I suppose this is what happens when someone tries to make a system a little too intelligent, but forgets that sometimes the account owner isn't the one actually making the purchases.
I'm a fan of refactoring, and I pretty much always hit Ctrl-Shift-O in Eclipse (organize imports). It's such an easy hit, and removes a few compiler warnings. Little did I know that there's a much better way: Guide to refactoring in Eclipse 3.2.
I'm not sure how I managed to miss that wizard, but the Clean Up wizard will actually clean up the imports, remove unused variables and more for your entire project.
My favorite Eclipse refactoring shortcut is still "Extract Method", though.
Thus, I was excited to see that usability expert Jakob Nielsen says that breadcrumbs are becoming increasingly useful. In some cases breadcrumbs can even remove the need for a back button.
A post on Software by Rob, Case study of unmotivated developers, has an interesting discussion on how to motivate developers.
Picasa now has a Web API using atom and GData. Very cool.
http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/overview.html
This is hilarious: The Works on My Machine Certification.
Someone even made badges. I have of course already taped the printouts to my cube wall.
Struts now (experimentally) supports using annotations for configurations.
We're using Stripes, which also uses annotations instead of XML files, but this makes me want to check out Struts 2.0.
Gladys and I have started running. I haven't really used an ipod when running before, so I've been trying to find music.
I bought one of the Nike + mixes on iTunes, but it wasn't all that. Then I saw PodRunner mentioned in a review thread on iTunes. I downloaded one of the podcasts, and was ready to listen when I went to the gym one morning. Normally, I run without music, and just look at the TV screens and try to read the closed captioning, or I just stare vacantly at the numbers on the treadmill. I've usually ran for about 3 miles in a little under 30 minutes.
However, with this podcast on my iPod I ran 5 miles without that much effort. It was almost eerie how much easier it became.
We've also signed up for the Kaiser 5K , and we'll be starting SuperBowl Sunday with a run. I think it'll be fun.
Yay running music!
Starwood Hotels is seeking a Chief Beer Officer. Maybe it's time to try something new?
"...all one needs is a love for beer, a thirst-hand knowledge of this
glorious libation, an interest in perks that are as tasty as beer itself..."
