Ben Hyde: Insurance Deductables
My father was wrong. I learned at my father’s knee that it is wise to self insure for the little things and buy insurance for the big things. Thus it is clever and thrifty to buy insurance policies...
View ArticleTony Stevenson: Just been to the physio…
I went to see a physio tonight after suffering with arm and shoulder pain for the past 5/6 weeks after being knocked off my bicycle at about 25mph when a pedestrian stepped out in front of me.. Looks...
View ArticleTony Stevenson: Apachecon NA 2010 – Register now
Registration for this years Apachecon is now open, you can visit the site here and click on the register for the conference icon Whilst your three why not take a look at the conference schedule and see...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2010-08-12
Why We Need To Abolish Software Patents : ‘Pam Samuelson, one of the co-authors of the report, says that her conclusion from the research is that the world may be better off without software patents;...
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Jay D. McHugh: Did you miss me...
I had these grand plans for this blog and I think that those big plans kept me from keeping active here.I thought that I needed to have something big and important to say before I said anything.I am...
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Jay D. McHugh: Big snakes and programming...
I have started trying to learn Python again.This time, I am using the book "Hello! Python" by Anthony Briggs.I am only a few chapters in so far, but it is an easy read. It is going fairly slowly for...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Oracle vs. Google
This is 'fun': "Oracle filed a complaint in federal court in California, alleging the infringement of seven patents and copyrights by Google's Android mobile operating system software."...
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Claus Ibsen: Camel in Action - Is a bestseller
Manning recently published their bestsellers and Camel in Action made into the top 15. Top 15 books year to date at manning.com based on combined ebook and pbook sales Spring in Action, Third Edition...
View ArticleSteve Loughran: How to win friends and influence people: oracle sues google
The first thing I see on the Planet Apache feed is the news that Oracle are suing Google over Dalvik and, implictly, Apache Harmony This is really going to cause fun in the open source world. I can...
View ArticleAndrew Savory: Blogging elsewhere
Here's a quick summary of the articles I've had posted over on the LiMo Foundation blog. This is in some small part an apology for being so quiet here. I'll try to keep this list up-to-date: LiMo and...
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Jan Materne: Extend Windows-Search in Windows 7
I wanted to search for a string in Java properties files. I knew that there was one entry – somewhere deep in the codebase … But the search from Win7 didnt find it. Sounds familiar? So read further … I...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2010-08-13
[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express : ‘Solaris is the #1 Enterprise Operating System. We have the leading share of business applications on Solaris today,...
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Bryan Pendleton: Trinity Alps backpacking
Herewith, a short report on a delightful 5 day backpacking trip to the Trinity Alps.The Trinity Alps Wilderness Area is a large protected wilderness located inside the Shasta Trinity National Forest in...
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Ben Laurie: FreeBSD Capsicum
I mentioned FreeBSD Capsicum in my roundup of capability OSes earlier this year without mentioning that I am involved in the project. Since then we’ve managed to port and sandbox Chromium, using less...
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Jan Materne: Another Admin job Hudson: ensure that there are not too many old...
Especially if you have a large number of jobs and they are running more often, you’ll come to a point, where your disk is full of old builds. Hudson provides a configuration parameter for that:...
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Jochen Wiedmann: Bad news for Oracle
I think this is bad news for Oracle: Groklaw will cover the Oracle-Google litigation on Java patents allegedly violated by Android's Dalvik JVM.Well deserved. If big companies believe that software...
View ArticleIsabel Drost: Scrumtisch August Berlin
Just seen it - the next Scrumtisch Berlin has been scheduled for 25th August 2010 at 18:30 Uhr. So far, no official talk has been scheduled, so please expect two topics on Scrum and its application to...
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Bryan Pendleton: Help me understand this Oracle/Google lawsuit
I'm confused about the ideas behind the Oracle-Google lawsuit announced last week. The facts are clear enough: Oracle sued Google in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, for...
View ArticleSam Ruby: Empty Nest
Melyssa Allen: Meredith College will welcome new students during Move-In Day this Saturday, Aug. 14. The College expects approximately 375 students. One of those is our daughter.
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