Tarn Aeluin

10 Tools to Keep a Programmer Happy

Beren Erchamion
June 13, 2009

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. I get lots of questions from…

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Saab

A Saab Birthday Gift x 2

Beren Erchamion
June 12, 2009

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 super-car designer and producer Koenigsegg (say…

2 min read

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…

6 min read

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…

9 min read

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…

3 min read

J2EE/Java

Alfresco – A Good Sauce or Just Another Meal?

Beren Erchamion
February 21, 2009

CMS platforms seem to be a dime a dozen these days. Plone, Drupal, Joomla, SharePoint…the list goes on and on. I’ve used many of these tools over the past four or five years. I’ve always though Plone was the best…

11 min read

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