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Upgrades

2011-10-15T18:36:00.001-05:00

I have been in software long enough to know the pain involved with upgrades. Especially for frameworks and operating systems. Once your constituents build a plethora of applications that run on top of your program, brittleness sets in fast and upgrades usually involve a ton of re-work and the impacts roll downhill. This weekend I upgraded my iPad and iPhone to iOS5 (can we buy another vowel -

A Synchronized Life

2011-08-18T15:24:00.001-05:00

The iPad brings ease of use and an unassuming calm to its major productivity boons, if you can find the right app for the job. Although many a 99 cents and late nights may be spent "In Search Of". I am not one to try and force the use of the iPad @ work simply because its there. There is a purpose and a need for such portability and one-size-does-not-fit-all. For the most part, using a

Productivity in Theory and Practice

2010-04-25T15:51:00.001-05:00

In theory, I enjoy reading blogs as much as the next guy, however too often I get the feeling like I am reading regurgitated content and when I do find something unique its either too long and wordy, or too fragmented and short to be worth a serious contemplative read. One of my staple blogs that I enjoy each time I read is a management theory blog maintained at http://www.noop.nl/. The author

Pockets and Cellphone Cases

2010-04-25T14:21:00.000-05:00

I don't like pockets. Pockets invite stuff. Stuff invites clutter. Clutter invites confusion. I like simplicity and keeping stuff to a minimum helps keep it simple. You see, once you have pockets, you put stuff in them. Naturally, the most important stuff goes in first. The stuff you cannot leave the house without. Stuff like your wallet, passport, keys and cellphone. So now, if you are

Free Wi-Fi

2010-02-18T16:55:00.000-05:00

Free WiFi is the new buzz, is it new? Not really, but its back in vogue. After a plague of pay-per-hour access at airports, coffee shops, hotels and restaurants, I am seeing more and more businesses recognizing the value of bringing people into their doors to browse the web on their phones or laptop, rather than charging them to loaf around on their premises. I find the trend to be quite

Synchronizing Bookmarks

2009-11-03T16:27:00.001-05:00

The web is just getting bigger everyday and the amount of prolific geniuses increases each day, each one espousing wondrous wisdom and insight, it never ceases to amaze me how I can browse and hop around amongst blogs and I want to add everyone of them to my daily reading list, but then unfortunately i can’t spend all day reading blogs. RSS tools can help manage the information overload. Then

Top Tools to Work More Efficiently

2009-10-28T15:23:00.002-05:00

Here is a list of the various tools I have found over the years that help make work more efficient. Bookmarks XMarks This free, online, cross-browser bookmarks synchronization tool even works with Google Chrome! I rely upon it to allow me to bookmark sites I find while at home and at work. Console Utilities Console2 A free, great DOS

Top Blogs, Top Tools

2009-10-09T12:47:00.002-05:00

A while back I realized that I was not reading blogs as often as I used to. I had gotten so far away from reading daily blogs that I was not familiar with who's blog I should be reading. Somehow I stumbled upon a post on a blog which listed, what the author considered to be, the top 100 bloggers. I added that list to my blog reader and I have been very happily inundated daily with useful,

Code Analysis

2009-09-03T08:55:00.002-05:00

One of the challenges I face in working successfully with a large code base (2 million lines +) and an offshore team of developers, is the matter of code quality, conformance to standards and adherence to the design which most directly satisfies business requirements. In light of these challenges I spend the bulk of my time reviewing designs and reviewing code to ensure such quality and

Code Review Moderation

2009-07-08T08:32:00.000-05:00

Using Atlassian Crucible I am not sure I see the value of moderated code reviews unless there is a central administrator, manager or assistant who is following up and ensuring that reviews are progressing through the process. In Crucible when a review is created, the author of the review is automatically the moderator. In our company, said author is also the reviewer, as such the software feels

My Footprints around the Globe

2009-04-30T08:38:00.002-05:00

Very cool application hosted at http://www.travbuddy.com.

