Skin of Stars

Sometimes, for no clear reason, Eclipse’s ctrl+click function to find a methods source fails. This bugs the hell out of me, but is simple enough to fix. Unfortunately it doesn’t happen often enough for me to remember and having to search each time with ‘just right’ keywords is also annoying. Anyway, here it is: Close Eclipse. Delete:  /path/to/workplace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.core Open eclipse … Read the remaining 5 words

I’ve had many jobs. My full CV is unprintable in a comfortable digest. Though all were useful in their own way, it was still a means to an end. Rock superstardom… so four years ago I decided to retool in what was then a time devouring hobby. So far, things have been going pretty well. I got a decent degree … Read the remaining 174 words

Hey All, I recently got a reasonable size list of blog URLs. What I wanted was to import all these into a feed reader (via OPML). There seemed to be a lack of conversion scripts for batch URL->find RSS link->feed reader import file (I may be wrong, please let me know if I am , so I made one in … Read the remaining 181 words

Over the last few weeks Mike Robinson and I have discussed and decided an SVN restructuring for improving our build and deployment processes. I would encourage you to read a bit more about that (and various other geekness) at his blog. So I’ve spent this week moving our company hosted SVN from Beanstalk to Springloops. I feel I’ve been swinging … Read the remaining 32 words

Hello all, it’s been a while. The Skinofstars site has been languishing in disuse for some time now. Like I’m sure many others, I’ve found the transition to micoblogging is all too easy. Sometimes though, one wants to write something a little longer and long gaps are not helpful when you finally think of something. So I guess I’m just … Read the remaining 404 words

Hey all, just a quick one today. I just had a job interview and I was asked the question “which design websites do I frequent”? I ummed and erred a little before mentioning Digg and Slashdot. Not very design focused I know (except maybe Digg’s design section). I also said that I trawl the blogs for Ideas, which is true. … Read the remaining 53 words