Jim Jagielski: Apache HTTP Server 2.3.8-alpha
Today, I (as Release Manager for the project) released the latest, and what is expected to be the last, alpha version of the NextGen release of Apache httpd. This is pretty exciting news because for...
View ArticleGrant Ingersoll: Apache Mahout catching on in Academia
It’s back to school time and for those with academic interests in machine learning, it’s great to see Apache Mahout is catching on in academic circles, in addition to commercial circles. The interest...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Machine Infatuation
I guess I'm still just a boy at heart, because I love to read stories like this one, about the Second Avenue subway project that's underway in New York City.Here's a quote to entice you, although...
View ArticleTrustin Lee: 혼자 보내는 밤
요즘은 아내가 장거리 출퇴근을 한다. 그래서 피곤하거나 일이 많으면 기숙사에서 자고 올라오기도 한다. 고된 업무로 병을 얻거나 하지는 않을까 걱정스럽다. 혼자 밤을 보낸다는 것은 다소간의 불면과 함께 묘한 감정을 불러온다. 인정하기는 쉽지만 받아들이기는 어려운 불확실한 인생사에 심경이 복잡해지기 마련이다. 복잡한 마음에 기대 고민거리를 이리 저리 끄적여...
View ArticleMatthias Wessendorf: Example on accessing Apache HBase with JPA
A few month ago I started to play with Apache HBase, Apache’s Bigtable implementation. Since the Bigtable impl. from the Google AppEngine (->Datastore) can be accessed with JPA, I searched for a way...
View ArticleJ Aaron Farr: MacBook Packaging (Part 13: MacPorts)
Packaging systems are great: like the iTunes App Store except free, accessed from the command line, and you get to feel like a big boy as packages are compiled locally. Not only that, but you get to...
View ArticleAdrian Sutton: The Demise of Wave
I had written up a long, comprehensive and timely set of thoughts about what went wrong with Google Wave, but WordPress ate it so you’ll have to take my word that it was awesome and instead put up...
View ArticleAdrian Sutton: The Email and P Myth
One of the greatest frustrations for anyone who develops an HTML editor is the constant supply of people who are convinced they want to use BR tags instead of P tags. Most of these are just people who...
View ArticleDanny Angus: note to self, how to change the definer of a mysql stored procedure
This is a useful one if, like us, you find that the account used to create the procedure doesn't have the privileges required to execute it, or perhaps you've revoked the original definers grant....
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: It's crazy days in the software business again
Check out this wild story on Mike Arrington's TechCrunch today. Here's a snip:Sources close to Google tell us that about 80% of people stay when they’re offered a counter to a Facebook offer. But some...
View ArticleJustin Mason: Links for 2010-09-01
_Fast Cache for Your Text: Accelerating Exact Pattern Matching with Feed-Forward Bloom Filters_ [PDF] : intriguing application of a Bloom Filter optimised for modern CPUs (2-level, with a...
View ArticleNick Kew: Memoirs
I’m flabbergasted! Not that The Liar has published memoirs: we knew they were coming. Nor the mindboggling arrogance of those memoirs (at least as reported): again that’s as expected. But the...
View ArticleTed Husted
The International Institute of Business Analysis is an independent non-profit professional association serving the growing field of Business Analysis and is for individuals working in a broad range of...
View ArticleUgo Cei: Blog is back
This is mostly a test post to verify that this blog actually works again. I’ve made the switch from hosting it on a dedicated Linux machine to wordpress.com and in the process messed up with the domain...
View ArticleChristian Grobmeier: JavaMagazin: An architects toolbox
Today the second article of my small series in the JavaMagazin appeared. While the first one was describing the risks at todays software projects, this one shows several strategies to avoid problems....
View ArticleUgo Cei: Alfresco 3 Web Services Book
If you were wondering why I wasn’t updating this blog very often (or at all) during the last few months, I have an excuse: I was too busy writing a book! Finally, Alfresco 3 Web Services, Build...
View ArticleTed Husted
Open Source iBO: The Great ExperimentASI watchers may have noticed an uptick in patches lately. That's no fluke says Mark Breland of ASI. It's all part of an initiative to shorten development cycles...
View ArticleHiranya Jayathilaka: Experiencing the Nature at Lake Tahoe
A couple of weeks back I was in Auburn, California. During my stay, I got the opportunity to visit the lake Tahoe. It's only a 2-3 hours drive to the magnificent lake from Auburn. Here are some of the...
View ArticlePaul Querna: Announcing Nodul.es: CPAN for Node.js
Last weekend, our team named “Ponies for Orphans” participated in the Node Knockout competition. The team included 3 of my co-workers from Cloudkick, Russell, Tomaz, Logan, and myself. In 48 hours, we...
View ArticleOrtwin Glück: [Code] mysql-5.1 and amarok conflict in Gentoo
With mysql-5.1 being unmasked now, your favourite Gentoo system will want to upgrade when you emerge -uD world. Unfortunately this will conflict with amarok when using the embedded USE flag. The reason...
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