Reviewing Code

2009-04-21T14:32:00.003-05:00

Spending all of my free (and paid for) time reviewing code. While doing so, I am reviewing tools that assist in reviewing code. SmartBear Code Collaborator, ReviewBoard, ReviewClipse and CodeStriker are a few that top the list. SmartBear is certainly the most well thought out, (commercial tool) well planned, easy installation, intuitive, well documented and it provides a vast array of tools to

Distributed vs Centralized

2008-12-08T14:05:00.003-05:00

Not everyone wants to be beholden to "The Man", reliant on a centralized architecture, should a major hub or connecting networks suffer a catastrophe business goes under, indeed there are merits to decentralization. Many businesses have complex failover and redundancy plans for disaster recovery; while these are not without merit, small independent servers collocated at branch offices can

Reflections

2007-10-30T10:13:00.001-05:00

Its been seven years now that I have been maintaining this online Journal, albeit sporadically. Three years ago I was evaluating the AquaLogic Security Server (see post) and recently I returned from the second BEA World where I spoke on the topic as a customer. I recall six years ago that I aspired to deliver a talk at a national convention and here I am now viewing the experience as a privelage

Convergence

2007-09-06T13:01:00.000-05:00

Convergence was the topic a few conferences ago, describing the confluence of technologies businesses use to manage the services they provide. Lately I have experienced a convergence of technologies amidst my day to day. We are within a moderately complete stage of development within the main project I have been focused on over the past two years. An Enterprise Java Project at the main office

2006-01-13T15:04:00.000-05:00

Back in the swing after a little downer period. Flock is a cool browser, based upon FireFox that has some nice built in features for sharing your haunts and thoughts. Haunts (or Favorites) are shared via a del.icio.us account, while thoughts are shared via support for Blogger and the like. Definitely worth a gander over to Flock.com.

BEA World 2005 Day One - Session Four

2005-09-28T12:57:00.000-05:00

Introducing AquaLogic Enterprise Security:ALES answers current industry needs for compliance and regulatory IT environments in a world where Security and Identity Services aid in the generation of revenue. ALES provides a Fine-Grained Entitlements Engine. Access Control for URLs, EJBs and Business Objects. Access Policy that models business relationships. Incorporation of business context in

BEA World 2005 Day One - Session Three

2005-09-28T12:48:00.000-05:00

Mastering Complexity in Application Development: The causes of complexity were assessed as Technological (Object Oriented, Platform Choices), Design (Component Based Approach and Integration Challenges) and Business (Complexity of Changing Markets). On a spectrum, complexity was charted on two axis, one being Technology, the other being Design, with solutions plotted across the graph. Model

BEA World 2005 Day One - Session Two

2005-09-28T12:36:00.000-05:00

WebLogic Portal Roadmap:April 2006 - WebLogic Portal 9.0 "Devil's Thumb", named after a local Colorado beer and Mountain, will contain a Unified Administration Console, Federated Portals and a Communities Framework similar to Microsoft Sharepoint.2007 - 2008 - WebLogic Portal 10.0 "Eldorado" will provide a Unified Desktop, Rich (AJAX) UI and Contextual Collaboration. ----------- ----------------

BEA World 2005 Day One - Session One

2005-09-28T12:15:00.000-05:00

Portal Build vs. Buy:Great session which compared on a spectrum as follows:Build Prebuilt Use a Buy fully Subscribefrom App. packaged packaged to a Scratch Server Portal solution Service<------- -------- --------- --------- ----------> - Considerations - - PORTABILITY - - SKILLS REQUIRED - -

BEA World 2005 Day One Keynotes

2005-09-28T11:56:00.000-05:00

Arrived in time for the dev2dev get-together dinner with the folks who run http://dev2dev.bea.com. Great bunch of folks, besides meeting other user group leaders from around the country and across the pond, the dinner and drinks were great. We discussed various sections of the site and opportunities for sessions at the user group.Day One:9:00 AM Keynote by Alfred Chuang, except for some

