29th June 2007, 02:36 pm
Java is not only a language it is a whole eco system of new things to learn. The amount of time I have actually spent with the language is fairly small compared with the time I have spent learning about parts of the eco system. Things like what are manifest files, what is this WebStart thing or more to the core of things what is a jar file. Ant, JUnit are other things I have been learning about. Continue reading ‘Java - Still learning to walk (or perhaps crawl)’ »
22nd June 2007, 12:32 pm
With the trust subversion(svn) book in hand I started to refactor my mist subversion repository. Previously it was a bit of a dumping ground without any real structure. But now with the combined power of the command line and TortioseSVN it now looks like a proper svn repository with a trunk directory, a tags directory and a branch directory. The branch contains a Spirit/Boost graph experimental branch and the trunk branch contains the rolled back version of the code before I started the work. I have also created an Antlr branch ready for when I start to try that out on the code base.
I am glad to got that sorted out, it was a bit like tidying your desk, you know it needs doing as the paper is starting to fall onto the floor but you keep putting it off. Once you bite the bullet and do it you are much happier with the working environment.
21st June 2007, 12:50 pm
Given a triangle defined by the 3 points a, b, c and given the vectors AB,AC going from point a to points b and c respectively as shown in the diagram below. Continue reading ‘Selecting a Random Point in a Triangle’ »
20th June 2007, 01:18 pm
This is going to be a proper blog entry! I will skip around various topics and not actually provide any real information. Continue reading ‘Just fiddling around with stuff really.’ »
6th June 2007, 03:07 pm
I have been wanting to get math symbols into blog entries in an easy way for quite a while, preferably using Latex approach to things. MathML is just horrible to work with when it comes to editing.
In the past I have looked around and not got very far, the solutions I found seemed to require Latex to be installed on the server, something I cannot do. Well this time I found this. It calls a separate server to generate a gif representation of the Latex command and then caches it on my own server. So now I can put maths into entries without having to think about it, well except my latex skills are slightly rusty to say the least.
Here comes one from the past…
