Stuff to research: JDO on Cassandra, GIT on Windows, Restlet, VMForce
Just had evening of just trying out stuff and not finishing anything on my Windows machine. I wanted to try out a persistence API for Cassandra. There’s a JPA implementation…
Author: gerbrand
Database upgrade during deployment
I want to create an installation package of a Java application. Part of the installation involves upgrading a SQL database (Oracle) – by running a few SQL scripts. Creating the…
Motorola milestone: frustating as hell
Since a few weeks I have a Motorola Milestone, the European version of the Motorola Droid. For a small computer/handheld works very well. I can browse, use email, install application,…
Apple: 32 bit or 64 bit
I am about to download the latest version of Eclipse IDE, Helios. Naturally there are packages for various types of platforms. I know I have a Mac, however I also…
Apprentice in software
When you want to become a pilot, you’ll first have to be a co-pilot (after your training). You’ll won’t become a medical professional without working with an experienced doctor first.…
Virtual secretary
Most of my friends are in there are twenty/thirty something and have quite a busy (social live). Making appointsments can be quite cumbersome, especially when multiple people are involved. Fortunately,…
Springsource and electric cars
Just read an article on electric cars in of the Saturday’s edition of the NRC – a Dutch newspaper, which can be found online at the authors blog (in Dutch).…
Proxying authentication using JBoss
Wouldn’t it be nice if the connection to the database is done using the same username as the username used to login to a (JEE) application? Oracle has a solution…
Scala and Java
When you say Ruby, you say Rails. When you say Groovy, you say unit-tests, scripting and integration. Well that might be over-acted, but that’s what most people make of it.…
Google Docs and MS-Office
Google Docs is a great tool store and edit documents online. MS-Office is a pretty good tool as well. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could open documents stored at…