A Discourse in Lying and Cheating

Berlin has recently become the stage of a first-class farce. To appreciate the irony (or otherwise, lies and deception), let me give you a brief overview. Read »

Java and the Joys of Serializing Objects into RandomAccessFiles

Some bumps on the road ¶

Recently (like 5 minutes ago) I was trying to serialize an Object into a file, using the RandomAccessFile Class. After a bit of head-scratching and some google-action I found a little FAQ that apparently was determined to make my day even worse. Read »