25.6.10

Back to Library

I'm back to the library. I like books related places like libraries, bookshops, etc. Now I'm back and applied for my another library card in Ashfield Library. It's underconstructing now, so it is not a very please place to stay. I borrowed some books and back to my home and began to read them.

8.6.10

极限编程的4个个人实践

简单设计,结对编程,重构,测试驱动开发

极限编程的4个个人实践

6.6.10

SVG for Statistics

http://www.codedread.com/blog/archives/2006/02/20/pretty-web-statistics-version-2/

Cygwin and X61

What a beautiful day today.

I received my battery from Hong Kong and have my x61 works again.
Actually it works always except the battery. Now I got my battery
and that's great for about au$50. Seems it last for 3 hours in
WIFI network with low system load.

I got Putty-cyg system run on my computer now today. It simply works.
That's great. I hate M$'s ugly command prompt, as well as its PowerShell system.
I don't know why M$ doesn't release a better one. It's not difficult for them
in terms of technology. They just neglect the requirements from the users.

The website for puttycgy is here:
http://code.google.com/p/puttycyg/

Background Thread at Google App Engine

In Google App Engine, you could not easily start a thread and make it works at the background.

A simple Thread.start() API call will cause an Exception like this:

java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission modifyThreadGroup)

But you can use the experimental TaskQueue API to start a task in the queue.

Trying jappstart

http://code.google.com/p/jappstart/

Not bad.

5.6.10

Got My Android G1 Back to Live

My G1 has only 192MB memory, which is not suitable to run multiple Java program at the same time, I think. I left the phone there for several months, because I could not bear the speed when switching between applications.

Yesterday, I just took it out and tested it again with some new programs. It worked just fine for me. Especially after I installed a process killer tools. That's great!

People say, at least people from Google say, Android 2.2 is much faster than the previous versions. I would like to test. The only available version of Android 2.2 for G1 is from XDA forum, which is not complete yet. I have to wait or just buy a new phone. It's expensive in Australian gadget market. Just wait.