Why iCloud isn’t Going to Kill Dropbox
One of the most exciting new features in iOS5 is the iCloud. It is a very cool way of easily making it possible for iOS applications to sync data to the cloud. Apple provides an easy to use API which...
View ArticleThe Art of Community – Jono Bacon
The Art of Community provides good coverage of community, helping readers to think about building a community and the tasks and work involved in doing so. For me this book comes at a good time as I...
View ArticleInter-Servlet Communication using a request dispatcher
In code, here is how to pull in data from a different JEE web-app String pathToWebApp ="/otherApp" String pathToServlet ="/myServlet" //relative to the otherApp context ServletContext configContext =...
View ArticleRule Zero for writing a JavaScript Widget
If you are adding ID’s you are doing something wrong. This will cause issues for people who want to have multiple copies of the widget in the page. There is to much risk of ID collision. There is...
View ArticleMounting a folder on OSX over SSH
It’s suprisingly easy to mount a folder via ssh. This is especially useful when you need to access something via ssh tunnels. Following is the process to follow when using an ssh tunnel. To do without...
View ArticleExecuting Play! from outside of Play! code
As I’ve said earlier, I think that the Play! framework is lovely. It makes it easy to develop and write code quickly. One of the ways that it enables this is through performing runtime byte code...
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The Shack — Book Review
I have just finished reading the book The Shack. Through its powerful narrative story, The Shack presents the most powerful images of God that I have seen for a long time. The book challenges the...
View ArticleBayside House For Sale
My father-in-law is experimenting with selling his home privately. I’m not sure how it will go, but it will be interesting to see how the internet helps make it all happen. He’s started with an early...
View ArticleUCSB iCTF 2008 Notes Before Sleeping
Another UCSB iCTF is over, and I'm once again wishing that the earth was flat. It is a fun competition, but entering from Australia is a pain when the competition starts at 2:00AM AEST. Thanks to the...
View ArticleMore Photo’s from Ike
After seeing Kristin’s blog make it to planet Ephox (welcome to the team Kristin), and her post on some great pictures from Houston, I had to share some of the ones I came across… First of all The...
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