Author Archives: Donncha

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom – sci-fi book available for download!

A Survey of Common Design Patterns – glanced at it but I’ll read it tomorrow.. This article provides a summary of the “23 common design patterns”.
What’s a pattern? I never heard of these until a few weeks ago. They’re simply a description of how to solve common problems when programming. So, although I wasn’t taught patterns during my time at college, I used the techniques described to solve programming problems, and still do. Jeremy has had much the same experience I think, although he’s looked at the subject in more depth it seems.

:: phpPatterns() – Observer Pattern – read this carefully, it’s a good read.

RTÉ News: Browser project wins Young Scientist award

Adann Osmani, a 16-year-old student from St Finnian’s College in Mullingar, County Westmeath has won the Young Scientist of the Year competition.
His winning entry incorporates a new type of browser for speeding up internet usage by 400%.

That’s a fairly big claim, I presume it’s a UI development. A google search for “Adann Osmani” turns up blank so I hope his work gets published somewhere.

CNN.com: As family shrieks, police kill dog – This is horrible, I can’t imagine how upset the family must be.

Airport closed?

Edit in 2023: I’m amazed that link is still alive, but copying the GIF here, just in case.

www.fusecon.com :: View topic – DVD -> DivX – why you should buy the Mind Candy DVD instead of ripping it.

Slashdot | Put The Demoscene In Your DVD Player – excellent, excellent, excellent! Here’s a review of the DVD. With people like Trixter, Snowman and Dan Wright involved it’s a must buy for sceners! I’m ordering…

Consumer Electronics Show goes DVD crazy – wow! lots of dvd writers!

WHILE BILL GATES might have grabbed many of the headlines with his little watch, the bulk of the announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) so far seem to be about DVD technology.

Read more: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1008525/consumer-electronics-show-goes-dvd-crazy#ixzz1RuEPej97
The Inquirer – Computer hardware news and downloads. Visit the download store today.

Keith pointed out a few articles on MVC:
To MVC… and Beyond!
Refactoring to Model-View-Controller