Confirmed: Cable Wins

2005-09-21T06:46:00.000-05:00

For some reason, I have been plagued by slow and dropped connections on my Extreme DSL from BellSouth. This has gone on largely unreported, mainly attributing it to the neighborhood and wiring. However, lately it has become intolerable and even reported by colleagues of mine in other locations. I figure it is worth investigating some alternatives. For a low entry fee and no commitment I

Monitoring and Managing CruiseControl

2005-08-30T08:21:00.000-05:00

Yes, we could have used LuntBuild or AntHill. But we did not. We chose CruiseControl based upon its popularity. It really does not do much, but the 80/20 rule applies here. So when it comes to monitoring what it does do, yes we have build lamps, but we want more visibility to those sunk in their cubes. One option is Python, another is JMX, and then there is an EXE, JBoss Kosmos has a

Intellience - CruiseControl - Automated Log On

2005-08-17T07:15:00.000-05:00

CruiseControl is working well for me now. I am aggregating from the actual CruiseControl continuous build machine.

Scripting Scripting Scripting - Get them Dogies Scripting...

2005-08-02T21:24:00.000-05:00

With development practices improvement by virtue of healthy build scripts and continuous integration, I turn to focus on operational items. Deployment and configuration scripting proves to offer its own fair share of tools. Rather than ANT, Maven and CruiseControl, we have the likes of Jython, Groovy, Ruby, WLShell, WLST and JMX. The focus is the same however, to put a process in place that is

Checking out Pushlets

2005-08-01T21:32:00.000-05:00

Checking out Pushlets. I installed it into a WebLogic Workshop domain to do some testing. My thoughts are that it would be very well suited to be deployed as part of WebLogic Portal to facilitate communication options to end-users. The capabilities offered by a publish-subscribe pattern that extends all the way to the client with only the simple venier of a browser are endles. There is

U2 iPod

2005-04-19T21:34:00.000-05:00

December 03, 1987 / Miami, FL at the Orange Bowl, I was at the second performance of U2 in Miami, the one before being back in 1983. Their opening act included Buckwheat Zydeco and Los Lobos. They started off with Where the Streets Have No Name, I Will Follow, Trip Through Your Wires, I Still Haven't Found, One Tree Hill, Gloria, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Exit, In God's Country, People Get Ready,

.NET and Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2.0 are Out

2005-04-17T07:57:00.000-05:00

Microsoft .NET 2.0 Beta 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2.0 are out - just posted on MSDN. The instructions are to remove a whole bunch of prior beta installs.1. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition2. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Tools Express Edition3. Microsoft SQL Native Client4. Microsoft Visual Studio 64bit Prerequisites Beta5. MSDN Product Documentation6. Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for

Home Modeling

2005-04-16T20:18:00.000-05:00

Pretty neat that Better Homes and Gardens Home Designer Suite can easily model a house. I was able to put roughly estimate the size and then as I flushed out the rooms, it all came together. It even displays the build of the terrain. This is a great way to plan additions and changes to the inside and outside of our home. Home Plan

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport at Google

2005-04-08T22:52:00.000-05:00

You can see four (actually five - there's another on the runway off the picture a way's back) planes that are in the air, mid-takeoff, captured in Satellite Imagery and placed on the new Google Maps Beta with Satellite Imagery! This shows just how busy the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport actually is and what a job the Flight Controllers have on their hands. See here. Notice the

Back to XP Pro

2005-02-20T10:56:00.000-05:00

Back to XP Pro for the gaming and entertainment. I kind of missed being able to utilize my ATI Radeon 9800 All-in-Wonder to watch the tube occasionally. Drivers for Windows 2003 to support TV cards is an oximoron. Check out this website on SOAP - it is written by Manoj Cheenath, a gentleman who creates/supports the SOAP stack for WebLogic.

Around the House

2005-01-02T12:06:00.000-05:00

I built a new machine, this time using Windows 2003, so here's the good, bad and the ugly. The good is that it is extremely stable and fast, by fast I mean responsive, both in a tactile manner via the GUI, also the networking protocols seem to be quick. Other good points include the ability to install the entire .NET stack, i.e. MSSQL, IIS, BizTalk, SharePoint, etc. I also installed HPOV,

Eclipse IDE Performance Tips

2004-11-29T21:05:00.000-05:00

Eclipse IDE Performance Tips and more... VMargs Fighting with Java Project Notes WebSphere (works in Eclipse too) OK now checkout Mavenide.

