Chris Glover's BlogTODO: write something hereAbandonment- December 31, 2007 A big swell came in over night, a good precursor to the new year, and this morning was surf ski training. I abandoned the idea of going out at Tamarama after watching several freak sets break entirely across the bay and drove around to Bondi, which was much more sheltered. Bondi faces south and is protected by two points, the south one, Mackenzies Point, is a death trap in all but the calmest conditions, the north one, Ben Buckler Point, shields Bondi from the worst of all but the most...http://www.jroller.com/complier/entry/abandonment Google Android- December 19, 2007 Android is a platform for the phone developed (or more accurately, bought out) by Google. It's a dog. My biggest complaint is that there's no support for standard J2ME libraries from the product. Dumb, even Blackberry, in their all-encompassing incompetence, recognised the need to support existing J2ME applications. Which leaves a developer with at least two undesirable options. 1. Rewrite J2ME-specific code Gay. Fortunately I've separated my J2ME-specific projects from the non-J2ME...http://www.jroller.com/complier/entry/google_android Blovember- December 7, 2007 The 'tash is long gone, I didn't hit the $100 mark with donations, and even if I had, I would have given the money back out of my own pocket to those who donated rather than endure the mustache for another month. I head a disturbing rumor that the guy who started it gets 20% of the proceeds. Not sure if it's true, but the previous few years' financial records on the web site appear to have an unaccounted for 20%. In any case, I can safely say I'll never grow a mustache again.http://www.jroller.com/complier/entry/blovember |