Out with the Old in with the…VirtualBox
I’ve used VMWare on and off ever since it first came out. Both the server and workstations products revolutionized the data center and brought huge power to a developer. These days I’m back into...
Tarn Aeluin Blog
Beren & Dior Advance in Shotokan
My son Dior and I started Shotokan “hard-style” karate last fall. If you are not familiar with the martial arts, Shotokan is the traditional form of Karate developed on the island of Okinawa and...
Instant Messaging: Boon or Curse?
All of us that are in a global setting – or even a national setting here in the wide-open USA – are using some kind of near real time instant messaging stuff…like instant messaging...
10 Tools to Keep a Programmer Happy
All programmers have their set of tools that keep them happy and moving ahead. I work with a lot of technologies: PHP, Java SE, Java ME, Drupal, Oracle, J2EE, .NET, and a few others....
A Saab Birthday Gift x 2
It has been a little over one year since I picked up my Turbo X. A pretty decent set of timing that Saab have all but announced the purchase of their company by Swedish...
Creating A Thick Java Application – in 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...
