Archive for May, 2010

Revising for P4EB Exam

I feel revision for the Patterns for e-Business exam is going pretty well. There are some interesting questions to answer, such as describing the difference between the Strategy and State patterns. That one’s absorbed a fair bit of thought to get my ideas to some degree of clarity and conciseness. My revision schedule has settled [...]

Posted on May 21, 2010 at 10:48 pm by Paul Brabban · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Development

First Impressions of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

I got round to trying an installation of Ubuntu 10.04 today from my trusty USB stick. The install went smoothly and quickly (except for a problem with having two HDDs in this machine, with the OS on the second drive – remember to customise the boot options to boot from the right hard disk in [...]

Posted on May 17, 2010 at 8:51 pm by Paul Brabban · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Ubuntu

HP dm3-1020ea Review

I recently bought a new HP Pavilion dm3-1020ea, following the unfortunate demise of my Dell Vostro. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now and I’m pretty happy with it, although it’s not perfect. Here’s the pros and cons from where I’m sitting. The Good Stuff Dispatch and delivery was quick and trouble-free. Ubuntu [...]

Posted on May 16, 2010 at 10:30 pm by Paul Brabban · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Kit