Ceki Gulcu: The forces and vulnerabilities of the Apache model
The initial title for this article was "Why the Apache model sucks". It would have been a catchier title but would taint my arguments with triviality. But it was the first title that came to my mind...
View ArticleGlen Mazza: Web Services Links (30 January 2011)
Web service related links of interest this week: Talend Service Factory 2.3.2 released WS-I Basic Profile 1.2 and WS-I Basic Profile 2.0 specifications, for SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2, respectively....
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Andrew Savory: Jolicloud review
I'm off to FOSDEM next weekend, so I've got my aged EeePC 901 out of the cupboard. It's the only laptop I have that can stand up to really long days without a power socket. I'm trying out a selection...
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Bryan Pendleton: Watershed events in systems software: IPv6, 4K sectors
It's looking like 2011 will be a watershed year for low-level system software wonks, as we will be seeing some major transitions in some core software behaviors that have been around for decades....
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Nick Kew: FOSDEM, and new PGP key
I’ve booked my travel and hotel for FOSDEM. Arriving Friday early evening, leaving Monday after lunch, so I have a few hours beyond the core event. Hope to meet some of my readers in person next...
View ArticleJ Aaron Farr: Ruby and/or Precedence Surprise
In Ruby, and and or have the same precedence! Matz may not be surprised, but I really am. In Ruby && has higher precedence than ||. This is what we’re used to from C and its imitators....
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Jon Scott Stevens: Why .deb for packaging and deployment?
Using Debian's (.deb files) to package and deploy software across a large number of machines is a really powerful tool. It can be a bit esoteric (what isn't in unix land?), but once you get the general...
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Claus Ibsen: Apache Camel - Online earthquake and weather mashup example
The university of Applied Sciences at Brandenburg Germany posted an example they have done. Its a mashup example which gathers online earthquake data from around the world. It then correlates with...
View ArticleRob Davies: FuseSource launches beta for Fuse IDE for Apache Camel
Fuse IDE will eventually come in a number of different flavours, for different aspects of of integration (Web and Restful services, messaging as well as supporting remote configuration). Initially the...
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Grant Ingersoll: TriHUG: Apache Mahout
I will be speaking tomorrow night at the Triangle Hadoop Users Group on Apache Mahout, hosted by Bronto Software. This will be an introduction to both Mahout and machine learning, but we will also...
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Tim Bish: Apache.NMS.Stomp v1.5.1 released.
The Apache.NMS.Stomp 1.5.1 Release bundle is now available. This release is based on the Apache.NMS API v1.5.0 and runs on .NET frameworks 2.0+, .NETCF 2.0+ and Mono 2.0+. This version fixed some bugs...
View ArticleChris Pepper: Isilon Cluster
Our old bulk storage is Apple Xserve RAIDs. They are discontinued and service contracts are expiring, so we have been evaluating small-to-medium storage options for some time. Our more modern stuff is...
View ArticleChristian Grobmeier: First steps with Wicket
The past days I have digged deep into Wicket and spent a little less time into Cayenne. After I have managed my first steps I must say I am impressed. Both frameworks are really good and easy to learn....
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2011-01-31
Keeping Track of Electioneering | Election Leaflets 2011 : ‘See or post leaflets shoved through your door by parties and candidates across the land. RSS feeds and email alerts available by...
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Bryan Pendleton: FreeBSD statvfs
The FreeBSD manual page for the statvfs function contains some rather startling content.The author of the manual page gives an early hint of his attitude toward this function call at the start of the...
View ArticleRich Bowen: Mikey
I mentioned a few days ago that I got a Mikey. I've been using it for the past few days, and it is absolutely wonderful. I've used it for a few actual live recordings, but that's not the main thing...
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Jeroen Reijn: An introduction to Hippo CMS 7 updater modules
Once your Hippo CMS project is in production, there is always the case that you or your customer wants to add extra features to the website or portal. This might mean that the data model has to...
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Andrew Savory: Books
I started using the Kindle app on the iPad back in June 2010, and then frustrated by the weight and battery life of the iPad, I bought a Kindle in October. I've noticed a significant increase in the...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2011-02-01
Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results : laaaame, Microsoft (tags: lame microsoft google search honeypots stings) Java Hangs When Converting 2.2250738585072012e-308 : ie. the same value...
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Sergey Beryozkin: JAX-RS Attachments demo in TSF 2.3.2
The Talend SF 2.3.2.0 distribution contains various minor improvements and has some dependencies, including the Karaf one, updated to new versions.The Talend SF 2.3.2.0 Examples distribution contains a...
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