Blue sky

For at least the second day in a row, the sky is blue. I mean, utterly and completely blue. From horizon to horizon, one colour, not a single cloud. The treetops are looking richer and richer from day to day .. almost from hour to hour.

I'm not that much of a nature-bound person, but in such an environment, it's really hard not to be in a good mood. I mean, hey, for me, of all people, to make two postings on weather within a week (plus one on gardening), that weather has to be quite awesome. And you know what? It is!

Wish you all the same.

Rem is ...

... the Lawnmower Man.
And the LeafVac Man.
Sunny season has officially begun.
And this entry resembles more a Twitter update than a blog post.
Sorry!

Charming imperfection

Started using http://www.google.com/chrome this week, and today realised that it shares a certain feel with Linux. This intriguing mix of charming new features and glaring lack of old and relied on ones; of impressive performance and uncomfortable glitches; new design and minor trapdoors.

It is fast, it is pretty, it offers an interesting take on a few user-interface elements, it's certainly a pleasant and modern feeling piece of software to use. It feels like Firefox felt, back in the day, before it was called Firefox and began to become what it once set out to attack.

But that's the catch: charming youth comes with youthful imperfection. It's just part of the package. No form completion (which seriously kills some business scenarios). Bad Flash-performance (Linux-people start grimacing at the mere thought of Flash). Awkward file-handling and weird text-selection (things not working quite as you're used to being oh so very Linux!).

Many of those are teething troubles or yet-to-be-implemented features. They'll be fixed, adjusted and introduced. The interesting question is: will it then still feel modern and youthful?

Ilya Gringolts

If he's in town, and you're into classic - especially violin - music, go out and get a ticket. Guy got skill. Guy got lots of skill.

Not posting any links, because they'd just be search results, and you, dear reader, certainly can acquire them just as good as me. (The first letter of his first name is a capital "i", the second a non-capital "L", just in case the font appears deceiving)

Best time of year?

Sitting in my study, balcony door open all day. Fresh air, without swarming gnats. Not cool anymore, not hot yet. Just a few degrees warmer and more green on the trees ... but then the gnats come back and the sun turns from "warming" to "heating". I love the summer, but right now, spring has me all fascinated.

Line numbers?

Just working my way into Eclipse and once again found myself searching for the option to enable the displaying of line numbers. Like with any other IDE (that's "Integrated Development Environment") or standalone code editor I came across.

Seriously people, what's the idea? Was there ever a developer out there who did not want to have his line numbers displayed? You guys have "productivity" written on every surface you can reach, so why not just turn on line numbers by default and enhance everyone's productivity by saving us the time to search for the appropriate option (and then to go and write a blog post on it)? Your tool isn't supposed to help us write business letters - it's supposed to help us program. And programmers want line numbers!

/rant_off

Quickie

There are movies you like for the actors who were in it. And then there are actors you like for a movie they were in.