Category Archives: Tech

PHP-on-Tomcat (Part II)

The original goal of being able to run PHP on top of Tomcat was to allow simple development of PHP based applications like WordPress and/or bbPress. To get these working I needed a database. The wildly popular mySQL database has a nice installer for OS X. Mine installed to /usr/local. I did the install ages

PHP-on-Tomcat

I am generally a Java programmer (if my day-job is to be believed) and hacking my way through Apache configuration isnt my idea of a fun evening. For some odd reason my trusty old black MacBook hasnt had the best of times when I try to enable “web sharing” and then try executing PHP scripts

Let me count the ways

Eclipse IDE How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. I hate thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I loathe thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I

Blogging

Never before have so many people    with so little to say       said so much          to so few.

And the score: IBM 0 / MacBook 2

What an amazingly frustrating weekend. <sigh /> The annoying IBM Thinkpad refused to connect … neither wired, or wireless (on any one of three different wireless networks, no less). On the other hand my trusty MacBook hopped online in every given scenario. Oh, and before this turns into a Windows vs. Apple cage match, the

SCRUM in the news

The gaming site Gamasutra recently posted an article about EA building “Battlefield Heroes”, and how their use of an agile SCRUM-based development methodology allowed them to release in the aggressive timescales that the executives asked for. Very cool!

WrimoRadio

Every year during the National Novel Writing Month they publish a weekly podcast called “WrimoRadio“. I have been consistently impressed with the quality and have thought to send in a small editorial piece to them but was too busy with other things (like writing a 50,000 word novel in a month). I am very tempted

Random bits

A couple of news stories on the English “Daily Telegraph” news site caught my eye. First one that said: Legal bid to stop CERN atom smasher from ‘destroying the world’ The world’s biggest and most expensive scientific experiment has been hit by a last minute legal challenge, amid claims that the research could bring about

Einstein Quote

What a genius: Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. — Albert Einstein Apply it early and apply it often.

Send & receive email

Zawinski’s Law of Software Envelopment Every program attempts to expand until it can read email. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can. — Jamie Zawinski