So what is The Leviathan? And even more importantly what are the Leviathan Chronicles? Well, in short it’s a podcast. But it is so much more. When you first go to the website you are greeted with an extremely compelling user interface that takes you into another world. Once you read the description of what …
Does Amazon know what I am looking for more than the search phrase that I just typed in? Perhaps… but perhaps not so much. I was recently searching around Amazon for a few separate classes of items. The first thing I searched for was headphones and headsets with microphones. Following that I decided to turn …
So I was doing some research on MySQL database security and wanted to do a quick search for two runtime configuration parameters. I did a search for –secure-auth and –old-passwords on google. Do you think I saw any results concerning MySQL database flags? Nope. I saw two hits. One was a YouTube video of Dr …
This is Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell from his album Rebel Yell. Last night a little dancer Came dancin’ to my door Last night a little angel Came pumpin cross my floor She said honey baby You got a license for love And if it expires Bring hell from above because In the midnight hour she …
Build Seamless, Fully Functional Forms with No Coding Collis Ta’eed provides and excellent tutorial on using the Wufoo site to generate web forms with no coding. There are lots of pictures and code samples. JDK 6 Update 7: Java VisualVM Included Geertjan Wielenga gives an honest review of the latest Java Development Kit’s new features, …
The Problem I recently had a problem. I am a software developer and as such I use source control. For this purpose I generally prefer Subversion. I have been keeping my source repositories on an external drive with the intention to back them up to another secure location periodically (yeah, that never happens). I looked …
This is a hilarious manualist/violin quartet produced by the same guy. He plays two separate violin parts and then two parts on his hands (hand farting). Now that is talent!
I have recently discovered Hulu. I’ve not been much of a sit down and watch T.V. person for quite some time. I work from home so if there is a choice between being productive or “vegging” out in from of the television I usually end up back in front of my computer. The advent of …
I just read this fairly interesting commentary on the future of the Java programming language. It was written by Joe Winchester for Sys-Con’s Java Developers Journal. What Does the Future Hold for the Java Language?
This is Star Wars Cantina by Richard Cheese (aka Mark Jonathan Davis). It’s a funny song with Star Wars lyrics set to the tune of Copacabana by Barry Manilow. (Help me Obi-wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope) (R2-D2) Her name was Leia, she was a princess, with a danish on each ear, and Darth Vader …