Colm O hEigeartaigh: Apache Santuario (XML Security for Java) 1.5.0 RC1
A release candidate for Apache Santuario (XML Security for Java) 1.5.0 has been published. Please download it and post any issues that are found to the mailing list. The 1.5.0 release is not binary...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2011-12-19
High Scalability – How Twitter Stores 250 Million Tweets a Day Using MySQL : MySQL as a storage backend — basically an InnoDB store (tags: mysql twitter scalability gizzard innodb performance database)
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Two command line shell tutorials
I just wouldn't be me if I didn't notice things like these and want to immediately post them to my blog...The Command Line Crash Course: Controlling Your Computer From The TerminalAdvanced...
View ArticleEdward J. Yoon: Install a Hama cluster using Whirr
Apache Whirr provides a Cloud-neutral way to run a properly-configured system quickly through libraries, common service API, smart defaults, and command line tool. Currently it supports various Cloud...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Macbook Pro SSD saga, part two
The tale of my broken Macbook Pro just took a bizarre turn. Apple called me (not even five minutes after I called them to poke them for an update) to provide an update on the repair. Apparently my...
View ArticleColm O hEigeartaigh: WS-SecurityPolicy Examples in Apache CXF
The OASIS WS-SecurityPolicy Examples Version 1.0 specification gives a set of example policies for standard security deployments, as well as the corresponding message exchanges generated by those...
View ArticleYoav Shapira: Movie review: New Year's Eve
This past weekend I saw the movie New Year's Eve. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, even though it's not an original idea (see Love Actually, Valentine's Day, and more...) The cast is great,...
View ArticleAlex Karasulu: OS Genetic Engineering to Solve World Hunger
It seems OS is being considered for use with nearly any kind of substrate: it started with code but there's OS hardware and now OS tools for building sustainable communities to save the environment....
View ArticleJames Duncan: RailsConf 2012 is on and it’s in Austin, Texas
I’m really happy to see that Ruby Central is producing the 2012 edition of RailsConf and putting it on in Austin, Texas in April. Great city, awesome people, delectable food. Linked by James Duncan...
View ArticleDave Johnson: Rollarcus: from 9 to 2
I made some progress in Rollarcus over the past couple of weekends, but not a lot. This makes me wonder how I ever found the "nights and weekends" to get Roller started in the first place, but that's...
View ArticleFeatherCast: ApacheCon NA 2011 – Friday
I’m very sorry for the delay. Not as much time to edit audio at home with a 1 year old as there was at the conference. If you are interested in helping with the editing process, please contact me. Here...
View ArticleChristian Grobmeier: Apache log4php 2.2.0 released
Dear all, The Apache log4php team is pleased to announce the release of Apache log4php 2.2.0. Significant changes in this release include: a full rewrite of the configuration logic which greatly...
View ArticleMatt Raible: My HTML5 with Play Scala, CoffeeScript and Jade Presentation...
This week, I had the pleasure of traveling to one of my favorite places in the world: Antwerp, Belgium. Like last year, I traveled with the lovely Trish McGinity and spoke at Devoxx 2011. This year, my...
View ArticleApache Jakarta news: Jakarta Retired
With no subprojects remaining, the Jakarta project has been retired to the Attic.
View ArticleBrian McCallister: In Clauses
The most common feature request I get for jDBI, going back at least seven years now, is for automagic in-clause expansion, or the equivalent. Sadly, there is not correct general case solution for this....
View ArticleDejan Bosanac: ActiveMQ networks and advisory messages explained
Recently Jakub wrote an excellent blog post explaining more on how ActiveMQ networks work. The one thing that somehow always got unexplained and confused users over time is the connection between...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: UX fail
At the Sainsburys filling station yesterday, I opted to pay at the pump. I inserted my debit card at the prompt, and heard an audible clunk as it was read. I typed in my PIN, and after a few seconds...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Macbook Pro SSD saga, part three
So previously my Macbook Pro stopped booting and got stuck at the grey boot screen. Then after a week at Apple for repair, they called me to tell me the SSD was stopping the Macbook Pro from booting....
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Teaching yourself to become a thinker
I finally got around to reading Bill Deresiewicz's fascinating lecture: Solitude and Leadership. It's over two years old now, but it has aged very well, so if you haven't yet seen it, I encourage you...
View ArticleChristian Schneider: Karaf Tutorial Part 4 - CXF Services in OSGi
Blog post edited by Christian Schneider Shows how to publish and use a simple REST and SOAP service in karaf using cxf and blueprint. To run the example you need to install the http feature of karaf....
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