SwiXAT - The Swing XML Authoring Tool
I am working on a little project currently that requires a Java GUI of some kind - Swing or SWT, I don't care particularly. Since I just recently got into Eclipse plugin-in/RCP development, I figured...
View ArticleCool Down Your MacBook Pro - Now!
James Duncan Davidson blogged about cooling down a MacBook Pro, specifically the smcFanControl which is a nice piece of software. But in a comment on that blog entry, someone else pointed out Fan...
View ArticleApacheCon U.S. 2006
On Friday night I returned from Austin, TX, the location for ApacheCon US 2006. Though I had a good time, this was my third straight week of travel and I was/am still completely exhausted. So much so,...
View ArticleKrugle - The Search Engine for Developers
BTW, if you haven't already seen it, you need to check out Krugle, a much more effective search engine for source code. It also features many other small features that can stand to dramatically...
View ArticleApple Recycling Program
Below is an email I received from Apple today about its recycling program:
View ArticleSOA on a Stick
At LogicBlaze, we've kicked around the idea of offering a hardware appliance called LogicBlades on which the FUSE server would be installed on blade servers. This would provide the features of FUSE in...
View ArticleProfessional Apache Geronimo is Available
After starting this book one year ago and rewriting chapters three times, it looks like Professional Apache Geronimo is finally for sale - yay! We started writing this book before Geronimo 1.0 was...
View ArticleSimon Phipps' Beaver Photos at the Colorado Software Summit
I'm at the Colorado Software Summit listening to Simon Phipps talk about software freedom. Simon likes to show the photographs he's taken over the years throughout his travels and says he enjoys...
View ArticleOracle Takes a Shot Across the Bow of RedHat
Oracle announced this week that it is attempting to eat from the market created by RedHat by distributing it's own version of Oracle's Unbreakable Linux which is actually based on RedHat Enterprise...
View ArticleIntegrating Apache ActiveMQ with JBoss
Do you need robust and scalable Java messaging within JBoss? If so, then you should consider embedding Apache ActiveMQ in JBoss and there's a guide on the LogicBlaze DevZone that explains how to do...
View ArticleKinkless GTD Influence OmniFocus
After checking out the latest info on Kinkless GTD (kGTD), my Getting Things Done (GTD) tool of choice because it's built on top of OmniOutliner, it seems that plans are afoot for a new product from...
View ArticleTwo Geronimo Books Are Better Than One!
I just took at look through Amazon today and notice that it's now pairing my Geronimo book with my friend Aaron Mulder's Geronimo book: This is a very cool idea because Aaron's book is much more...
View ArticleDark Side of the Rainbow
It occurred to me today that I haven't blogged about this yet. If you're a Pink Floyd fan, you will enjoy this. Dark Side of the Moon + The Wizard of Oz = Dark Side of the Rainbow - crazy. Another...
View ArticleFive New GMail Features
Being that I subscribe to somewhere around 40 mailing lists, Google has added a feature that I have needed for a long time: Embarassment-reducing new message notifications. For more information, see...
View ArticleGMail Out of Commission
Following close on the heels of my intrigue with new GMail features over the weekend comes a GMail outage. In the past I've had GMail flake out on a few HTTP requests here and there and I've even...
View ArticleMaven Web Application Archetypes Now Available
maven A big thanks to Jan for making available the Maven Webapp Archetypes! She included archetypes for ActiveMQ, DOJO, DWR, JSF, SiteMesh, Spring, Struts, Tapestry and Webwork all available for...
View ArticleBPEL Primer
Brenda Michelson has made available an awesome BPEL Primer from her research into the WS-BPEL technology. Brenda has a wonderful knack for cutting through a complex spec and applying business meaning...
View ArticleObjectWeb Signs Partnership With JBoss???
After RedHat acquired JBoss and therefore decided to no longer use JOnAS, I now see from Francois' blog that Bull has signed a partnership with JBoss. I definitely am aware that smart business...
View ArticleObjectWeb Renaming Contest
It seems that the ObjectWeb is remaking itself to prepare for fully independent status and seeking a new name via a contest. If you care to submit an entry, you better hurry as there are less than two...
View ArticleSketchUp Events in Boulder Area
If you are interested in learning about 3D modeling without a hugely expensive and complex product, I highly encourage you to check out SketchUp. Compared to back when I did 3D modeling and rendering,...
View ArticleJavapolis 2006, Antwerp, Belgium
I flew to Antwerp, Belgium this week to speak at Javapolis 2006. Unfortunately I only spent about 52 hours on the ground! I have vowed to never travel to the EU like this ever again. Antwerp is a very...
View ArticleiPhone - iWantOne
Apple just announced the iPhone today and it sounds amazing. It's a device that runs a full MacOS X operating system with iPod capabilities, wifi capabilities, phone capabilities, iPhoto capabilities,...
View ArticleGoogle Surpasses IBM in Valuation
I cannot remember where I came across this story earlier this week but it seems that Google has now surpassed IBM in its valuation as a direct result in the rise in profits since 2005. Considering the...
View ArticleTruly Amazing Multi-Touch Demo
While visiting a client this week, one of the team pointed out some amazing demos by Jeff Han, a research scientist for NYU's Department of Computer Science, from early 2006 at the TED Conference. One...
View ArticleApache ActiveMQ Is Now a Top Level ASF Project
Yay! Apache ActiveMQ has graduated from the Apache Incubator! After a lot of hard work by the ActiveMQ community, it's now a top level project at the ASF. If you're not aware, ActiveMQ is a JMS 1.1...
