February 05, 2003
Global Potato News

I just don't know how I ever managed to live without Global Potato News.

Via Nick Jordan.

Posted to Funny by Simon Brunning at 05:16 PM
Fine-tuning garbage collection

Fine-tuning Java garbage collection performance

More than you need to know. Well, more than I need to know, for sure. Bookmarking for future reference...

Posted to Java by Simon Brunning at 01:26 PM
Python Programmer Weblogs

Python Programmer Weblogs is an online aggregator, feeding off thirty or so Python oriented weblogs, including mine.

Might this be the beginnings of a Python version of java.blogs? The software that it runs on, Spycyroll, now has a SourceForge project.

Posted to Python by Simon Brunning at 12:22 PM
Dave Thomas has a blog

Dave Thomas (co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer) has a new weblog - PragDave. One for the aggregator!

If you've not read The Pragmatic Programmer, you should. Well, if you are a programmer, that is. Not a lot in it for accountants, for example. (Or maybe there is - 'No broken windows', anybody? Still, there is certainly a lot of techie stuff in there.)

Via Ned Batchelder.

Posted to Blogs by Simon Brunning at 12:07 PM