The new ForkJoinPool in Java 7 provides significant performance improvement for programs that involve recursion. As mentioned in the Java website, the basic principle is: if (my portion of the work is small enough) do the work directly else split my work into two pieces invoke the two pieces and wait for the… Read More ForkJoinPool in Java 7
Java 7 officially released in 2011. Here is my presentation on new features introduced in Java 7. Get it here.
My bullet clocked its first 10,000 KM last week. We went for an early morning ride to Nandi hills to celebrate it. I have been to Nandi hills before but that was during the evening time. The early morning trip was completely different, it was very cold and there was lot of mist. I was surprised… Read More 10,000 KMs
Tavarekere is very dense area in Bangalore city where I used to live when I was a bachelor. Visited my friends there last weekend and got this beautiful view from their balcony. I took this photo in my mobile, it would have been more colourful if there was some light on the coconut tree as… Read More Tavarekere
Chasing the sun
I am not a very fan of Computer or Mobile games, though I used to play NFS & Commandos in PC. Recently came across a mobile puzzle game called Flow Free. Wow its really addictive – Connect matching colors with pipe to create a flow. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each… Read More Flow Free
I have started reading “Java Concurrency In Practice” which is the fourth one I am reading from this list of “Top 5 Java Books”. Really enjoyed the first three – Head First Java, Head First Design Patterns and Effective Java. Putting down the summery of the first chapter from the book. Pros: Makes use… Read More Pros and Cons of Multi-threading
Came to know about a place where they are giving lens for rent in Bangalore, Book My Lens. Registered there and rented out the Nikon 50mm Prime first. Wanted to try some outdoor photography, but the rain on weekend forced me to stay indoor with my friend. So we tried some indoor photography and this one came out… Read More 50mm Prime
Refactoring is one of my all time favorite topic. Here is a PPT I have prepared on Refactoring. It also contains few slides on Static analysis using PMD.The PPT starts with the famous quote. “Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. The trick is to write code that humans can… Read More Refactoring & Static analysis using PMD
Team outing to Bheemeshwari Fishing camp, located on the banks of Cauvery river. It was about 100Km from Banglore City towards Kanakpura. We have started on Friday morning from office and reached there by 11. Except the last 10KM, roads were good. But it was very cloudy (as you can see in the photos), not… Read More Fishing Camp
Anil G Kurian 