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Java Web 2.0 Niftiness
I must sound like someone who just discovered America, but… Since I got to experiment with Spring, TestNG, serialization, Java6’s support for annotations and ExtJS, I’m enjoying developing web applications. I’m sure the novelty will wear off soon enough. I’ll meet that perfect bug that will drive me crazy and I’ll learn to hate all…
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Desktop versus Mobile Computing
Despite my best attempts to avoid the desktop, I can’t seem to completely avoid it. Not that I can’t in practice. Rather the desktop proves to be mindbogglingly useful as a productivity platform. For one, typing with a full ten fingers really gets things done. Second, screen real estate is cheap and allows for vast…
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A Return to Mobility
As a happy owner of a Nokia 5800 smartphone, I quickly realized the potential of this gadget as a great pocket-sized mobile computer. Unfortunately, for the longest time I relied completely on wireless access points. With the lack of a physical slideout keyboard, this phone felt like a step down from the N810 Internet tablet.…
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Move It!
Today I realized I need to get a move on. I realize now that I must capitalize on the opportunity that is justCheckers. Originally I set up as a project to learn and advance my skills in programming Java and project management. I learned a great deal from that project. And after the project’s stalling,…
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A Mobile Internet for a Frantic Lifestyle
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day, and I hope everyone not had a great holiday but also found a myriad of reasons to be thankful for. I know I did. But now I’m going to hijack that thought. I’m thankful that I subscribed to that data plan. Well, we’ll see how thankful I’ll be with the inflated…
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The Madness Subsides
I apologize for the silence of in the last few days. Things really picked up at work, to the point of insanity. Fortunately yesterday I managed to get the component I was working on out the door. Still a good amount of overtime was required by the entire team to get our part done. Hopefully…
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Identi.ca Updates for 2009-09-29
Apparently today I woke up as a braindead, clumsy zombie. So far no casualties at work due to transformation. Still I need braaaainns. # Reached hypercaffeinated state, will code like crazy until the next refill. Fingers crossed that I make it before the code freeze. # Alright! Now on to fleshing out 2 or 3…
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Identi.ca Updates for 2009-09-28
Building a few more UIs in ExtJS. Outlook for the day: Busy, very busy. # On to building a whack load of Oracle DAOs. Wishing the firm started using the full power of an app server. Pity it isn’t gonna happen. # Powered by modified Twitter Tools.
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Looking Forward: Ubuntu’s App Store
Ubuntu developers will be releasing the beta of the next major version of Ubuntu Linux: 9.10 sometime in the next two weeks. Yours truly, plans on upgrading my main home system to help with the beta test. With every release I’m expecting a rather incremental improvement. However the real interest feature (which I doubt will…
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Fake Linus @ LinuxCON
And something for your weekend viewing pleasure: a parody for the “Fake Linus” that appeared on Twitter/identi.ca as part of the prelude to the Linux Foundation‘s new convention in Portland, Oregon: LinuxCON (And yes, I am thinking of updating this blog on a DAILY and not just weekday-ly basis. 😉 )