Archive for August, 2006

I HATE org.w3c.dom.* in Java SE 5.0

Monday, August 7th, 2006

STUPID STUPID STUPID! Someone — anyone please give me a reasonable explanation why NodeList is NOT a Collection. Better yet, why is NodeList even there? Shouldn’t Node.getChildNodes() return a List<Node> type instead of NodeList? Why wasn’t this API refactored to be 5.0 Generics-happy? This is retarded. I have code that looks like: NodeList autolist = [...]

Thunderbird 2.0a1 Minimize To Tray Hack

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

So I downloaded the Thunderbird 2.0a1 test release today at work. I use Thunderbird when I’m at work, as it’s IMAP support is incredible. Actually, it’s really a great email program. There is this one annoying behavior though. It doesn’t minimize to the system tray by default under windows. Enter the MinimizeToTray extension. Unfortunately, the [...]

Total Coffee Bender

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

TOTALLY TWIGGING OUT! I’ve had 7 mugs of coffee today at work. My eyelids are twitching, my triceps are starting too. I’m done for the day with coffee. Wow. I’m totally perked. I’m also going swimming tonight with my cousin’s family. This should be a good time.