Dev, Travel, Blogging

Over a decade of progressive professional software development experience in conjunction with more than two decades as a hobbyist developer has pushed me to reduce the burden of support and cost of delivery by writing highly-maintainable software of the highest caliber.

This blog is intended to be a personal collection of experiences/rants, journaling to tech related, things and other things that may be appropriate to share in a blog.

• Getting Over Writer’s Block

  Posted on February 11, 2013

  A while ago, Tim Ferris was asked how he was able to accomplish the task of writing books of considerable length. The advice that he was given was: Write 2-3 sentences every day. I cannot recall who was the interviewer or the advisor. Note to the reader: It is possible... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • blogging
  • documentation
  • self improvement
  • writing

• Review: The Java Virtual Machine Specification: Second Edition (Java 2 Platform)

  Posted on February 8, 2013

  Despite the age and subtitle. This book is still relevant for the Java 6 and 7 platform. The Java Virtual Machine Specification,by Tim Lindholm and Frank Yellin, is a specification book from a pre-Oracle time. The book goes over how the Java language is structured and designed. This is a... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • books
  • bytecode
  • development
  • java
  • reviews
  • software

• Features I'd like to see Added in Wikis

  Posted on February 7, 2013

  For the last decade, wikis have not changed very much. Even minor features such as AJAX support are still uncommon items. The following is a list of features I’d like to see added. A few of these items are available as plugins, however I am referring to having these features... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • development
  • essay
  • feature-requests
  • features
  • opensource
  • opinion
  • software
  • wiki

• Progress on Tech Resolutions of 2013

  Posted on February 6, 2013

  Earlier this year I made a few resolutions for this year. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • development
  • groovy
  • java
  • linux
  • maven
  • resolutions
  • self improvement
  • technology

• New Repository ogg2mp3

  Posted on February 4, 2013

  Ogg2mp3 is a new script that I adapted from a flac2mp3 script I found elsewhere online. The script allows for you to convert an entire directory of ogg files into their similar MP3 version. This helps those who have MP3 device and players, which do not include support for OGG... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • conversion-script
  • development
  • ffmpeg
  • linux
  • mp3
  • ogg
  • software
  • tools

• Interesting finds of the Week [Week of the 20January 2013]

  Posted on January 28, 2013

  Here is yet another installment of things I found interesting/learned this week. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • development
  • flying
  • interesting
  • java
  • jbod
  • open source
  • opensource

• In Support Of Maven

  Posted on January 25, 2013

  In the last few days there has been an article completely bashing Maven on hacker news. I found this a little aggravating. Much of the article spent time complaining about how the files are structured, and how much effort it takes to maintain a Maven file. Also, the article complained... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • ant
  • automake
  • buildsystems
  • development
  • java
  • maven
  • opinion
  • software
  • tomcat7
  • tools

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