Simon Buckle - Latest Comments

Re: Alternative App Store?

Tombud — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:06:53 -0000

i agree with dan i found ur site looking for alternative app stores more like install0us then cydia but yes if u planing on sellin ur app and dont want it rejected by cunt face apple u shold try to sell to these app store alternatives cydia, rock and one is still in development pakage... at least these alternatives will appreciate ur wrk!

Re: Alternative App Store?

stuffe — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:42:08 -0000

There a few, iphonexe/Rock my phone/Cydia App Store (google them). None of them are totally legitimate tho, but then if you had a legitimate app it would be accepted into the normal store, right? ;) They all require a jailbroken phone also, as that is the whole point of jailbreaking - to install unofficial apps via unofficial methods.

They all offer paid apps, with free trials in many cases which is a USP on the official store over and above the lack of having to run rings through an approval process.

Weirdly, I was looking for examples myself, which is how I found your blog entry...

Re: Mobile Mentality

Name — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:24:32 -0000

Can't you install on a jail broken phone without the $99?

Re: Has anybody seen my coffee?

sbuxbarista — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:35:58 -0000

there is the same amount of 'coffee' in a tall latte as there is in a macchiato... the amount of milk is what differentiates them

Re: URL Shorteners

Zac — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:14:47 -0000

Hey Simon, you might be interested in checking out this article here:

http://www.cubiclemuses.com/cm/articles/2009/04...

(or here: http://tinyurl.com/n23bv8) :P

From a guy I know living near me on Lamma Island in Hong Kong. Also having musings about URL shorteners.

Re: Java Puzzler

sbuckle — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:29:13 -0000

I found the answer after searching around. As Miles hinted at, there's some auto-unboxing voodoo going on! The problem, in this example, is the fact that "i" is declared as an Integer; the initial value of "i" is null. When you compare primitives and boxed primitives, the boxed primitive ("i") is automatically unboxed. If a null object reference is auto-unboxed you get a NullPointerException. The simplest way of 'fixing' the example is to change "i" to an int. Or use a different language ...

Re: Java Puzzler

Bob Knippen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:28:19 -0000

I'm no java expert, but I think the reason the compiler doesn't pick up an uninitialized static variable is that it could be initialized almost anywhere. That is, unlike a local (where the initialization would have to be in the same method), a static is available for anybody to initialize. When I say anybody, I mean, other methods in the class, in subclasses, or in your case (since the variable is not private) other unrelated classes. As crazy as it might seem, some other class could do: Unbelievable.i = 42; before calling the main method and the code word work just fine.

Re: Setting up a Samba file share with La Fonera

sbuckle — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:13:47 -0000

Glad you were able to solve your problem. I wouldn't have been very helpful anyway as my Fonera was stolen a while back and I have been 'Fonless' ever since. For whatever reason they don't seem to be shipping the latest version to the UK at the moment - I didn't have a problem getting one in November last year so no idea why there should be a problem now. Oh well!

Re: Setting up a Samba file share with La Fonera

nervokid — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:13:43 -0000

Ok, I've managed to get this working, just had to reset the Fonera password. Something got messed ...

Re: Setting up a Samba file share with La Fonera

nervokid — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:17 -0000

Lucky you! With me it didn't prompt for a password and now I am always getting access denial ... even using the Fonera password. This is driving me crazy! If you have any clue regarding this, would you ming sending me an e-mail? Would be very much appreciated :)

Re: The Trouble With URL Shorteners

jsobrier — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:05:42 -0000

Or you can use a safe URL shortener such as Safe.mn (http://safe.mn/). It does check the link for you, and give a warning (phishing, adult content, virus, etc.) if anything is wrong instead of a redirection..

Re: The Trouble With URL Shorteners

Rob Hudson — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:21:40 -0000

If you add a plus onto any bitly url it shows you an info page: http://bit.ly/guNtb+

Applications such as Tweetdeck show you this preview information when you click on a link. It'd be good to have a javascript library that did some kind of page preview though...

Re: New Host

sbuckle — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:07:28 -0000

Testing comments to make sure they are working still.

Re: The origin of the name “Skype”

ahmed — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:53:16 -0000

thanks

Re: Windows Live Mail Beta test

symonds88 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:34:31 -0000

I wonder why you think that, maybe if you thought about it a bit more you would change your mind. Or maybe I am just being a bit egotistical. What does everyone else think.

Re: Don’t Try This At Home

Leticia — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:14:55 -0000

I hate tabasco it is the worst thing and it ain't mexican hahaha.. well u can give it a try.. don't worry if u ever come down to Mexico we have lots of driks besides micheladas haha
como va tu español por cierto??? besos

Re: Don’t Try This At Home

sbuckle — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:45:03 -0000

Deal. Not convinced about the michelada though. Then again, I would imagine anything tastes good sitting on a beach in Mexico!

I think the barman did screw it up. It was far too spicy, like he had put half a bottle of tabasco in it or something equally unpleasant. I'll stick to beer for time being until you can convince me otherwise :)

Re: Java Puzzler

sbuckle — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:39:09 -0000

Thanks Miles. I'll take a look. Have just ordered the latest edition of Effective Java.

I noticed that Joshua Bloch has another book called Java Puzzlers. I had a look at it and it seems to go into way more detail than I ever want to know about Java!

Re: Java Puzzler

Miles Barr — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:12:17 -0000

In the first example something else could have set a value to i. In fact it does get initialised, to null. All fields are initialised, objects to null, numbers to 0, booleans to false, etc.:

http://www.artima.com/designtechniques/initiali...

Local variables aren't intialised by default.

The current compiler does some more analysis, e.g. :

Integer i = null;
if (i == 42)
System.out.println("Unbelievable");

shouldn't compile either, but I think earlier Java compilers would allow it. If it does compile there could be some auto unboxing voodoo going on.

I don't know how much program analysis the current Java compiler does, but it can always do more. Take a look at:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?do...

and various lint tools like:

http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/

Re: Don’t Try This At Home

Leticia — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:28:25 -0000

what do u mean u didn't like it???, I'm sure it isn't the best drink u can order,
but it isn't that bad come on, I'm sure if u try one that is properly made u will change your mind.. I'm sure.. there is no better thing that being at a nice warm beach with a cold michelada in your hands
If u ever come down to Mexico, I'll personaly take u to have your best michelada ever
ok??

Re: Contact Info

darren — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:57:37 -0000

hello simon, i was going through a trip calculator on http://www.tripcalculator.org/canada-travel-dis...
well it says to thank you so i'll thank you but i think the math is wrong. now i'm no math genius but when it costs me 100 dollars to go from calgary alberta canada to red deer alberta and going 3 times the distance to whitecourt is supposedly 167 dollars, there must be something wrong but if only that were true.

Re: Contact Info

Dave Colgate — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:48:30 -0000

Simon
Hi, wondering if you could suggest something. I want to create an application using Google maps so that someone can point to two places to create a route and then see how much it would be to travel - like a taxi. Is there anyway to do this?

Thanks very much, look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

D Colgate

Re: What’s In A Name

Kenton — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:16:15 -0000

I just heard a story yesterday about a Fruit Fly Gene that extends the life of the fruit fly. The scientist who discovered it named it INDY - I'm not dead yet.

Re: Comment system testing

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Re: Windows Live Mail Beta test

lineage 2 adena — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:32:15 -0000

Wow, congratulation! It's a great achievement. This idea can be very broad.