Category Archives: Geek Speak

011000010010001010100011 and assorted other geek babble

Spring Annotations That Look More Like the Disease Than the Cure #Java

First off, I will preface this post with the caveat that I have a lot of respect for the Spring framework and the talented engineers who brought it [..]

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A renewed interest in Web 2.0

I’ve been doing “web stuff” since the mid-90s, both for fun and in various consulting and full-time professional engagements.  My focus has been primarily on Java web and [..]

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Motorola Cliq Android 2.1 Update

Cliq owners everywhere likely appreciate the device’s hardware as much as I do.  The software is another thing entirely, weighed down heavily by Motoblur and other customized software [..]

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Android Application Development

I have started meandering down the road toward being a proficient Android mobile application developer.  I downloaded the SDK and Eclipse plugin last night and started working on [..]

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MacBook Pro Teardown

Dented Case Damaged LCD Bare Display Assembly I tore the upper display assembly of the MacBook Pro down to bare metal last night. Found some good articles online [..]

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Why Apple Will No Longer Be Part of My Life

Just a few weeks ago, I would have recommended an Apple product to anyone. My wife and I own 3 iPods and 2 portable computers–an iBook G4 and [..]

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Oh, the Insanity… In Soviet America the Internet Visits You

Two of my great interests are politics and technology. Most politicians are brain-dead about technology, and most of my techie friends don’t give a crap about politics. This [..]

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Contract-driven web services with JAX-WS

Attentive readers will notice that I have previously advocated both contract-first web services and JAX-WS. Although these might seem like contradictory concepts at first glance, I believe I [..]

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Imaginary people and the art of software estimation

When asked to estimate software development, either unilaterally or as part of a team, there are a number of pitfalls you might encounter. You might be building software [..]

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Propagating web application credentials through JAX-WS and Spring Security

I am a big fan of EJB3, but I think certain integration realities in an enterprise environment can limit its relevance. While recently working with EJB3 stateless session [..]

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