cgpSoftware

I've worked in Eclipse for a long time. It's a terrible IDE. I'm just going to make a short list of everything that's wrong with it, and because I'm hoping it will reach somebody who knows how to fix these things, I'll also list how to fix it:

1. Problem: The icons in the toolbar are useless, and difficult to decipher. The tooltips that come up aren't very helpful.
   • Fix: Longer descriptions in the tool tips and use better icons.
2. Problem: When you engage a pull down and scroll over to the item next to it, it isn't activated.
   

I apparently need to slow down (big surprise)

1. Calculate Your Training Paces
2. Calculate Training Pace

I haven't really had time to look deeply enough at it just yet, but I'll post a review of Google Wave in a little bit.

I wrote a heart rate calculator. This has been done, many, many times.

function HeartRateCalculator(resting, max) {
this.resting = resting;
this.max = max;
this.reserve = this.max - this.resting;
this.lower = (this.reserve * 0.6) + this.resting;
this.upper = (this.reserve * 0.8) + this.resting;
this.target = (this.lower + this.upper) / 2;
}


It basically looks like:
function HeartRateCalculator(resting, max) {
this.resting = resting;
this.max = max;
this.reserve = this.max - this.resting;
this.lower = (this.reserve * 0.6) + this.resting;
this.upper = (this.reserve * 0.8) + this.resting;
this.target = (this.lower + this.upper) / 2;
}

Resting:
Max: (You can calculate this here)

$(function() {
$('#calcTHR').click(function() {
var resting = parseInt($('#restingHR').val())
var max = parseInt($('#maxHR').val());
var heartRateCalculator = new HeartRateCalculator(resting, max);
var heartRateHtml = "Target Heart Rate = " + heartRateCalculator.target;
$('#results').html(heartRateHtml);
});
});

How easy would it be to create a maven POM editor. I know there's one in Eclipse, but Eclipse is slow, and frankly, the editor doesn't give very good help. Alright, lets learn about Maven and see how this turns out. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.yourcompany</groupId> <artifactId>yourProjectId</artifactId> <packaging>pom</packaging> <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

For stackoverflow, I was curious about the efficiency of the top reputable users. Turns out there is quite a range. (about 17-35). So I wrote a little bookmarklet:

Note, that this "calculator" is thrown off by things like if you offered a bounty on a question. (I'm at 17.5 something, but would have been at 19.5 something if I hadn't offered 350 bounty on a question - actually, my efficiency is still pretty low, and even lower if you take out the 200 or so other points I got via bounty :) )

I'm a hacker (one step above n00b, which might be a little harsh). I figure that the correct way to do this would have been with some sort of percentages based on a logarithmic scale. Ideally it would look like:

Top 1% - Guru
Top 10% - Wizardly
Top 25% - Wise
Top 50% - Professional
Top 75% - Average
Top 95% - Hacker!
Bottom 5% - N00b.

(for those who have answered > 15 questions)

But based on the fact I can't calculate this across all accounts to get the percentiles, I'll just have to guess.

How Efficient Are You?

SEO:
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2009/04/search-engine-optimization-seo-tips.html
Tables aren't the only evil:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/08/from-table-hell-to-div-hell/