Oct 27, 2003
Over a month ago I mentioned that Barbara Hall was still a contender for mayor, as far as I was concerned. Well, not anymore.
Barbara Hall has been in danger of dropping from my list of eligible candidates for quite some time now. Frankly, … Read more
Oct 24, 2003
The Toronto mayoral election is generating quite a buzz this year, and thank goodness for that! However, selecting a mayor is but one choice to consider come November 10th. The other equally important decision involves selecting your city councillor.
Your city councillor is to your municipal government as your MPP and MP are to your … Read more
Oct 23, 2003
This past Tuesday was probably my last day riding into work until spring. I might try to get a ride in this weekend if I have the time, but Tuesday was it as far as commuting by bicycle is concerned.
This summer hasn’t been bad as my first for frequent riding. May was a fairly … Read more
Oct 16, 2003
I wasn’t going to comment on Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad’s speech at the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, but when I read Smuggy’s take on it, I knew I just had to.
The CBC is going halfway and manages … Read more
Oct 12, 2003
I’m siding with The G Spot against the US drug czar and his perception that Canadians are ashamed of Chrétien’s jokes about smoking pot once he retires. Sure, it was a bad joke, but so is the wisdom behind … Read more
“Neo4j is a graph database, which means that it excels at storing graph-like data (networks) but can handle all types of information. For many applications, Neo4j offers performance improvements on the order of 1000x or more compared to relational DBs.”
When testing against an external service, it’s common to mock that external service. But what if the contract for the external service changes? Your tests will still pass, but your application will fail.
Martin Fowler advocates an integration contract test which tests your application against the service. These tests are not run as frequently and … Read more
Prolog in Python.