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Author Archives: Jay
read the fabric-care labels…
Note:this starts out as a rubbish about fabric-care… It turns out that just because something is 100% cotton does not mean you simply wash it in warm water, or add fabric softener during the rinse cycle. Based on some horrible … Continue reading
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oh how true…
Today’s Dilbert strip is a poignant one. I tend to have tons of time on my hands; enough to read this strip, write a post on it, and think about how ironic this all is. If you read his God’s … Continue reading
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good article(s)…
Eoin Woods (an enterprise architect for UBS Investment Bank) wrote a solid 2-part article basically describing how to avoid some common architectural pitfalls. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2. Worth reading.
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searching hibernate…
Hibernate Search (Search) is well-documented, with a clean and easy to use API. The first line in its architectural overview states that it “…consists of an indexing and an index search engine. Both are backed by Apache Lucene.” It’s really … Continue reading
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natural progression…
OK, for the most part, if your application (commercial or otherwise) has a small, let’s say trivial amount of data. Simply retrieving as few hundred records and displaying them shouldn’t be too IO intensive. but with natural progression, some trivial … Continue reading
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practice makes greatnesss…
I came across this article that discusses a but of greats (in sports and business), and I thought the last few paragraphs were very poignant: For most people, work is hard enough without pushing even harder. Those extra steps are … Continue reading
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netflix, finally…
First off, I like Netflix a lot. However, like most real companies, with customers and stuff like that, they can be slow to add fairly simple features. The feature I have in mind is pre-fetching. It’s not that hard to … Continue reading
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and we’re back…
OK, so I’m back on the online, and attempting to be productive. I got the new machine with Vista Home Premium, thinking it couldn’t be that bad. Well, it’s not that bad, but it does have its quirks. The UI … Continue reading
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worst shipping company ever…
Today was the first day I’ve ever written an angry letter (OK, paragraph) to a company (Dell, about my new laptop). The reason was not the company itself, but the shipping company, DHL. I will keep this short, a simple … Continue reading
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that’s great advise…
No matter how strong you think you are, no man (person) is an island. In your everyday life, you need some form of guidance. This is regardless of whether you are a religious person. From time to time, you need … Continue reading
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