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Colm O hEigeartaigh: Specifying custom AlgorithmSuite policies in Apache CXF...
When specifying a security binding via WS-SecurityPolicy, it is possible to define the algorithm suite via the "sp:AlgorithmSuite" policy. WS-SecurityPolicy defines a number of standard AlgorithmSuite...
View ArticleJukka Zitting: Talking about the repository
Last week I was busy presenting Apache Jackrabbit and our commercial work on top of it. It started in Tuesday evening when I presented the Apache Jackrabbit project at the Swiss Open Source Awards...
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Ben Laurie: Lessons Not Learned
Anyone who has not had their head under a rock knows about the DigiNotar fiasco. And those who’ve been paying attention will also know that DigiNotar’s failure is only the most recent in a long series...
View ArticleJames Duncan: Tribute in Light
A few months ago, a thought entered my head. An idea for a personal project. I couldn’t quite shake it off, even after a few weeks. In fact, the more I thought about it, the more I knew I had to do it....
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Jochen Wiedmann: A clash of generations
Yesterday was a relatively minor election in Germany, more precisely in Berlin, in its roles as german capital and as one of the german federal states. The most remarkable thing about that election was...
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Bruce Snyder: Installing PostgreSQL 9.0 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 via MacPorts
While installing PostgreSQL 9.0 on Mac OS X again, I had to figure out all these steps yet again. So I'm documenting this process for my own sake because I have been through this now twice on two...
View ArticleJames Duncan: Lou Lesko Interviews Me About My Tribute in Light Film
I sat down for breakfast with Lou Lesko yesterday to give him a sneak peek at the final cut of my Tribute in Light short as well as to talk about how I made it. Here’s the interview. Linked by James...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2011-09-19
Computer gamers solve problem in AIDS research that puzzled scientists for years : “This is the first instance that we are aware of in which online gamers solved a longstanding scientific problem,”...
View ArticleJames Duncan: Tribute in Light Production Notes
For those curious about the making of my Tribute in Light short film, here are a few production notes, loosely structured. It’s as close to a behind-the-scenes as I can do for this project. Exposure:...
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Davanum Srinivas: Apache Axis – 10 years
My very first patch to Apache Axis was 10 years + 1 week ago: http://markmail.org/message/3c6bppbw23gyhj4v Apache Axis was started 10 years + 9 months ago: http://markmail.org/message/3oi5dogfn2xzcvrk...
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Apache Wicket Community News: Git Wicket running on Heroku
At JavaZone 2011 I met with James Ward, technology evangelist for Heroku and had a brief discussion on what it would take to run Wicket applications on Heroku. We figured that it wouldn’t be too hard...
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Apache Wicket Community News: JavaZone 2011 video online
My presentation Introducing Apache Wicket I gave at JavaZone 2011 is available! Kudos to the JavaZone team for being so quick in publishing the presentations online! Introducing Apache Wicket from...
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Davanum Srinivas: IBM SDK Java(TM) Technology Edition Version 7.0 is now...
New Java features include: NIO2 asynchronous I/O, JSR 203 New java.util.concurrent features including the fork/join framework Better support for dynamic languages with the implementation of Invoke...
View ArticleCommunity Over Code: +1 Friend ApacheCon NA 2011!
ApacheCon is coming up soon – 7-11 November this year in lovely Vancouver, BC. Be sure to make your travel plans soon, especially for any US travelers who need to remember that we’re in Canada this...
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James Duncan: Citabria
A Citabria ready to take to the sky over California The Citabria—airbatic spelled backwards—is a two-seater plane that is rated for acrobatic maneuvers from +5g to -2g. I photographed this beautiful...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2011-09-20
Storm : ‘The past decade has seen a revolution in data processing. MapReduce, Hadoop, and related technologies have made it possible to store and process data at scales previously unthinkable....
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Gary Gregory: JUnit 4.9 to the rescue with @ClassRule
In a previous article titled “JUnit @Rule not initialized before @BeforeClass“, I bemoaned the fact that an @Rule could not be set up to run before an @BeforeClass. It appears my wish has been answered...
View ArticleRich Bowen: Charity and Poverty
Yesterday I read this article by Steve Saint, son of Nate Saint, who was one of my heroes growing up. He says that our definitions of poverty are not necessarily the right ones, when we evaluate...
View ArticleOrtwin Glück: [Code] Memory use of the JBoss DB statement cache
JBoss *-ds.xml files let you define a statement cache for PreparedStatement objects: <prepared-statement-cache-size>16</prepared-statement-cache-size> Be not too adventurous with the value...
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Steve Loughran: 301 Moved Permanently
I've moved my blog from 1060.org here. Why? Well, the team at 1060research have pushed out a new release of their NetKernel product, on which the blog was running, and if I wanted to retain the URLs...
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