View ArticleIncubus Show Last Night
Raible and saw Incubus last night at the Fillmore in Denver, CO for the Light Grenades tour and it was a really great show! The music was awesome, Incubus is a very good live band. In fact, most of the...
View ArticleMacOS X No AirPort Hardware Found
Last night I was working away on my MacBook Core Duo and suddenly the network connection dropped. After fiddling with the networking on the MacBook and then resetting the WAP, I still couldn't grab a...
View ArticleJBI and SCA Are Complimentary!
For the past 16 months I've been saying that JBI and SCA are complimentary technologies and finally someone has been quoted as saying the same thing! It was announced this week that SCA/SDO are being...
View ArticleThe Ironic Complexity of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
I tend to deal with WS-*/SOAP quite a lot these days in the work I do for clients and it has always struck me that the whole WS-* world seems to have gone so spec-crazy (crikey!), I'll call it...
View ArticleIs Google Too Powerful?
There's a very interesting article over at BusinessWeek.com titled Is Google Too Powerful? I've read many articles and blog entries debating Google's power and evilness indicator (oh, there's an idea...
View ArticleThe Apache Stein Stein
I just stumbled upon this and had to blog about it. The Apache Stein Stein LOL!!! My buddy Greg's photo on a beer stein - how incredibly cheesy is that?! Fitz and Fred, if you guys haven't seen this...
View ArticleDropped iPod
Today I was working away at Starbucks and I shifted in my chair and knocked my iPod off the table and onto the hard tile floor. I picked it up only to see it frozen in the play state and I couldn't...
View ArticleLogicBlaze Acquired by IONA Technologies
As seen in many places by now, last week LogicBlaze was acquired by IONA Technologies. Included as part of the deal are nine people from LogicBlaze, all of which were critical in building the company...
View ArticleMacBook Tablet
I had read some speculation previously that MacBook tablets may be on the way and about a month or so ago on a business trip I read a MacWorld article about the ModBook. It seems that Other World...
View ArticleCustomizable Google Maps
Google's latest maps tricks are embodied in MyMaps. I've been waiting for these as long as Google Maps has been available. You can place pins, draw lines, draw shapes and save them. What's even cooler...
View ArticleAlternative UIs for Digg
Though I'm not a big fan of Digg, there are some pretty cool alternative UIs for Digg. I immediately start to think about implementing UIs like this for large messaging environments using Apache...
View ArticleGoogle Calendar in Thunderbird
Ever since Google Calendar was released, I've been in search of a way to integrate it with Mozilla Thunderbird or Apple iCal to allow birectional updates. Right away I was able to subscribe to my...
View ArticleCafe Wifi Use From Car != Legal
Has the world gone completely mad?! Entering a cafe to use its free wireless is OK, even if you don't buy anything. But if you sit in your car to use the free wireless without entering the cafe, you...
View ArticleGot Joost?
Would you like a free Joost invite courtesy of TechCrunch? Get on it. I know that invites have been handed out for a few months now, but I've not been very interested until now. Though I'm not a big...
View ArticleIf Java Didn't Exist, Would .NET?
Today Colm Smyth blogged about BEA attacking Sun using some lopsided logic. While the blog entry itself is not that interesting to me, what *is* interesting is the question he posed at the end: 'If...
View ArticleGoogle Apps Mail Hosting Down
For about the last hour I have been unable to log in to my mail account in Google Apps due to a 502 error. I guess this is why it's still in beta :-(
View ArticleOSS Market to Reach US$5.8 Billion by 2011
IDC has published a report stating that significant demand for standalone open source software will cause the market to grow by 26% to reach US$5.8 billion by 2011 - that's a big number! No wonder the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Threatens Most Valuable Professional
Microsoft: Yes, we like you... a lot! Keep up the great work! <award assigned> Developer: Thanks Microsoft: Now we don't like you Developer: Huh? Microsoft: Uhhhh, yeah, see this detail and this...
View ArticleGoogle Converting Hybrid Vehicles to Plug-ins
When faced with the sprawling style of development that the United States has always enjoyed, we all seem to have had a big wake up call in recent years WRT to our dependence on natural resources,...
View ArticleServiceMix 3.1.1 Released
ServiceMix 3.1.1 has officially been released. For more info, see the release notes.
View ArticlePrince is Devaluing Music!?!?!?!
Anyone who knows me well knows that I'm a big music fan, especially live music but I'm certainly not a fan of corporate side of the music biz. Well it seems to me that the vast majority of music...
View ArticleComparing Wireless Broadband Connectivity: T-Mobile vs. at&t vs. Verizon
I do not go into an office every day to work. I work remote and I have for almost three years. I prefer it compared to a time-wasting commute every day. There are many other advantages to this...
View ArticleHey Apple, What is Happening With Java for MacOS X?
As much of a huge Apple fan I am and have been since 1990 when I discovered a Macintosh, let's just say I am less than thrilled about the state of Java for MacOS X. After stagnating for nearly a year,...
View ArticleMacOS X 10.4.10 Updates Break PPC Apps
Over the weekend I was under a deadline to revise a chapter for the Beginning Spring 2 book. I had been working on Saturday for over 12 hours and after installing the latest software updates for MacOS...
View ArticleAs Walter and Donald Would Say...
... Bodhisattva Would you take me by the hand Can you show me The shine of your Japan The sparkle of your China Can you show me ... I'll see you on the other side
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