September 2004 - Posts
I came across
this explanation of Kerberos v4 a while ago, and although it is definitely not new (1997
) I still find it an enjoyable read. So today I read it again and thought I'd share.
For some obscure reason, if you want to configure remoting via a configuration file, the syntax is as follows:
RemotingConfiguration.Configure("filename")
I would have expected either
a) RemotingConfiguration.Configure(TextReader source) (or equivalent so that I can stream the config)
or
b) RemotingConfiguration.Configure() (and thus using the app.config) I have not yet found an elegant solution for (a), but (b) could be simulated by
string cfgFile= AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile;
RemotingConfiguration.Configure( cfgFile) If any one has any bright ideas on getting (a) to work, please let me know
I found this early this year (or last year, can't remember) but I forgot the link. So I'm posting it on my blog so I can find it again.
PS. It's a document on developing distributed systems in .net
One question that are often asked by developers is how does one become an architect or what is involved in architecture. To help answer this questions, SAArchitect and SADeveloper have decided to do a joint project by which developers are "taught" architecture and architects are "taught" to code.
I came across an interesting
document comparing various agile methodologies. I found it interesting that RUP was discussed as well since it didn't use to be considered an agile methods. I know they made a few changes so it seems like it's paid off.
I've been using MS Outlook since '97 and every time they have a new release I hope that they've added some trivial items that I would really have like.
To date, they have not. So I decided that perhaps they haven't because they haven't had access to my thoughts so, without further ado here I some things I'd like
- Receiving notifications from a calendar other than the default
I do not know why they limited it to only pop up reminders from the default calendar. One should be able to pick a list of calendars and say that you want to have pop up reminders from all of them. I can't think that it can be that difficult
I would really like to be able to setup my tasks in a hierarchical order. Now it can be sort of achieved by having a hierarchy of task folders, but that is not exactly what I want. The main difference is that I want to be able to click on the parent task category and then have an option of seeing only the tasks in that category, or all tasks in that category and its sub categories.
This was the first very useful feature that was added in while, unfortunately they did not complete this great idea. Currently search folders can only search folders in the same Outlook data file. It would have been much more useful if it could search across Outlook data files, but alas....
Dived Justin's Caves this morning and it was awesome. I normally dive in False Bay, so this was my first foray into Justin's Caves and only my third dive on the Atlantic side.
The water was, as expected, very cold but this viz was excellent (taking into account that in Cape Town viz of 10m is excellent). Because my buddy and I didn't know the area that well (although he has dived it before) we decided to follow friends of ours who have dived it often. They lead us through a number of swim throughs etc. which was extremely enjoyable.
I think the part I liked most about the dive (other than the great viz) was the variety. Not just in animal life, but also in terrain. I'll definitely try to dive there again conditions permitting (even though its extremely cold)
I was chatting to a fellow architect this evening (me complaining about my problems, she about hers) and it seems between all this complaining we have the same problems. Now having spoken to other people as well, it seems we all have the same problems.
We have to estimate timelines (without knowing what we're suppose to deliver), we deal with the client's IT department instead of the actual users, we try to put processes in place which the client (especially it's IT department) don't like etc. etc. A project typically goes as follows: Deliver in 2 weeks time and a week from now I'll actually define the business requirements (which is eventually a week late and involves work that would normally require 3 months).
I know there are solutions to these problems but we are never given the opportunity to implement them. We all take it on the chin and work n hours a week (60 <= n < = ...) to get the job done.
As a matter of interest. How many people have completed a project using XP (Extreme Programming) here in South Africa. Those that have used it, could you also let me know which parts you did/didn't use (pair programming, daily build, 40 hour week 
, etc.) and who the client was.
This is "supposed" to be a very long line. For some or other reason I suspect this line gets shown as one VERY long line in the blog, without any wrapping. So, this blog is to test wheter any word wrapping will take place if I enter a long line. Sorry for the inconvenience, I just hope this line is long enough for my test.
I was thinking this morning, why do we have to pay extra for "Itemised billing" on our cell phone and Telkom land lines?
If you buy something at a store, they don't charge you extra because they list all the items you bought on a receipt. If you go to a doctor and get a bill, it states the all the items used and their cost as well as his/her cost. So why is the telekom industry different?