Archive for February 18th, 2010

UK Terms

Freezer == فريزر

Chiller == ثلاجة

Parcel == mailed boxes

Fags == Cigarettes :P

Cheers == Thank You, Regards

Ta: I’ve heard this word from a bus conductor when handing me back my money, so I’m guessing it means Thank you!

Top Up: تعبئة

Pop: This is a widely used verb which means put, get, go … it can be used anywhere.

“I’ll just pop that recipt in the bag for you”

“I’ll just pop out for a minute”

“Can you pop in your card in the machine, please”

Love: A term used by everyone. As we were advised, it doesn’t mean that the person loves you :P

“What can I get you Love?”

“Here are your things Love”

Quid = pounds (money) – thanks 3baid for bringing that up :D

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Life and Risk

“A life without adventure is likely to be un-satisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will, is likely to be short”

Bertrand Russell

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BOUML – Free UML Tool

I usually draw my UML diagrams using Microsoft Visio. But recently I was refered to this free tool, BOUML.

BOUML is a free UML 2 tool box allowing you to specify and generate code in C++JavaIdlPhp and Python.

I downloaded the Windows version, had problems with getting an uncorrupted executable, I had to choose a different mirror site, I chose Japan :P

After the successful installation, my AVG resident shield, detected the below as threats. The site has already warned about such thing if you have (AVG or Ikarus)

If you go to the Resident Shield Manage Exception, you can add that specific file.

I still haven’t used this tool and don’t really know my way around it. But I’m always a fan of free software that promise fast performance and doesn’t require much memory (link). I’m going to whip up some tests to see how well my UML diagrams are transferred to Java classes.

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Expressive Thoughts

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