Author Archives: Richard Rodger

CSV Manager 1.1.11 Released

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Richard Rodger

We're hard at work on CSV Manager 1.2 – coming out Real Soon Now! But in the meantime we're bringing out a bug fix release of 1.1. This release (1.1.11) fixes bug #0013: comment characters at the start of a … Continue reading →




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How To Make Your Globs Specific

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Richard Rodger

Let’s say you’ve got a list of globs: '*', 'a*', '*a', '*a*'. Now sort them. Sort them based on how specific they are. More specific globs match fewer things. Less specific globs match more things. If Dr. Seuss had had … Continue reading →




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Berlin Drain Cover

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Richard Rodger

I was in Berlin recently and while wandering around the Brandenbürger Tor I came across this drain cover. Another example of european design I suppose…




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Back To The Typing

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Richard Rodger

I'm trying out all the free typing lessons on the web in the vain hope that something will stick and I'll eventually be able to touch-type. Here’s all the typing posts, including site reviews, if you're interested. I've moved on … Continue reading →




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Be the Best Available

Posted on July 10, 2006 by Richard Rodger

There are only two (profitable) markets. The cheapest available and the best available. Play the middle ground and you play to lose. Seth hits the mark again. Imagine how much it would have been to hire this guy before blogs? … Continue reading →




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Further Versioning Contortions

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Richard Rodger

Yesterday I had a plan to use reflection to solve the compatibility versioning problem with my software components. Basically I need to change an interface that existing customers have implemented. And I want to maintain compatibility so that no-one has … Continue reading →




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More On Versioning

Posted on July 3, 2006 by Richard Rodger

Brian Smith made some good points on my last post about software component versioning. They're too detailed to reply to in a comment so I'm posting a reply as a full entry. You'll probably need to read that last post … Continue reading →




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Versioning Cistern

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Richard Rodger

My versioning system is broken. It's painful and I'm not entirely sure what to do about it. Time for a blog entry so! Previously I wrote about my vision for the Ricebridge Versioning System. All Ricebridge components have three version … Continue reading →




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Make $97 With One Blog Post

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Richard Rodger

If Jonathan can give away free servers, then I can give away free licenses! I've been inspired by Sun's T2000 promotion to try something like it myself. Here's the deal. You blog about one of our products, after trying the … Continue reading →




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Rant: Maven Muppetry

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Richard Rodger

Hani was right. Maven really is a pain in the arse. I have just managed to install the cobertura plugin. Not by following the instructions mind. On no. The install instructions are to run the following command: maven plugin:download -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://maven-plugins.sourceforge.net/repository … Continue reading →




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