Christmas house
Date: 2012-12-30
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Share views between actions
Please do not create a new view for each action you have. It's much better to share a view between similar actions. For example, if you need to create two actions - create and edit you can have only one view to allow user to fill in all information you need in the actions.
I think it is much smarter to create smart views that can adopt depending on what action you want to perform. Share view among similar actions and your code will be much easier to support. Especially when you need actions like insert or edit.
Yesterday I had to extend some code where originally application developer created 4 similar views for 4 similar actions. I had a choice - write my code 4 times or write one view and include into 4 existing view. I chose the second one. I didn't have time to rewrite everything.
Date: 2012-11-24
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Cavalcade of Lights
Yesterday was a beautiful day - Cavalcade of Lights. Everyone who was at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday could see this spectacular event.
Date: 2012-11-18
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Fashion Casual DSLR Camera Shoulder Bag
I have bought a new DSLR camera bag for my Canon. It is very compact and looks great. So far I like it very much. Will se how it works.
I’ve got it for only $29 including shipping. It is not the cheapest price for such a bag, but I chose this one because it is actually a casual bag for everyday.
Date: 2012-10-29
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Reindeer
This picture of a reindeer I maid in the African Lion Safari park (Hamilton, Ontario). It is a very beautiful creature.
Date: 2012-09-19
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Is it worth to buy iPhone 5
Apple has unveiled the next iPhone 5. It’s nice, it’s good, but I was expecting something more. Right now I use iPhone 4S and I feel fine to use it in the next year. I’m not going to but iPhone 5 just to get a bit bigger screen and better processor. I’m fine with the screen I already own and I like the performance of the 4S version.
But what I know for sure – my next smart phone will be iPhone any way. I like Apple products because the company cares about all customers. iOS 6 will be available to all devices starting from iPhone 3GS. That is really great.
About a year ago I made a very big mistake. I bought HTC Surround that runs in Windows Phone 7. The phone itself is not bad but Windows Phone OS is very bad. I bought the phone to start developing for the platform and I was expecting to get Windows 8 for free. But Microsoft doesn’t cares about us and I will not get this update even for money. It’s the worst scenario ever.
Date: 2012-09-14
[Read more] [Hardware]
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
Have you heard anything about World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria? I played the first World of Warcraft, when I was a student. It was long time ago and it was a great game.
Date: 2012-08-16
[Read more] [Games]
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
It is a quite famous church called The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint-Petersburg Russia. The name refers to the blood of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who was killed on this place on the 13th of March 1881. Tsar Alexander III began the construction of the church as a memorial to his father.
Date: 2012-08-08
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Keeping your hard drive in order
After Windows is installed, it starts accumulating various trash, the amount of which is directly proportional to the time that has elapsed since the installation. So, as the time goes by, system performance gradually decreases. One reason for slower performance is file fragmentation. If you have, for example, an 500 GB hard disk in one logical drive, then the operating system, application software, and data files will all be located on one disk. The system can write any file to any location within the 500 GB, resulting in severe fragmentation.
What files are accessed most often? These are, of course, the system files. Therefore, you have to take care to keep them from being scattered all over the disk. This can be achieved by regularly defragmenting the disk. This, however, places a great strain on the hard disk platters and reading heads, as well as overheating them, which may one day prove fatally.
Date: 2012-08-04
[Read more] [Windows]
Old and cool car
Date: 2012-07-27
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