Thursday, January 31, 2008

Lord kill the pain

Lord kill the pain
Added to my Flickr favourites at 12:54.
Invoke dynamic languages dynamically, Part 1: Introducing the Java scripting API

javax.script, apparently based on Apache Bean Script Framework and integrated into Java 6, provides two-way integration with various scripting languages.
Create dynamic applications with javax.tools

Java 6 includes programmatic access to Java compilers (e.g. ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler(), getSystemToolClassLoader()) meaning you can generate, compile and load Java classes on the fly. No more mucking around with undocumented private classes, yay

Sunday, January 27, 2008

The Definition of Art - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Hot pursuit?

Hot pursuit?
The impression of speed belies the fact that they were stationary, apparently busting some rowdies on Park Street, as I shot past in a taxi and took them down where they stood.

Bristol, Avon
Stung?

Stung?
I paid £6 for these, from Deliverance. They took 90 minutes to arrive, along with the Thai green chicken curry, and when they arrived I was so hungry that I felt completely ripped off by these few little bits of chicken in a box. I felt different by the time I’d finished the meal, certainly, but 14 quid for satay and green curry, with no rice, seems like a lot, particularly when you realise that the same choice, admittedly in a slightly smaller portion, costs you 9 quid in Yelo in Hoxton Square - especially as the latter have something of a location overhead.

So, being a geek, I filled in the feedback form on their website saying "good food, but expensive and slow". To my surprise, I got a personal email back today (I had the food on Friday eve) explaining about how the pricing had gone up because of supplier costs and the like. Nice personal touch, but still, 14 quid for not that much food seems like a lot to me.

Friday, January 25, 2008

2007 April « KuiperCliff

2007  April « KuiperCliff
Image originally ffffound at kuipercliff.wordpress.com.
JazzMutant “Dexter”: touch-sensitive DAW control surface

I wonder if this might be able to pull me out of my slough of software-irritation-influenced musical despondency? All I’d have to do is stump up £1800 and I’d be a hit in no time. For sure.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Lily

Kind of graphical development environment, in JS/XUL, generating JS, looks interesting, data-mash-uppy. Loads of widgets available
Huddle

Huddle
Staying out of the way of the main crowd a short distance away

Knjaz Mihailova, Beograd, Srbija