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tech/LinuxSA | 16 Dec 2004 | #

Icecream on a cold day

Last weekend we went to Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora, IL to shop. Much like DFO in Melbourne, but bigger and having the disadvantage of being individual shops outside (i.e. not under one roof), meaning that visiting on a day that's around freezing is not pleasant (coats on, walk 3 metres, coats off - all day long).

Nonetheless we did well and bought Christmas presents for ourselves, and "saved" money doing so.

We had to try Cold Stone Creamery since it came so highly recommended by the locals here. Very yummy - I'll add my recommendation - pecans, rich vanilla icecream, caramel and chocolate sauces. Mmmmmm.

P.S. I never got around to describing last weekend. We went to the Shedd Aquarium which was pretty good. Baluga whales in huge tanks for you to see, obscure fish and corals for viewing, kids play areas. The only beef I had was the price - like USD 62 for a family of 4. Throwing in parking (USD 12) and shared lunch meals (USD 17), it proved an expensive day out, but I guess you've got to do these things while you're so far from home.

travel/chicago | 16 Dec 2004 | #

Javadoc^WVisual Studio "auto" documentation

A article saying that the Visual Studio / .Net environment improves productivity since it allows you to incorporate design documentation inline with your code that gets automagically extracted when you need it.

How is this anything but an evolutionary step from Javadoc? I mean, javadoc was included with jdk 1.1 (was that released in 1998?), so it's not a new concept.

I really dislike people and groups that try to re-write history.

tech/code | 16 Dec 2004 | #