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I found out about the existence of the finalize() method in Java. This is how I'm going to clean up the old log files from Reminder. I've updated the distribution with the new class. The source code for the class is, as usual, after the flip.

Credit Card Outlaw writes that Expedia may be stretching the truth a tad in their text adverts. If it were me, I'd notify the FTC using their stated procedure. But, it's not me and I'm pretty sure that the outlaw isn't going to see this.

A little reminder to go through the Guardian's Terms of Use before embarking on my next data-driven project.

Another Reminder update. I realised that, if I send several messages over the wire, only the last one gets copied to the clipboard. Well, no more, now if you have multiple message windows open and you click on one, it's text is copied to the clipboard. If you want to change what's on the clipboard, you just click another one. The source file to do this is available after the flip. Props to Freenode's ##java for helping me figure out WindowAdapter.

Ok, if you can't play it, I sampled Mitch from the March 5^th, 2010 episode of the Now Show slagging off Argentina.

I heard, on the jython podcast's latest episode, of a replacement for jythonc. After the flip, I've edited Dan Cheahs jythonc replacement, compile.java, to add per file output and use the system-wide, platform-independant temporary directory, as denoted by the java.io.tmpdir property.

Kassourri alerted me, via Twitter that I'm listed as a contributor to commons math. As the Glaswegians say, eat your heart out!

I noticed that Marissa Louie, CEO of Ad-Village, a company with which I was previously involved, but left because she had decided she wanted more from me than I was prepared to give, retweeted that she was working with ValenciaPR. I caught this and decided to give Ms Valencia a friendly warning that Marissa is not what she seems, to which I got a somewhat snarky response and then rudeness. Not being one to let bygones be bygones, I responded in kind. After an hour, I sent her an apology, and am reproducing our entire email exchange after the flip. Conclusion, anyone who asks me for a PR recommendation, I'm definitely not recommending this ingrate.

TSAs blog proved today that they are wholly and unequivocably unfit for purpose by mispelling the IATA airport code for Ft. Lauderdale (it is FLL, not FFL). Of course, this isn't the agency charged with making up the airport abbreviations, just the one in charge of ensuring we remove our shoes on the ground, take off our jackets, and perform other hystrionics to ensure we won't be blown up.