Archives for June 2008

Simultaneous Development with Maven

Migrating Project Darkstar from Ant to Maven for our builds has been a mostly positive experience. Now that the migration is complete, though, and the team is beginning to use it more extensively, we’re still working out a few problematic use cases. One such scenario just came up today. Here’s the problem:
Let’s [...]

Ultimate Air

Monday June 30, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 89 F, Mostly Sunny, Humid
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Another brutally hot and humid day, but that, of course, does not stop us!
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 64
Total Hours Played: 75

Ultimate Muggy

Friday June 27, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 83 F, Partly Cloudy, Muggy
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
For some reason we’re having a hard time getting good numbers for our Friday games this summer. A lot of people must be ditching out on work and going to the beach instead. Nevertheless we played [...]

Ultimate Intern

Wednesday June 25, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 80 F, Mostly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Great game on Wednesday. We had a full turnout, playing 7’s with multiple subs on each side. David, interning with the Project Darkstar group for his third summer, also came out to play.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total [...]

Ultimate Humid

Monday June 23, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 70 F, Showers, Muggy
Field: wet
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
I wasn’t sure if we were going to have enough for a real game today but we ended up with 7 total for a decent 3v4 game in the rain.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 61
Total Hours Played: [...]

Ultimate Showcase Series

Today Katy and I went to see The Ultimate Showcase Series championship games at Dilboy stadium in Somerville. The event is a series of games put on by BUDA over a month long period featuring elite level ultimate players from the Boston area. Every player in the showcase has competed at either [...]

Ultimate Turnout

Friday June 20, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 75 F, Mostly Cloudy
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Big turnout today of 19.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 60
Total Hours Played: 71

Ultimate Slide

Wednesday June 18, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 75 F, Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 59
Total Hours Played: 70

Ultimate Throws

Monday June 16, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 65 F, Showers
Field: damp
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Low turnout today but we managed to get 4’s by the end of the game.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 58
Total Hours Played: 69

Battlestar Galactica: “Revelations”

[WARNING, the following contains spoilers and plot information for the June 13, 2008 episode of Battlestar Galactica, "Revelations"]
Wow.
I’ve never actually written a review of a television show or a movie, but after watching last night’s episode of Battlestar Galactica (the mid-season 4 finale), I felt compelled to share my thoughts. It was about a [...]