30. Dezember 2007 - 15:27
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Today, I wanted to set up a Tomcat engine that runs on some 80xx port so that it looks like a usual web server running on port 80. I had to fiddle with the settings for some time and maybe, you have got the same steps to do, so this is what I did:
3. Dezember 2007 - 18:14
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Recently, I upgraded to Leopard on my MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, it contains a firewall that is not based on port numbers but on the name of the executable application. For me as a Java guy, this means that I can only grant access to Java programs as a whole, not access to a particular port [...]
24. November 2007 - 13:15
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Is this the reason why Apple does not provide Java 6 for Mac OS X Leopard? A Java 6 open source port is coming! Until now, I did not have time to try it. The description on the website says that the UI components are for use with X11. On the Mac, X11 is available [...]
21. November 2007 - 19:12
Verfasst unter Soft skills | 3 Kommentare
Can you define the word “confusion”? For me, it simply means that somebody is trying to do two (or more) different things at the same time.
Example: You work as an architect in a software project. Customers bombard you with new requirements every day. You have series of meetings with different groups of them in the [...]
21. November 2007 - 18:29
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In recent projects, I encounter increasingly heterogeneous development teams. Some develop here, some next door, some in another city, some across the world in India. Sometimes, I watch one of those teams when they meet people from another team for the first time. In that kind of situation, they almost always question what the other [...]
20. November 2007 - 19:47
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Mark Masterson reasoned in his recent blog entry about why it is possible for a customer to change requirements so often, even fundamental ones that change the whole software development solution. He answers:
The physical laws of the universe constrain a customer, requesting the design and construction of a physical object, from changing their mind about [...]
30. Oktober 2007 - 18:31
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Mean trick: If someone tries to nail you down in a dialogue, simply ask him a few silly questions and he will be lost. This entry in a German psychology blog explains what happens when you do. Be sure, you will never hear such questions from me, by the way.
27. Oktober 2007 - 18:10
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Adrian Grigoriu wrote What an enterprise architect needs to know, a nice starting point for a shopping list about the basic knowledge that somebody like me needs…
Thanks for compiling the list, Adrian!
25. Juni 2007 - 20:58
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Imagine you see “the most beautiful girl in the world” sitting in the same restaurant, within 20 meters around you? Wouldn’t it be cool to know what’s her name and whether she also likes to chase wombats in Australia, like you do? Well, here is the solution: Look on the display of your mobile phone, [...]
1. Mai 2007 - 14:59
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Just found a wonderful piece of art this week:
William Engelen, an artist from Berlin, started a new project in Bonn, Germany. He tries to teach Beethovens “Ode an die Freude” to the blackbirds that live in Bonn. The blackbird (in German: “Amsel”) is a very talented singer and repeats melodies that it hears in public [...]
