About Me
I'm a contract Java developer working in Melbourne for the past 10+ years.
More recently I created onmydoorstep.com.au, a place to find out more about where you live in Australia.
I'm also active in the open-source community with several projects ongoing.
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Category Archives: General
eBooks + DRM = Fail
Yesterday I made the mistake of buying 2 e-books from a site called “PeachPit”. I chose the eBooks because in the past, having an electronic PDF that I can read on my desktop, Linux netbook and iPod Touch is way … Continue reading
The year that was…
Since I’ve been post-slack the last month or two, I thought I’d do a retrospective post on last year, with respect to code and this blog. The last few months have been dominated with getting married, home maintenance and Christmas … Continue reading
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NetBeans 6.7 Broke My Parameterized Tests
If you had some JUnit parameterized tests with code such as: import java.util.Collection; import junit.framework.TestCase; import org.junit.runner.RunWith; import org.junit.runners.Parameterized; @RunWith(Parameterized.class) public class MyParamTest extends TestCase { public MyParamTest(String s1, String s2) { // do something with s1 and s2 } … Continue reading
Man’s Guide To Making Your Own Wedding Invitations
Having just spent several weekends making wedding invitations for our upcoming wedding, I thought I’d depart from my usual content, just to provide some guidance (warning?) to anyone getting married and considering making their own wedding invitations… Here are my … Continue reading
