Bryan Pendleton: It's not just a game ...
... it's a working cube-levitating companion cube gun!
View ArticleAdam Jack: Creative ideas for using Timestamped Field Notes
Neukadye’s Timestamped Field Notes App was created for monitoring Peregrine Falcons, however users have already put it to some interesting unrelated purposes: A video producer: When video recording...
View ArticleDavid Reid: Playing the System
The proposal to erect a meteorological mast on the site of the proposed Newmiln “Wind Park” was met with 243 comments, 242 of them objections. The level of public opposition would have resulted in the...
View ArticleSergey Beryozkin: Latest WADL To Java enhancements in CXF
Dan has released CXF 2.7.0 which has some major enhancements including the addition of the asynchronous HTTP conduit and initial support for most parts of JAX-RS 2.0 (the topic of the next post on this...
View ArticleChris Hostetter: Apache Solr and Apache Lucene 4.0.0 Released
Today, the Apache Software Foundation officially announced the release of Apache Solr 4.0.0 and Apache Lucene 4.0.0. An annotated version of the “Release Highlights” can be found below. The...
View ArticleBrian McCallister: Private Apt Repos in S3
Setting up a private apt repository in S3 is actually not too bad. This HOWTO sets up two minimal repositories, one public and one private. You need both. All work is to be done on a Debian or Ubuntu...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Harborside Health
The New York Times covers the battle over Oakland's Harborside Health Center: Oakland Sues U.S. to Prevent Closing of Marijuana Dispensary. The Department of Justice has focused its efforts on those...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-13
@aral constructive criticism of technology is good, esp. with user stories, but FUD is not needed thanks. "PhoneGap = Air"? Disappointing. # @aral No, I mean I'm disappointed in you, comparing a...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-13
@aral constructive criticism of technology is good, esp. with user stories, but FUD is not needed thanks. "PhoneGap = Air"? Disappointing. # @aral No, I mean I'm disappointed in you, comparing a...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-13
@aral constructive criticism of technology is good, esp. with user stories, but FUD is not needed thanks. "PhoneGap = Air"? Disappointing. # @aral No, I mean I'm disappointed in you, comparing a...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-13
@aral constructive criticism of technology is good, esp. with user stories, but FUD is not needed thanks. "PhoneGap = Air"? Disappointing. # @aral No, I mean I'm disappointed in you, comparing a...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Gawker outs VA
I'm no big fan of Gawker, the lead property in Nick Denton's stable of weird-yet-successful online web-zines. But this weekend Gawker is running with a pretty big story, a public outing of a man they...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: MOOCing again
I've finished the first week of An Introduction to Computer Networks, taught by Professors McKeown and Levis of Stanford, and hosted at Stanford's Class To Go site. This is my fourth class I've taken...
View ArticleDavid Reid: More Android Experiments
When I first looked at building for Android I followed the route that led me to install Eclipse and all the associated bits required. Having not done anything with Java for over 10 years it was a bit...
View ArticlePiergiorgio Lucidi: Apache ManifoldCF at LinuxDay
During the next LinuxDay here in Rome I'll discuss about Apache ManifoldCF.
View ArticleMatt Raible: The Deck Project
In March of this year, Trish and I decided we wanted to build a new deck and spruce up our backyard a bit. After returning from an awesome Spring Break adventure, we asked my parents to stay and help...
View ArticleJohannes Geppert: Struts2 jQuery Plugin 3.4.0 with improved Chart Tag released
The new Version 3.4.0 of Struts2 jQuery Plugin with some Bugfixes and an improved Chart Tag is released. Chart Tag In this release there is gone some attention to the Chart Tag. So it is now possible...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: XCOM Enemy Unknown
I don't have much time to play video games, so I tend to go many months between games, looking for just the right one. I've been playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown for about a week now, and so far I like it...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Drilling down, spreading the load
A few related, but independent, postcards from the bleeding edge crossed my eyeballs the last few days: The column-oriented gang at Google just keep cranking things out. There was the Dremel work of...
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