Comments for What's next http://stigl.wordpress.com To be continued Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Graph visualization of a Java application by Daan van den Berg http://stigl.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/graph-visualization-of-a-java-application/#comment-79 Daan van den Berg Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:12 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-79 One of my students is currently working on this. There has been some analysis of graphs of these type; they show remarkable resemblance to the brain (yes they do). The analysis have not been visualized as far as I know. Daan One of my students is currently working on this. There has been some analysis of graphs of these type; they show remarkable resemblance to the brain (yes they do).

The analysis have not been visualized as far as I know.

Daan

]]> Comment on Making school bands cool again by stigl http://stigl.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/making-school-bands-cool-again/#comment-78 stigl Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:31:06 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-78 Good observation on the fallacy of popular music. However, there should be catchy music out there that's fun to play with. Especially if the musicians are able to improvise. Good observation on the fallacy of popular music. However, there should be catchy music out there that’s fun to play with. Especially if the musicians are able to improvise.

]]> Comment on Making school bands cool again by Sharebear http://stigl.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/making-school-bands-cool-again/#comment-77 Sharebear Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:56:48 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=304#comment-77 A bit slow replying but here it comes.... Firstly, as someone who has recently[1] played alongside a school band, I must disagree with your first point. There are people around who think its actually a lot of fun, myself included. But onto my main point, I have thought of taking on similar projects myself, arranging a song I like for a Brass Band. However the problem I keep coming across is that music that is "cool" to listen to, isn't always so interesting to play. To quote wikipedia[2] "The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment.", this makes for a "catchy" repetive tune that is easy to get to like, but insanely boring to play. As an example (although admittedly not very modern) the last song I tried to transcribe for use as a solo piece was Tom's Diner[3] however even though the lyrics change to make the piece interesting the melody is only the same two bars repeated over and over again(there are two very small variations) for almost 4 minutes. As a result of this repetitiveness found in pop music I not sure this would end up being a good project, the pupils would just get bored, leading to sloppy playing which then means its no fun to listen to either. However if you have any good recommendation of songs that might work well, I'd be interested in hearing them. [1] http://www.lokalavisen.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/KULTUR/944740737 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music#Characteristics [3] http://open.spotify.com/track/2zBZSu7eBeUXpaNZ0oX9TL A bit slow replying but here it comes….

Firstly, as someone who has recently[1] played alongside a school band, I must disagree with your first point. There are people around who think its actually a lot of fun, myself included.

But onto my main point, I have thought of taking on similar projects myself, arranging a song I like for a Brass Band. However the problem I keep coming across is that music that is “cool” to listen to, isn’t always so interesting to play. To quote wikipedia[2] “The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment.”, this makes for a “catchy” repetive tune that is easy to get to like, but insanely boring to play.

As an example (although admittedly not very modern) the last song I tried to transcribe for use as a solo piece was Tom’s Diner[3] however even though the lyrics change to make the piece interesting the melody is only the same two bars repeated over and over again(there are two very small variations) for almost 4 minutes.

As a result of this repetitiveness found in pop music I not sure this would end up being a good project, the pupils would just get bored, leading to sloppy playing which then means its no fun to listen to either. However if you have any good recommendation of songs that might work well, I’d be interested in hearing them.

[1] http://www.lokalavisen.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091019/KULTUR/944740737
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music#Characteristics
[3] http://open.spotify.com/track/2zBZSu7eBeUXpaNZ0oX9TL

]]> Comment on Neo4J as a Grails backend by Stefan http://stigl.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/neo4j-as-a-grails-backend/#comment-76 Stefan Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:23:52 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-76 Now we have such a beast in a very first version: http://blog.armbruster-it.de/2009/10/neo4j-grails-plugin/ Now we have such a beast in a very first version: http://blog.armbruster-it.de/2009/10/neo4j-grails-plugin/

]]> Comment on Facilitating web page error reporting by Lars Marius Garshol http://stigl.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/facilitating-web-page-error-reporting/#comment-73 Lars Marius Garshol Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:31:35 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=291#comment-73 We did this on Ontopia.net, very simply, by using the error page functionality in JSP. So any exception is mapped to an error page. Some, like OOM and NoSuchObjectException, give messages explaining the error to the user and giving some advice. The rest produce a "would you like to report this error?" page with a form that users can fill in. This automatically includes stack trace, server name, etc etc. Unfortunately, it got picked up by robots at some point, and had to be extended with anti-spam protection. Other than that it's worked very well for us. http://code.google.com/p/ontopia/source/browse/trunk/ontopia/src/webapps/omnigator/error.jsp We did this on Ontopia.net, very simply, by using the error page functionality in JSP. So any exception is mapped to an error page. Some, like OOM and NoSuchObjectException, give messages explaining the error to the user and giving some advice. The rest produce a “would you like to report this error?” page with a form that users can fill in. This automatically includes stack trace, server name, etc etc.

