Web Development
Testing/Trialing new MySQL Releases
By now, I’m sure you have all heard about Free VMware Player allowing easy and quick access to see, view and use other OS’s easily. For those Windows users out there, now is your chance to trial MySQL under Linux with no impact to your system, why wait.
Read moreRunning Internet Exploder (ie) under Linux
It’s really so simple, I’m surprised it doesn’t come bundled in distros. (Well I take that back, I’m as anti-microsoft as you can get, but unfortunately, we have to lower ourselves and our good work to the power of Bill who has it over those uninformed majority being brainwashed with a non-standard and flawed browser, that you have to break your code to get to work for it somethings).
Read moreAnother Enterprise LAMP stack provider
ActiveGrid, the Enterprise LAMP company, provides a service-oriented application platform built on the lightweight architecture of the proven LAMP software infrastructure stack. ActiveGrid Enterprise LAMP simplifies and speeds the development of service-oriented applications that weave together existing enterprise systems into new rich web applications and services.
Read moreBlog/Wiki Spamming – What makes your blood boil
Well this is low. I’ve just been spammed on my Wiki . And it was cunning, I just found it by accident. An enterprising hacker embedded into my Home Page hidden links that were not visible via normal page view, but ultimately would be via a search bot or some other means.
Read more404 File Not Found
Shamelessly stolen from REALITY 2.0 by Doc Searls. (You know the web, page here today, gone tomorrow. If I just have the link, you may not be able to appreciate the image in the future)
Read moreSupport for Technology Stacks
As part of my next conference presentation Overcoming the Challenges of Establishing Service and Support Channels I’ve been struggling to find with my professional sources, any quality organisations that provide full support for a technology stack, for example a LAMP stack, or a Java Servlet stack.
Read moreRuby
Being a little despondent regarding Spring, a framework I’ve chosen to skill up in Read More , I’ve changed tack to investigate further Ruby. I was in a training demonstration of Ruby late last year, I’ve had other colleagues talk about it, and in a number of readings of late, Ruby has been making an impact, so time to delve in.
Read moreAdding to the Library Collection
I took the chance today to order some books from Amazon today to add to the library. Of course I’m still reading 2 current books Spring in Action and the MySQL Certification Study Guide in order to site the second MySQL Professional Certification Exam.
Read moreDecember Java Users Group talk on AJAX
I attended the December meeting of the Brisbane Java Users Group last night. The presenters Alex and Brad from Working Mouse a Brisbane Based J2EE Solutions Provider gave a talk on AJAX.
Read moreWeb 2.0 Design Patterns
In his book, “A Pattern Language”, Christopher Alexander prescribes a format for the concise description of the solution to architectural problems. He writes: “Each pattern describes a problem that occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice.
Read moreWhat Is Web 2.0?
In his article What Is Web 2.0 – Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software Tim O’Reilly gives a very detailed description of these seven principles.
Read moreMyths Open Source Developers Tell Ourselves
Some interesting points from this ONLamp article on Myths Open Source Developers Tell Ourselves Publishing your Code Will Attract Many Skilled and Frequent Contributors Myth: Publicly releasing open source code will attract flurries of patches and new contributors.
Read moreWeb 2.0. Not to be confused with Internet2
What is Web 2.0? Well the definitions out there aren’t clear and precise. Tim O’Reilly from O’Reilly Publishing has a detailed description at http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6228 . (More notes from this below) His compact description is:
Read moreQuotes from Web 2.0 Conference Web Site
I’m writing something about Web 2.0, but I got distracted by the random header quotes that appear on the website at www.web2con.com . Never being a Simpon’s fan, but it reminds me of those sites out there with all Bart’s blackboard quotes.
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