Easter 2014
New Blog Layout and New Intrepidity Theme Changes
So I’ve bitten the bullet finally, and changed my blog layout. For those of you repeated visitors I’m sure you noticed, for the rest of you who are new to my site, it’s worth saying that the old theme has been on my blog since its inception — which is a few good years back, […]
San Francisco — April/2014
Product Idea: Evernote and Calendar
This is something that I have discovered recently and it’s sort of bugging me — though I accept that this might be mainly to the (wrong) way I use certain applications. However, I still think this would be a cool thing to have. Hence this post 🙂 I know by now, by the way, that […]
Of Romans and Cereals
This is the 3rd speech I delivered to Toastmasters and it’s part of Competent Communicator manual #3: “Get to the Point”. As a reminder, the objectives of the project are: clearly identifying your target objective: entertain, persuade, inform or inspire the audience maintain focus to achieve the target With that in mind, here’s the speech […]
I Am a Poet
This is the first speech I delivered for Toastmasters in London: “The Icebreaker“. As a reminder, the objectives of this project are: To begin speaking before an audience To discover speaking skills you already have and skills that need some attention With that in mind, here’s the speech I gave:
It’s Emperor Trajan’s Fault
This is the 2nd Toastmasters speech I put together for the 2nd project: “Organize your speech”. As a reminder, the objectives for this speech, as outlined by the manual are: Select and appropriate outline which allows listeners to easily follow and understand your speech Make your message clear, with supporting material directly contributing to that […]
Java Strings vs Ropes
Recently, in my news feeds I stumbled across this implementation of Ropes in Java (http://ahmadsoft.org/ropes/) and it captured my attention right away as it boasts a faster (better?) alternative for dealing with characters in Java. Unfortunately the website doesn’t offer any comparative information regarding how much faster a Rope implementation is than the standard String […]
Snow In My Hometown
Just got these — snow and snowdrops!
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