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Archive for January, 2008

Episode 117 - Java MultiMethod

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

This week’s episode, we bring you the exciting conclusion to last week’s cliff-hanger. The gem library is Java MultiMethod. Charles tells us all about it, and Coté, as if not listening to Charles, struggles to understand the why of it, but then gets it after just one repetition.
We leave you with yet another cliff-hanger.
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Episode 116 - The Command Pattern Gets Interrupted by Internet Fragility

Friday, January 25th, 2008

In this episode, a flu-stricken Coté mostly nods along to Charles comments about using the command pattern across the command line, web pages, and testing.
Sadly, Charles ‘net connection gave out mid-explanation, so we’ll have to leave you with a “to be continued” for next week.
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Episode 115 - SQL vs. Database 2.0, AVPR, Getting More Money for GameOnLeagues!

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

This week’s episode is available directly for download, or from auto-magically from the podcast feed.
SQL and Next Generation Databases
As Charles starts telling us about how he’s been flummoxed by some recent SQL, we talk about new, non-relational database models out there like Amazon’s SimpleDB. I point out that none of them seem to care about […]

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Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem, Review

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Overall, this movie wasn’t terrible. It was just boring.
Sure, there was some fun action - the usual type from alien action movies. But, there was one predator and it didn’t even make nice with humans. I keep waiting for these predator things (“yautjas”) to somehow use humans to help do their hunting bit. OK, there […]

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Episode 114 - jQuery and Debit Card Fraud and The Last Firewall of Financial Security

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

After a Christmas break hiatus, we’re back with a quick episode on jQuery and then tales of Charles getting his debit card account hacked.
I start asking Charles if jQuery is a, sort of, JDOM like way of manipulating web pages. Charles then explains the declarative (to me, XPath-like) syntax of jQuery’s selectors. Once you select […]

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