Open Source Hardware

2004-11-29T08:05:00.000-05:00

I hae fond memories of my work at Intel. I worked at FAB18 in Kiryat Gat, Israel where I was in charge of a large number of database systems as well as one that oversaw the budget for the entire construction of the 3.2 billion dollar factory. It was a very exciting time, where I learned that Intel's Mission really penetrates to the core of each and every Intel associate. I had a wonderful time

Java SNMP Package

2004-11-27T19:31:00.000-05:00

Java SNMP Package Offers an open source implementation of SNMP which provides support for SNMP Trap generation, reception and monitoring, a method for retrieving table data, SNMP agent functionality, as well as methods for setting and retrieving multiple OID values. Westhawk Also provides a downloadable Java SNMP API. Most notable is AdventNet who provides a downloadable toolkit and development

2004-11-09T13:01:00.000-05:00

At dev2dev days:Workshop and its affiliated controls framework is now being presented as the Beehive framework. Although there are currently two disparate codebases for Beehive Controls and Workshop Controls. It seems an integrated code base will not be out until the 9.0 release. So actual "build once, deploy anywhere" remains a target on the horizon at this point.There is a great turnout here

2004-10-29T19:48:00.000-05:00

Posting from TreoIts been a long week, however things are looking up as we move towards the holiday season and the end of the year.

Live from my Treo 600

2004-09-25T16:24:00.000-05:00

Treo 600 Live! by ToySoft allows for Video recording on your Handspring Treo device. This capture was done using mDesk by MotionApps. Which allows for remote control of your Treo from your PC. Finally, ViewletBuilder was used to convert the whole shebang to Flash.

Checkout that Geek in that Car Over There...

2004-09-09T09:22:00.000-05:00

carbotPC.com provides a full PC adapted for installation and use in your car...

A Rainy Day in Georgia

2004-09-07T08:22:00.000-05:00

SOA Blueprints Architecture Description

2004-08-13T15:47:00.000-05:00

The SOA Blueprints are now available from the dev2dev website. The use case described is that of a new HR System into which new employees are added. A SOA Based Security System, utilizing a (pub-sub) Message Broker is subscribed to the event of the added associate. At this point, the Security System adds the employee to the new system, as well as a deployed so-called "Legacy" system. At this

Two J2EE Observtions

2004-08-13T09:21:00.000-05:00

Lo and Behold a truly Open Source J2EE Server not tied to any commercial vendor - Geronimo - wow! Also, a way to develop in .NET and deploy to J2EE - now I have seen it all...

Nice Quote

2004-08-05T22:55:00.000-05:00

George Bernard Shaw "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

What? Me a Geek? - DOOM III is Out!!! Now who's a Geek?

2004-07-25T17:25:00.000-05:00

Doom 3 has a confirmed date! Wow! I am still up to my armpits in Sacred, and checking out Beyond Divinity. Why must these games make futile attempts at some assemblage of a spiritual context? Anyhoo, I do actually get away from the computer some. Actually I happened upon one of my favorite sites (again), which is home to a collection of Swimming Holes all across the country. Now there's an

The Fifty Bunder Nature Preserve and Trucking Company

2004-07-01T21:47:00.000-05:00

Not sure what this is... It seems like this is an explanation. Here is a Brazilian trucking company.

Open Source

2004-06-29T20:26:00.000-05:00

The Open Source Business Conference occurred in March, providing some great slides from which the business value and challenges may be discerned.Ohioedge is a Web-based, Enterprise Java (J2EE) CRM/Workflow Mgmt portal, designed for $2-500M organizations requiring centralized, enterprise-wide co-ordination of sales generation and workflow activities. Uses Jetspeed/Turbine MVC J2EE-Verified by Sun.

2004-06-25T10:10:00.000-05:00

On my way.

