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.

• Two Issues I have With IntelliJ: Inconsistent building, and GUIs

  Posted on February 13, 2013

  During the massive end-of-days sale, I bought a copy of IntelliJ. I have been primarily a NetBeans developer, but I have used IntelliJ at a previous job. So two of the things that irritated me have been: the inconsistent build support and IntelliJ’s handling of Java GUIs. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • build systems
  • development
  • gui
  • intellij
  • maven
  • netbeans
  • tools

• Make Mobile Phone Unlocking Legal Again

  Posted on February 12, 2013

  Recently, an exemption from the DMCA that allows for mobile phone unlocking was removed. Now anyone who unlocks a mobile phone is participating in an “illegal act.” That’s right, a device that you may have paid for, or have over paid [if you’ve had the phone long enough, and bought... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • mobile phones
  • opinion
  • petition
  • politcs
  • rants

• 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

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