Yesterday I took on the task of migrating a remote SVN repository to GIT.  I recently bought a small cloud server from Rackspace with the goal of amalgamating various services I had hosted previously at Webfaction. The SVN –> GIT migration...

A couple weeks back I set out to upgrade the version of Hibernate Search that one of our applications was using. The boys at JBoss had recently released Hibernate Search 3.2.0 and it looked pretty sweet. The possibility of performance improvements...

A couple weeks back I made a trip down to Seattle in search of an iPad. BestBuy was a complete bust, they get ~10 units in per week and quickly sell out. If you really want one, you're going to have to visit an actual Apple store. That same weekend, I...

We’re looking for a few talented developers to join our ranks. GenoLogics is a leading provider of lab informatics solutions for translational research, with solutions crossing the clinical and discovery domains. GenoLogics focuses on providing...

I was fortunate enough to recently have my 3 year old MacBook Pro retired from service. A new and much faster one has appeared in its place. Old Laptop (2.333ghz, 5400rpm HD, 3GB DDR2) mvn clean install - 8-10 minutes depending on system load mvn clean...

The act of writing good software is as much process execution as it is source code generation. Follow the right process and it can be a tremendously enjoyable experience. There's nothing I like better than to come home from a day in the office and marvel...

It’s a constant debate that we fight on a daily basis, is the work we’ve completed good enough, or is important enough to spend an extra half day or day(s) perfecting. Often times we’re forced to make sacrifices, but when is it the right time to...

I set about the other day to use JAXB-annotated classes to generate some JSON as part of some web services work. The trivial case worked. @XmlRootElement public class ExtMessage {     private String owner; ...

Very good article over on Smart Bear about small companies behaving like small companies when it comes to interacting with customers, and not pretending to be something they aren’t.   I won’t claim to work for a big company, it’s still very...

I must admit that I’ve been a terrible blogger these past few months. I blame Twitter!   Now that fall is upon us, I’m going to try and write more than 140 characters on a somewhat regular basis. ...