Towards the end of every week, my version of WebLogic stops cooperating and shows a memory error when I try to start it. Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for object heap Could not create … Continue reading
The Keeping it Realtime Conference in Portland showcased bleeding edge technology that will no doubt create waves, perhaps even a boom in technology akin to what Ruby on Rails did a few years ago. The Keeping it Realtime conference could … Continue reading
McDonald’s has a checklist for making a Big Mac, but surgeons also use checklists so they don’t cut off the wrong limb of a patient. Checklists sound mundane, but they ensure quality. In the case of a Big Mac, the … Continue reading
I met Aaron Williamson at OSCON this year. Aaron works as a legal counselor at the Software Freedom Law Center in New York. He is an expert on software law and open source licensing. After one of his talks I approached him … Continue reading
There are four-year-olds with better drawing skills than me. Thankfully, there is the Open Icon Library project to take care of all my icon needs. It is full of useful icons, indicators, alerts, flags, etc… The images are professional and polished … Continue reading
This post covers a few fun and useful browser based ‘CSS builder’ tools. They generate CCS3 effects on the fly and take the headache out of making them work across modern browsers. Check out http://caniuse.com/ for a complete source of … Continue reading
As a follow on to my last post about PHP memory consumption, I wanted to get some ideas out there about memory utilization. This post explores: An equation for the maximum number of users an application can support on a … Continue reading
I ran some tests across different PHP frameworks to see how much memory a single page request uses (FatFree, Symfony 1.0x, WordPress, and Drupal). I also asked some colleagues to share what they got. This is based on PHP 5.2 … Continue reading
Made my first ever open source release tonight! Android Float Picker Widget Float Picker Widget is an open source Android based widget for picking a number using plus and minus buttons, no typing required. Could be used for picking specific … Continue reading
I introduced MongoDB to a colleague today (version 1.8.1 to be exact). He comes from a RDBMS, 3rd normal form, relational background. Here’s what he said. Keep in mind, we have a healthy humor level going at the office. I … Continue reading
