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When to choose to use a singleton

Tuesday February 21, 2012

Singletons are a lonely bunch. I’m not talking about romantic attachments; the much maligned Singleton pattern is a barb in the flesh of many compsci denizens. When once it was so popular, confident coders now cringe in self-doubt at the sight of a getInstance() method.

Nerdiness rating for this post: 4/5


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Desert Strike

Saturday February 4, 2012

No better way to burn away a weekend than on a bachelor trip to Nevada. We all know that famous destination. A solid investment in fun, with devestating returns. Throwing off all sense of self-preservation and knowledge of credit card limits, it was all over soon after it began…


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Real Gems

Monday September 12, 2011

The most appreciable things have value beyond material worth. Yeah, well done for stating the obvious, captain cliché reporting in.


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