2004-06-25T10:08:00.000-05:00

My old library

2004-06-25T09:51:00.000-05:00

Hi ho, hi ho, its off to work I go...

Last Weekend in Florida

2004-06-20T08:32:00.000-05:00

On my way to Atlanta, spent the weekend at the Beachcomber in Pompano, then stopped for the night in Orlando...

Treo Post

2004-06-07T21:38:00.000-05:00

I am posting this from my Treo using a J2ME powered app.

The page cannot be @&# displayed

2004-06-07T21:17:00.000-05:00

Some of the funniest 404s:a bit rudefresh air 404womd 404

2004-06-06T08:52:00.000-05:00

I am using VagaBlog on my Treo 600 sitting here at Denny's waiting for - yep - Apple Pie!

Onward to Oracle on Mandrake

2004-06-05T12:38:00.000-05:00

This article offers some hints which I will try, as well as this one. Here is a simple article on enabling Java 1.4 on Linux. This is the most 'fun-to-read' article on the subject by far! Quote:"I lived and worked with Oracle 8.1.6 on RedHat 6.1 then 6.2 for many years. Those were indeed simpler times. It wasn't until I professed such a profiency out loud and was called to prove it did I

Linux Wireless

2004-06-05T11:08:00.000-05:00

Wonder of wonders, wireless - I'm wireless...(sing to the tune from Fiddler on the Roof). No wonder, he fiddled on the roof - he was running Linux and jacking into his neighbors wifi setup! Thanks to LinuxAnt, I was able to load the proper driver for the Intel 2100 wireless card in my Dell D600. Pretty cool. Here is a great clarification about Linux Hostnames. So I am actually writing this

Linux Hardcore or Softcore

2004-05-31T07:31:00.000-05:00

Hey! I am as much into Redhat (of Linus) as the next guy. Yes, I did start using Redhat Linux in 1997, with version 4.2 while working at Intel's FAB18 factory, then part of an Intel Enterprise wide Linux initiative. I thought 5.1 was the bomb! I celebrated every release, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0, to the present day.Enough, I say! Redhat rocks on desktops. I am tired of chasing

Fedora Core 2 and Oracle 9i

2004-05-30T00:20:00.000-05:00

Ok so I will not reinvent the wheel here either. I will say that I am quite pleased with RedHat Fedora Core Release 2 on my Dell D600. The display is crisp - don't ask yet - I have not gotten anything advanced to work beyond X-Windows, DHCP and Oracle 9.2.0.4. This article is a great guide for Oracle installation on Fedora. Also see this article and this one. Now I will get BEA installed and

Working with Jython

2004-05-29T08:50:00.000-05:00

"I am being swallowed by a Java Reticulated Python,I am being swallowed by a Java Reticulated Python,I am being swallowed by a Java Reticulated Pythonand I don't like it very much..." - adapted from Peter, Paul and MaryThe architecture of Jython is quite fascinating as it takes some very advanced Java precepts and excposes an interactive and scripted interface to them, which delivers programmatic

Testing BlogJet

2004-05-28T12:16:00.000-05:00

Whereupon I too happened to switch to a mild unfettered melancholy of happenstance uncertified by ambiguity hitherto and fret by which it occurred to me thereas that I am making no aboslutely no sense.

Automated Remote Downloads

2004-05-28T11:26:00.000-05:00

I envision a software utility that can be remotely instructed via Post, Web Service, or Email to download a file or a list of files. The options are to weave together something like WebSuck with WebGet.

VM Ware G.h.o.s.t.ing with Bart PE

2004-05-26T20:45:00.000-05:00

Nothing spooky here, just sharing some interesting discoveries. Bart PE allowed me to create a great bootable CD with Windows XP Slipstreamed SP2. After enabling plugins for Ghost, Nero, TightVNC and PUTTy I discovered an issue. Windows does not support VMWare SCSI disks without a special driver. Now the problem is how to enable the driver in an already packaged Bart PE ISO? Well - google to

