Dec 20 2006

IRCSET - Embark Initiative - Grant Schemes

I was just notified of this today.  Probably of use to people planning on postgrad research.

IRCSET - Embark Initiative - Grant Schemes

Post Graduate Research

The Embark Initiatives Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme is designed for either Masters or Doctorate level researchers in the sciences, engineering or technology.

2007 Programme [First Call] NOW OPEN

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology invites applications for funding from intending postgraduate researchers under the Embark Initiative Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme 2007.


Dec 14 2006

IRCSET - Embark Initiative - Grant Schemes

May be of interest to anyone who recently completed a PhD.

IRCSET - Embark Initiative - Grant Schemes
Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme

CALL FOR APPLICANTS (2007)

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology invites applications for research funding under the Government of Ireland’s Embark Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (2007).


Dec 4 2006

Tip for a forgetful software developer

Lately, when writing JUnit tests I’ve been doing things like:

...
String result = some.method();
assertTrue("Expected " + expected + " but was " + result, result.equals(expected));
...

However, a similar result can be achieved with the semantically more accurate

...
assertEquals(expected, result);
...

This is even easier to type :-)

I did know this, honest!


Dec 1 2006

The Lockdown: Locked, but not secure - Engadget

Just noticed this on Engadget. It’s a discussion about the security of doorlocks, it will need further investigation on my part.
The Lockdown: Locked, but maybe secure (part 1)

refers to the previous articles:

The Lockdown: Locked, but not secure (Part I) - Engadget

The Lockdown: Locked, but not secure (Part II) - Engadget


Dec 1 2006

Software Deployment info

These are some links for me to read, that may be of general use to anyone development Java software using Maven

Java/JAR

Adding Classes to the JAR File’s Classpath

Maven:

[#MPDIST-22] Use <dist.bundle> property of dependencies to include dependencies - jira.codehaus.org