Update: Get the latest info on scalaxb from scalaxb.org.

For some reason, I can't keep OSGi in my head. Everything I read about it slips away in a few weeks, and I have re-read the guides and tutorials.

Here's a memo of setting up OSGi bundle written in Scala using NetBeans, following Neil Barlett's OSGi in Practice, except the book uses Eclipse.

Changing file association. Command-I to show file info, then change the application under "Open with." Hit "Change All..." to change the association for all alike files.

See Understanding Mac environment variables for environment variable.

To get those applications to see the environment variable, use the Doug McClure’s free program RCEnvironment.

Doing some Android stuff again. Having Tetris clone around helps expedite to the gut of the code.
Forgot to update res/layout/main.xml, and kept wondering why my code is not working.

To check the log, see Android Debug Bridge.

$ adb devices
 
$ adb -s HT841LC13244 logcat

One of my favorites from msdn is Application Architecture for .NET: Designing Applications and Services by Eduardo Jezierski. The version 2.0 is Microsoft Application Architecture Guide by J.D. Meier et al, but it's much more beefier than the original. Currently 1.0 is put under Retired node in msdn.

Once you use any technology to a significant extent, you understand its strength and shortcomings. I've probably written tens of thousands of lines of code in Delphi or C++, Java and C# too to some extent. I've depended on those languages, but gripe about them too. The new girl (or guy) obviously has the advantage of just being new. Since I haven't written anything significant in Scala besides Tetris, I haven't hit the shortcomings yet.

This is going to be one of cult classics. I thought the film was a postmodern twist on Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Even while I was watching it reminded me of the scene from ET...