Reflections of a Borders Monk

2004-05-15T12:02:00.000-05:00

Life can be compared either to a bookstore or a library. What’s the connection you ask? Well, some folks go through life detached from the objects of attraction, whether ideological attachments or material attachments. Thus we find those who easily migrate from one discipline of study to another, perhaps owing to fool heartedness in part or perhaps due to diversified interest, or simply

Fun Fun Fun

2004-05-08T23:32:00.000-05:00

Well - not what I expected for a computer free weekend. Some kind of whacky virus or hack or bug got the better of my server. It started a few months back when a hard drive went bad. So, I backed it up to an external hard drive and left it in there clicking and clacking. Occasionally, the OS would freeze, I figured due to the dead hard drive. Anyways, a few nights ago the server would not

Power Blogging

2004-05-05T16:57:00.000-05:00

My life has changed for the better, QOL is what its about. Quality of Life... Yes, and PowerBlog gives you just that Ladies and Gentlemen. I have tried the w.Blogger and blogBuddy and PowerBlog offers a much richer featureset. You can view all of your posts as if they were email and also adjust your template and many other Blogger settings. Good job Jon!

Stable Dude

2004-05-04T22:09:00.000-05:00

I have digressed to 2.1.3, whereas I used to be an M-man - always on the latest Eclipse release (M6, M7, M8, oh my). But no - now I am Mr. Stable Build. That's right, no more living on the edge, I am staying with the plugins that work, over the cool - Mac OS type interface. Its all about the productivity dude! If it makes you more efficient - go for it! Whatever does it for you. As for me,

Good Karma

2004-05-04T20:53:00.000-05:00

My Karma is good, especially with Java. I have always had a good Karma, but now that there are more open source libraries dealing with the Karma, I am much more established in my direction... I can see liberation, a world without Karma, where we are free from the reactions of past activities. For now, with open source libraries, we can experience freedom even with Karma. Actually I am not

Adventures in Security

2004-05-02T08:34:00.000-05:00

Researching WebLogic Enterprise Security... My style of research has often been compared to porpoising. The architecture for WebLogic Enterprise Security consists of an Authorization and Role Mapping Engine known as 'arme' a Policy Distributor, known as 'pd' and a Business Logic Manager, known as 'blm'. These three services are inherited from the recent acquisition of CrossLogix and run

SAML "Asamlation"

2004-03-22T10:11:00.000-05:00

SAML, SAML, SAML... Ize gotz SAML comin' outta ma earz... Within the context of SOAP, WS-Security and XACML, SAML fits right in there rounding out the "buzzword of the month" club. Yes, come on down and get your latest buzzword. Here at "Baskin Robbins 31 Buzzwords Ice Cream Parlor", our latest is the Security Assertion Markup Language or SAML. With no further, longer, or extenuating ado, I

Sitting at the Alehouse

2004-03-13T10:21:00.000-05:00

My routine is that when I fly, I don't eat, because pilots seem to enjoy shaking things up, viz'a via turbulence which makes for aall sorts of discomfort. So when I land I always head over to the Alehouse for some beer and wings, as sort of celebration of life (surviving the flight!). So I was at the Alehouse the other night, sitting next to this tall dude with blond-grey hair in a ponytail,

What is OpenACS?

2004-03-13T09:53:00.000-05:00

OpenACS (Open Architecture Community System) is a toolkit for building scalable, community-oriented web applications. OpenACS actually has some really cool people in its community. John Sequeira hosts an OpenACS VM-Ware RedHat Linux image, as what he dubs a "RocketStart" server. Download and rock'n roll you are ready to code!!!

Back in...

2004-03-12T10:14:00.000-05:00

I am a travelling man... hey.. hey... hey... I am a travelling man. Working up in Atlanta, GA now on a great project! WebLogic Integration and WebLogic Enterprise Security being reviewed. We have successfully configured some great build scripts with ANT, MAVEN and CruiseControl, so we have automation up to our armpits. Now we just need to get the requirements and design sufficiently tackled

Wow Tidy!

