB: Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Good value. Really enjoyed it, although I'd like to see the original to get a good benchmark.
Quite suspenseful, interesting idea (cops on the outside trying to break in!).
Watch it. 7/10
Good value. Really enjoyed it, although I'd like to see the original to get a good benchmark.
Quite suspenseful, interesting idea (cops on the outside trying to break in!).
Watch it. 7/10
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Train World
Went to Train World today. Luckily for me (and Jude), Rach won some money on the horses last night - which means we had $70 to spend today on train stuff.
I bought a couple of flat wagon kits, a 40ft container and a packet of KD no5's. Also bought Jude the chinese Dragon from Thomas the Tank Engine.
Spent most of the afternoon finishing the clothes washing, while starting the flat wagons that I'd bought.
I have a few movies to update on, but I'll have to remember what they are first! :)
I bought a couple of flat wagon kits, a 40ft container and a packet of KD no5's. Also bought Jude the chinese Dragon from Thomas the Tank Engine.
Spent most of the afternoon finishing the clothes washing, while starting the flat wagons that I'd bought.
I have a few movies to update on, but I'll have to remember what they are first! :)
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