Technical Review

Creating A Thick Java Application – in 2009?

Beren Erchamion
May 23, 2009

Has the web become so pervasive that thick client applications are obsolete? Of course we all use a thick client application once in a while – Office, Photoshop, Nero, Eclipse, and CCleaner are good examples, but how many of us…

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J2ME Development: NetBeans 6.7M2 vs. Eclipse MTJ 0.91

Beren Erchamion
March 15, 2009

J2ME development is fun stuff I think. For some reason it is cool to deploy your own apps to a cellphone or a smartphone. Add in a thrill factor based on the real potential of trashing your link to the…

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Technical Review

Yikes – Disk Full! Acronis Disk Director 10 – Great Stuff

Beren Erchamion
March 5, 2009

Recently I got a fresh drive from my IT guys…and well of course its lots of fun to chuck mud at them, but what’s the point? I asked for a bigger drive because I do a lot of stuff and…

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Practical Tips for Working with Oracle 11g

Beren Erchamion
February 8, 2009

We all know this happens. No matter how hard we try at some point we have to work with a product that we don’t really like, but a customer or employer does. Usually it is not worth quitting over (unless…

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A Penguin Deathmatch? Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10

Beren Erchamion
December 23, 2008

After several weeks of trying I finally had to give in to my sweaty and now pruney hands. I could not get the heat out of my Ubuntu install on my T60p laptop. I tried everything…CPU monitors, tuning down the…

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Technical Review

Spending a Day with Ubuntu

Beren Erchamion
December 11, 2008

I recently got a chance to spend an entire working day with Ubuntu at my employer. This is sad, but I grabbed the wrong laptop on the way into work and when I emerged from standby lo and behold I…

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