2004-01-05T10:18:00.000-05:00

Well, I have not posted int a while so let me catch up. I have gotten into the bad habbit of creating little folders on my desktop of items that I intend to post one day on Blogger and never do. So here is the lates. HTML Tidy is a really great tool for cleaning up HTML. There are a number of other tools that work well to complement this: Charlie's Tidy Add-ons Apache Cocoon's HTML Generator

Ruby Tuesday

2003-12-15T13:22:00.000-05:00

Ruby is cool, check out Practical Ruby, Ruby Central and Ruby Tuesday.

Google Search: noam bunder

2003-11-26T21:11:00.000-05:00

Google Search: noam bunder Google is awesome! It is like having an automatic resume builder!

Thoughts on Life

2003-11-22T17:48:00.000-05:00

Remember the old windows desktop theme background of the rustic old library? Well, that is sort of what the various interests, hobbies, likes, pursuits and curiosities of my life would look like assembled all in one place. What if we could render such a realistic three-d view of a library as a UI - sort of like a game, only this would be a customizable game-like real feeling to it, which would

Amazing Java

2003-11-21T14:35:00.000-05:00

Well, reading up on what you can do with ANT- more of the impossible of course! Prophit is a great tool for checking out performance of Java applications. When used with AntProf, it is even cooler! Here are some nice tutorials. Got to check out ClueTrain

Membership

2003-11-11T23:03:00.000-05:00

Well, its official, I am now a member of the JCP and I too can now read boring JSRs whoopie!!! See The Java Community Process(SM) Program - Participation - JCP Members

No Man is an XML Island

2003-11-11T08:17:00.000-05:00

Using XML Data Islands in Mozilla

Links

2003-11-09T14:18:00.000-05:00

Next L3vel

Life goes on

2003-11-09T12:17:00.000-05:00

Life goes on and Enterprise Java gains more and more momentum, building and strengthening the foundations that have been set in motion for more than six years now. I began working on the first release of WbLogic and Websphere in 1998, wherein all we really had was a place to run transactional Java. Now WebLogic, IBM, Oracle, JBoss, Jonas, Orion, Macromedia, Pramati and many others have had

Feeling Long and Horny, Me Love You Long Time!

2003-11-09T09:03:00.000-05:00

Well, I just installed the PDC build of Windows Longhorn and it rocks. Thanks to this article: Windows Codename Longhorn PDC Build 4051 Tweak Guide it is actually stable now. Getting my drivers configured was a bit tricky.

Python and PHP Enabled WebLogic

2003-11-05T08:06:00.000-05:00

Here is Python and WebLogic: O'Reilly Network: a simple install of WebLogic Server [Sep. 25, 2003] Here is Perl and WebLogic: Configuring WebLogic Server with PHP

RioAudio : Rio Karma 20

2003-11-02T20:24:00.000-05:00

Enjoying setting up a new Rio Karma. I guess I have good Karma today! It has gotten some real good reviews. I am most pleased with its size and built in networking. Here is an interesting site which is tracking some of its early bugs. They sell them quite cheap compared to the IPod and other offerings. The Karma has a built in Web Server on the device, navigable by its assigned address (

Welcome to Dream Land or Is It Reality?

2003-11-01T10:58:00.000-05:00

I know it sounds like the lyrics from an old Freddie Mercury balad, but it actually is real. Let me espew some verbosity here to illuminate the subject. Imagine an ideal operating system; abstracted from the hardware and software by a virtual kernel providing security and controlled access; modular, pluggable and based upon XML standards, providing highly optimized processing and caching for

Projects

2003-10-31T13:13:00.000-05:00

Sun is now competeing with SourceForge for a space in the CyberSphere, hosting Open Source applications see the small start of a list here at Java Projects on www.java.net.

Stimergy

2003-10-27T20:21:00.000-05:00

This is the best article I have read in decades. Read Stimergy here.

Experts Exchange

2003-10-26T22:35:00.000-05:00

Experts Exchange has a new look! Nice!!! I subscribe to this site and I enjoy being able to have others be incentivized by the help they provide and to assist others.

