Remindes me of this: http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Don't_...

SOAP Web Services.

Same here. Got 9k rep by mostly answering basic Java questions.

CrunchBang Linux: fast bootup, small memory footprint, Debian- based

Grails.

Insertion sort. Easy to implement (easier than BubbleSort), very fast for small data sets. Can be used in merge sorts / quick sorts when the set size becomes small.

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So true. I use it to track every detail of my personal projects and never had the feeling that anything was missing.

Actually I think when Java will finally introduce anonymous functions the Template Pattern will be obsolete. The strategy pattern is IMHO much more flexible and can be used everywhere where the template pattern is used.

That's also how I learn. As I never met anyone who learns that way I always considered this behaviour weird. Nice to know that I am not the only one :).