Monthly Archives: February 2008

Ethical dilemma

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

I’m in the middle of a big refactoring job for my work project. I’m basically restructuring all the classes that make database calls so that they use connection pooling with a per-thread “DatabaseHandle” that caches PreparedStatements. It’s a big job, … Continue reading →

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20 Random Songs meme

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

The rules, as quoted from Eminy’s LiveJournal: You know the rules: 20 random consecutive songs from my library, first lines given here (or second lines if the first contains the title). You identify the song, and I’ll cross it out. … Continue reading →

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Anticipation

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

In anticipation of today’s announcement of the new MacBook Pro, I ordered the computer skin a few days ago from iToppers.com. Today the guy producing it sent me this image of what it’s going to look like. I can hardly … Continue reading →

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I guess you can call me a convert, then

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

A few hours ago I was complaining to a bunch of friends how annoying it was to do Photoshop with a ball mouse. My optical mouse broke (the first button went down and didn’t come back up) a few weeks … Continue reading →

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I’m a wimp

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Paul Tomblin

Ok, the sky is actually clearing up a bit, and there are lots of blue patches. But on the other hand, it’s cold out, and I’m tired, and I’ve decided today is not the day to go flying for the … Continue reading →

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