Unfortunately, it got picked up by robots at some point, and had to be extended with anti-spam protection.

Other than that it’s worked very well for us.

http://code.google.com/p/ontopia/source/browse/trunk/ontopia/src/webapps/omnigator/error.jsp

]]> Comment on Remote debugging applications running from Eclipse with IntelliJ by jrharshath http://stigl.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/remote-debugging-applications-running-from-eclipse-with-intellij/#comment-71 jrharshath Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:42:38 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=57#comment-71 thanks mate, this helped me out :) I was wondering how in the world do I tell intelliJ's debugger to connect to a VM, now I found it. thanks mate, this helped me out :)

I was wondering how in the world do I tell intelliJ’s debugger to connect to a VM, now I found it.

]]> Comment on Graph visualization of a Java application by stigl http://stigl.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/graph-visualization-of-a-java-application/#comment-69 stigl Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:09:32 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-69 I've not looked any deeper into the topic, other than fooling around with graphs for another project. From what I've heard, the Spring guys are working on something similar with Spring IDE http://springide.org . But then centered around the runtime config of Spring. -Stig, I’ve not looked any deeper into the topic, other than fooling around with graphs for another project. From what I’ve heard, the Spring guys are working on something similar with Spring IDE http://springide.org . But then centered around the runtime config of Spring.
-Stig,

]]> Comment on Graph visualization of a Java application by Mac http://stigl.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/graph-visualization-of-a-java-application/#comment-68 Mac Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:45:25 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-68 Hello, I find this a brilliant idea and a great and fun topic to tackle; are you still into this? M. Hello,

I find this a brilliant idea and a great and fun topic to tackle; are you still into this?
M.

]]> Comment on Facilitating web page error reporting by Dagfinn http://stigl.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/facilitating-web-page-error-reporting/#comment-58 Dagfinn Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:32:06 +0000 http://stigl.wordpress.com/?p=291#comment-58 This would indeed be very useful, but I've not seen any standard implementation so far. I believe ranking information for the content on the page (like 5 stars) could be used as one entry point for this functionality. However, in other cases it makes sense to have a separate "report bug" link. Wrt state it probably wouldn't make sense to dump the html DOM, and in most cases you have no state on the server side either that it could be related to. Is it possible to standardize what kind of state information to collect? I think not However, there are some general information of the client such as browser, os and resolution which is very useful. For allowing the user to indicate where the problem is on the page, you could use the same functionality as http://userfly.com/ does through javascripting. Basically, http://userfly.com/ allows you to view exactly how users have interacted with your webpage. You could turn on this functionality briefly and ask the user to indicate with their mouse pointer where the problem is. Regards Dagfinn This would indeed be very useful, but I’ve not seen any standard implementation so far.

I believe ranking information for the content on the page (like 5 stars) could be used as one entry point for this functionality. However, in other cases it makes sense to have a separate “report bug” link.

Wrt state it probably wouldn’t make sense to dump the html DOM, and in most cases you have no state on the server side either that it could be related to.
Is it possible to standardize what kind of state information to collect? I think not
However, there are some general information of the client such as browser, os and resolution which is very useful.

For allowing the user to indicate where the problem is on the page, you could use the same functionality as http://userfly.com/ does through javascripting. Basically, http://userfly.com/ allows you to view exactly how users have interacted with your webpage. You could turn on this functionality briefly and ask the user to indicate with their mouse pointer where the problem is.

Regards
Dagfinn

]]> Comment on About me by Ira Melnychuk http://stigl.wordpress.com/about/#comment-57 Ira Melnychuk Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:46:25 +0000 #comment-57 Hello, I'm representing Recruiting Department of Lohika IT company. I desperately need Your advice. Do you happen to know any specialists in BD-Live, BD-J and J2ME area? I would appreciate any kind of contacts. Location makes no difference.Thank you very much in advance. Sorry if I bothered you. My contact email is imelnychuk@lohika.com Hello,

I’m representing Recruiting Department of Lohika IT company. I desperately need Your advice. Do you happen to know any specialists in BD-Live, BD-J and J2ME area? I would appreciate any kind of contacts. Location makes no difference.Thank you very much in advance. Sorry if I bothered you.
My contact email is imelnychuk@lohika.com

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