Bryan Pendleton: Perforce 2012.1 enters Beta testing
The latest release of the Perforce server and tools, Release 2012.1, has now entered public beta testing.This is the third major release that I've contributed to at Perforce, and I'm very excited about...
View ArticleBruce Snyder: Yak Shaving to Install Git Via MacPorts on OS X Lion
Today I needed to set up a new MacBook Pro and as such one of the tasks was to install git on OS X Lion. Being that I am a fan of MacPorts, I decided to start there but I ran into some strange errors....
View ArticleJames Duncan: Hacking Series E Lenses
Experiment with making time-lapses for long and you’ll almost certainly run into a problem with flicker in your generated footage. There are a lot of things that can cause this, but—assuming you’re...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: It's not just a game ...
... it's the tragically-young death of Adam Adamowicz, a brilliant artist who found his niche creating concept art for role playing games.Mr. Adamowicz worked with a fellow concept artist, Ray Lederer,...
View ArticleSam Ruby: OpenID upgrades
As a part of my server move, I’ve upgraded my consumer logic to Python openid-2.2.5 and provider from phpMyID to SimpleId 0.8.1. In theory, I should now support OpenID 2.0. The one small API change I...
View ArticleAntoine Toulme: Introducing Guesslink
I worked on this pet project for just a little while taking care of our new family addition, Joseph! Based on a Rails architecture and deployed on heroku, Guess Link is a simple URL shortener that...
View ArticleDavid Crossley: Glow Poi
We discovered Glow LED Poi at a recent festival. Fantastic for exercise and co-ordination, and for enjoyment. Started with doing simple things with only the dominant hand. Doing those same simple...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Predictive analytics
Like many others, I was fascinated by the article in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine: Psst, you in aisle 5. (Curiously, in the online version of the article, the title is: How Companies Learn...
View ArticleRodent of Unusual Size (Ken Coar): Of computers and networks and WiFi, oh my
It's been three years since I purchased my last laptop, and there was a President's Day sale going on at Lenovo[1] that I was able to access by virtue of my affiliation with Red Hat, and my SBH...
View ArticlePiergiorgio Lucidi: Alfresco Wiki gardening: Java-Backed WebScripts
During these weeks I started to contribute on the Alfresco Wiki on some of the activities related to the maintenance and the improvement of pages.
View ArticleJames Duncan: Kirby Ferguson’s next project, This is Not a Conspiracy, on...
I’ve made no secret of my fandom of Everything is a Remix. It’s creator, Kirby Ferguson, is Kickstarting another project which should be fascinating. Needless to say, I’m a backer. Linked by James...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2012-02-20
Perspectives on the Costa Concordia Incident : hey, co-worker Rory Browne gets namechecked on James Hamilton’s blog! woo (tags: costa-concordia amazon james-hamilton disaster boats safety post-mortem)
View ArticleAlex Karasulu: SQL Maven Plugin and Embedded On Disk HSQLDB Lock Problem
If you're using the Maven SQL Plugin from Codehaus to load your schema into an embedded on disk HSQLDB instance then you've probably encountered the following trace when your test cases against the...
View ArticleAlex Karasulu: SQL Maven Plugin and Embedded On Disk HSQLDB Lock Problem
If you're using the Maven SQL Plugin from Codehaus to load your schema into an embedded on disk HSQLDB instance then you've probably encountered the following trace when your test cases against the...
View ArticleAlex Karasulu: SQL Maven Plugin and Embedded On Disk HSQLDB Lock Problem
If you're using the Maven SQL Plugin from Codehaus to load your schema into an embedded on disk HSQLDB instance then you've probably encountered the following trace when your test cases against the...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Government CloudStore
The Government launched their G-Cloud CloudStore for Cloud procurement of Cloud services on Sunday. The outlook is … cloudy. I applaud the increase in transparency that could be derived from listing...
View ArticleJames Duncan: LaCie Little Big Disk, Thunderbolt Edition
I’ve been holding off on getting a Thunderbolt drive for quite some time. Between really wanting a drive that also has an eSATA connection and waiting to see what the future of the MacPro turned out to...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2012-02-21
Turning Ireland’s water and wind into energy exports : Ars Technica on the “Spirit Of Ireland” pumped-hydro proposal — great comments (tags: ars-technica pumped-hydro spirit-of-ireland electricity...
View ArticleJames Duncan: Matt Haughey’s experience travelling the world with an unlocked...
Matt’s conclusion: international unlock rocks. I’m glad to see he’s had a great experience. I’m considering following in his footsteps after much debate and waiting about on my current contract to...
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