Hardcore Straight-Edge Punk Programming

2003-10-26T22:30:00.000-05:00

"And now for a word from our sponsor - the National Association of Apple Farmers - F**k Pears!" - George Carlan Well maybe ol' George was on to something (or on something)... Pair Programming may not have caught on - well, I am introducing Punk Programming. The Hardcore Model of programming focuses on Straight-Edge techniques to leverage Extreme Habits and Nimble Methods of the Agile

My Music Collection

2003-10-24T07:26:00.000-05:00

Here is a brief list of the music that I listen to, which speaks of the breadth of my (good) taste: - Afro Celt Sound System - Beth Orton - Bill Laswell - Call and Response - Coldplay - David Arkenstone - Deep Forest - Dennis Day - Detroit Grand Pubahs - Doug Cameron - Dubliners - Enya - Frank Parker - Indigo Girls - Irish Rovers - Plumb - Isobel Campbell - Plumb (did I say Plumb already?) -

Oct. 14 BEA User Group Meeting

2003-10-15T07:04:00.000-05:00

We had a wonderful BEA User Group Meeting here in South Florida, albeit low attendance. We reviewed various best practices with scaling and failing over JMS, looking at the downstream effects of various optimizations. Matt Gunter, Principal Systems Engineer for BEA spoke and answered many questions. Look for more on this topic in the coming months, when we will host Matt for an interactive

Aardvarking - Yes we have no ants or 30,000 pounds of ANT!

2003-10-12T13:05:00.000-05:00

Musing at Borders T-Mobile Hot-spot at the quintessential perfection of a build script, I found (glory, glory) Microsoft Visual SourceSafe(VSS) Tasks for ANT.

Beating a Dead Ant

2003-10-11T17:48:00.000-05:00

Can anyone introduce anything new that can't be done with ANT? - Here is another fine ANT resource - ChurchillObjects.com.

Number Five, Number Five, Whoo-Hooo!!!

2003-10-11T15:14:00.000-05:00

Hey, I just did a search on Google for WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Testing and came up with my blog on the fifth page! Number Five, Five-Alive! Yippee!!! I am still only planning such things and yet I have found a few options, firstly - the Extensibility Development Kit (EDK) at dev2dev and more impressive is Glider for WebLogic Workshop. This tool emulates a J2EE Server in order to speed up

Great Set of Headphones!

2003-10-11T13:35:00.000-05:00

Wow! I just picked up awesome headphones at BestBuy the Aiwa HP-X223 are only $29.99 and they have the same frequency response (5-25) as those three times the price with 1200mW input power! They are lightweight, comfortable around the ears and over the head and provide a great level of sound isolation. Read more here.

Amazing Garbage Visualization and WebLogic Scripting

2003-10-10T09:06:00.000-05:00

GCViewer is a tool to visualize the data produced by the Java VM options -verbose:gc and -Xloggc:. This can be very useful when tuning the garbage collection of a particular application by changing generation sizes or setting the initial heap size. See the TagTraum website. Allright, more for your command-line UNIX junkies. Savour your savviness at hacking away at console based commands with

New Online Store!

2003-10-09T23:30:00.000-05:00

Now you can get the cool logo in a variety of shapes and sizes at http://www.cafepress.com/bea

T-Shirts - Giving Back

2003-10-04T23:01:00.000-05:00

Well here is a nice design - if I may say so myself...

Great dev2dev resources and a whole lotta BEA!

2003-09-29T13:28:00.000-05:00

First check out the Repeater Article by Eddie O'Neil, Lead Java Page Flow Developer. Then, check out the Web Services Articlefor Using Web Services with WebLogic Portal 8.1 - by Alex Toussaint, Program Manager of the WebLogic Portal Team. While Byron Sebastian posted a WebLogic Workshop Google Search Control. These guys are really plugged in!

Musings about ANT, CruiseControl and ANTHill

2003-09-23T14:28:00.000-05:00

Well, our Director of Application Architecture returned from SD Best Practices and was ecstatic to find a repetitive, consolidated message of integrated, continuous nightly builds and unit testing. Of the fifteen talks attended - all repeated this message succintly - hmmm... important message. This is really great news, as the slew of open tools was repeated it renewed my faith that these

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