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.

• Things I Wish Existed a Long Time ago: Unit Test Reporting

  Posted on October 4, 2011

  Reporting is, generally, one of the most boring tasks/subsections of Software Developments. The level of “uninterestingness” is exemplified by the “TPS” reports in OfficeSpace. However, reports can be awesome. They can be incredibly useful when they help you if they  accomplish your tasks, are interactive, and show data in a... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • development
  • java
  • software
  • technical
  • unittesting

• Fixing Classpath Issues with JasperReports, J2EE, and Maven

  Posted on September 30, 2011

  If you are having issues with bundling JasperReports, a J2EE server, and Maven, you are not alone. There are many bumps in the road for getting JasperReports integrated with Tomcat/J2EE Container and building with Maven. Hopefully, this blog entry will make things slightly easier. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • j2ee
  • jasperreports
  • java
  • maven
  • pom.xml
  • reports
  • software
  • technical
  • technology
  • tomcat

• Train Stations

  Posted on April 19, 2011

  Keeping to a similar topic as the last few posts, I thought I’d come up with a list of the train stations that I have got on a train at or got off. Passing through, or stopping for a break does not count. [For those overseas: Amtrak stops for cigarette... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • highspeedrail
  • lists
  • trains
  • travel

• Update to NC - High Speed Rail

  Posted on April 16, 2011

  Link to the High Speed Rail Meeting in Raleigh 5 April 2011 [Read More]

• "The World Has Changed"

  Posted on April 5, 2011

  Many people claim that “The World Has Changed” when they see something they don’t recognize from before. This common phrase is a cliché. It is cliché that is used, and abused, without actual regard to gradual change or reflection of major influences. The most irritating resultant of this phrase is... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • cliches
  • linguistics
  • phrases
  • rant

• Letter To Rep Killian (R) on the bill "No High-Speed Rail Money from Federal Gov't."

  Posted on March 29, 2011

  Dear Mr. Killian, [Read More]

  Tags:

  • highspeedrail
  • politics

• Selling Technology Solutions to the Classroom

  Posted on March 29, 2011

  Technology, since the introduction of a computer that doesn’t take an entire room, has always been suggested for educational purposes. Technology is sold as an existing off the shelf solution for teaching the youth of the country that it happens to be in. Policymakers and lobbyists tend to sell the... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • essay
  • market
  • products
  • technology

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