We use SoftReferences for Caching in an an app which I'm currently working on. Bob Lee points out some interesting things about caching with SoftReferences.

We are certainly not getting the performance that we'd hoped for - perhaps this could explain why?

Or perhaps SortReferences just aren't working at all...

I'm not really sure whether mouse-gestures are really silly, or really cool. Both, probably.

Anyway, StrokeIt is a fun little toy which lets you use mouse gestures to drive just about any Windows app. Have fun!

Via Markus Kohler.

Boa Constructor alpha 0.2 is now available.

Try this with the new version of wxPython.

Version 0.1 didn't really work. I gather that you could get a working version via CVS from Sourceforge, but that felt a little too much like hard work. Hopefully, version 0.2 should work straight out of the box.

Update: Doesn't work for me - bug reported...

Drivers should pay up and stop complaining. You tell 'em, Natasha!

A bit of background for non-Brits, well, non-Londoners, perhaps: London's roads are grinding to a halt. There is no room for any more roads, so public transport is the only answer. (Well, that and more bikes.)

In order to drive people off the road and onto public transport, London's Mayor, Ken Livingston, is introducing a 'congestion' charge, i.e. a charge for driving a car into central London. Naturally, drivers are up in arms about this.

I might say that I've lived in London for all but a couple of years of my life, and I've always found public transport perfectly adequate. And yes, I do have children.