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Why can’t I make an existing project a Java project in Eclipse?

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
This is something that always frustrates me with Eclipse, unless you create a project as a Java project there appears to be no way to make it one through...

Getting Started with J2ME

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
Can anyone recommend a SDK for J2ME on Linux? I want to try out a few things but getting started doesn’t appear to be as easy as it does with J2SE...

Gentoo and Amarok 1.4.0

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
If you’ve just upgraded to Amarok 1.4 on Gentoo Linux and it keeps crashing on startup, try installing sqlite: emerge --oneshot dev-db/sqlite It looks...

Why do we still have Arrays?

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
Continuing my look into language features, today I’m asking why are we still using arrays? Or more specifically why does Java have C-style arrays...

Beat some sense into your computer

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
How cool is this? You can control your ThinkPad by hitting it. You can find out more at: Knock-based commands for your Linux laptop http://www.thinkwiki...

Open Classes

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
One nice feature of Ruby that I wish I had with Java is the able to change the standard classes. For example, Ruby’s Array class has a map function...

Eclipse Debugger Gripes

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
Since I switched to using Eclipse for my Java developer I also switched to use its built in debugger. In the past I’ve used JSwat, which is a great...

New Language

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
I’ve been wondering what language to learn next for a while. Scala caught my eye. I really should spend more time with Ruby since Rails programming...

icalendar and Rails

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
I’ve recently used icalendar to output an ical from a Rails app I’m running. It’s incredibly simple, here’s what I did: 1. Create...

Who’s in charge of distributing mobile games?

almost 6 years ago by Miles on Miles Barr.
John Carmack is making mobile phone games these days. His current one is an RPG called Orcs and Elves. It looks pretty cool: so I figured I’d give...