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Upgrades All Around!
It seems that last week was a week of upgrades for me. First I got to upgrade two laptops and a server to the brand new spanking Ubuntu 12.04 (Kubuntu and the Server editions of course). Unlike people living in the Ubuntu world, Kubuntu is fairly stable and 12.04 just packaged a few nice updates…
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Diving into the Deep End with Python
Where I Stand with Java Most of my professional experience in software development has centered around Java. That should be no surprise as I learnt Java in university, and all the trappings that go with it: Javadoc, the Java Standard API, Eclipse and JUnit. My professional work exposed me to JSP, Servlets, SpringMVC, Struts, JDBC,…
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Hello Again Identi.ca!
It seems that all the cool kids are using Twitter nowadays. Then again what passes as cool now sounds more like either being different for different sakes. Or that you use or do things that are “cool” or trendy or interesting to the mass public at the moment. Rarely the cool, trendy or different thing…
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Does Complexity Necessarily Translate Into Capability?
Two months ago I started work as a Java developer at Bluerush Media Group. Shifting gears back into Java EE/JSP/Servlet and mostly backend work from Android development definitely took a while. On one hand my work now is hidden behind layers and layers of servers, middleware and other “businessy” systems. I definitely miss being able…
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Website Hosting Migration
You may have noticed the recent changes on my blog & portfolio website. I am in the process of migrating my websites, domains and what not to a new hosting service. A nicer hosting service provider who doesn’t support SOPA/PIPA for one. Plus is much more responsive and nicer to work with. Anyways a lot…
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Experiments with Wine Gaming
While I was working last month (and last year), I had the need and opportunity to setup Linux properly on my laptop. Windows simply did not cut it for remote development. After a bit of fighting with some graphics issues (yes, I got bitten by the switching between the Intel and Nvidia GPUs) I managed…
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A Quiet Moment to Reflect, Regroup, and Rethink
The madness of the past few weeks, has taught me the importance of quiet time. Time that I can truly reflect quietly and calmly work on the next steps I need to take. Most of the week I have rushed, ran and tired to compact as much I could into a single day. But you…
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Grey Morning in a New Reality
Outside the window, grey clouds fill the sky and raindrops stream through the air. A warm morning for an early December day, the weather being more likely for mid-November. The rain does not bother me as I am sitting in a GO train headed to downtown Toronto, and getting ready for the start of a…