Day: October 2, 2006

Categories
technology

StringTree JSON

Just been having a look at StringTree’s JSON light and nimble JSON parser. Sure, it’s not validating but it’s very light. and ideal for basing a J2ME implementation on. Sure, there’s tavon’s JSON-J2ME library but that has unfortunate dependencies on J2ME polish which should best be avoided. I’ve got nothing against polish but a dependency is a dependency and Chris would not be happy. So I’m in the process of adapting StringTree to be a fast’n’lite non-validating JSON parser for j2me mobiles. I’ll let you know how I get on.

Categories
philosophy

Thought for the day

It’s been a long time since I posted anything more contemplative than “gee, I really must update this blog.” Well I’m feeling a little stressed at the moment for a whole range of reasons so the following quotes seem appropriate.

  • “Will this matter a year from now?” – Richard Carlson
  • “Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness” – Richard Carlson

There are many days when I feel that all software projects and each and every line of code within them should be judged based on the first question. Code reviews just became obselete 🙂

Categories
This Blog

blog redesign underway

I submitted the first changes last night. Would have hacked out the little errors sooner but I had huge problems with upgrading movable type. Everything from files not transferred properly (or at all) by the FTP client to problems to the usual “ObjectDriver, DBI::mysql” issues. To anyone facing similar issues I’ll give the following heads up.

  1. backup your previous install including all files and database
  2. reinstall all the files again, configure mt-config.cgi to point at your databaseand hope it all works