Author Archives: James Little

Strange search results

I wonder if it is an invasion of privacy to see what you were searching for when you found a website? Not much that can be done about it, except only allow POST queries… perhaps?
Google likes it this way. They can see, We can see, so nobody questions it.
Today I found:

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Jared Fogle in Wellington

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Originally uploaded by alphafoobar

Being a subway card online member, I was invited along to meet the “Subway guy” Jared Fogle. I was a little apprehensive about this meeting; it was at The Boathouse facilities above Star Boating Club, so the facilities could fit rather a large number of people. But it was clear that they […]

Java programmer certification and interview questions

Earlier: Java programmer certification CX-310-065 preparation | James … I posted about preparation, I passed but didn’t get a great mark. The Sun exam objectives and overviews provide a lot of good information about what will be in the exam and I should have spent more time revising that material - especially since many of […]

Panoramic attempt on the Zugspitze

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Originally uploaded by alphafoobar

Zugspitze is Germany’s highest mountain. On our recent travels we had the opportunity to ascend to the top in the very accessible cable car and gondola services that they have running up there. Which is lucky, because there is no way we would have had that experience without the tenacity required to […]

Make tracks in Europe

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You can use Google maps to plan a car journey, or (still in Beta) a walking journey. Some countries are not as well maintained as others, but you can make plans to travel through rather a few of them… I guess it depends on how close the roads data is to the towns […]