tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56940092011-12-14T21:38:23.247-05:00Reflections on Tech. LifeObservations about Technology by an Information Technology 20 yr Vet.Ariusnoreply@blogger.comBlogger771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-50570035851881368902007-01-09T14:16:00.000-05:002007-01-11T10:23:37.723-05:00iPhone will blow your mind! It's a mobile phone and iPod and a Black Berry style email client and has an internet browser as well.The interface is patented and revolutionary as a touch screen interface that also understands gestures. You can view an image and gesture to enlarge it by touching the screen with your thumb and index finger and spreading them as you touch the screen. Awesome!The phoneAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1167947710792447762007-01-04T16:48:00.000-05:002007-01-04T19:26:57.066-05:00Steve Jobs Executive Meeting predicts Apple IPhoneWow! It's been a long time since I've posted. I've been really busy but that is no excuse is it.Here is an article that caught my eye. It discusses what an Executive Meeting at Apple where Steve Jobs attends. It was contribute by David Sobotta who was formerly the federal sales manager at Apple. His blog is at viewfromthemountain.typepad.com/Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1156192006212334832006-08-21T16:18:00.000-04:002006-08-21T16:26:46.226-04:00Here is an innovative marketing idea that realizes just how accustomed to technology we have become.HP Founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard are sculpted into cardboard cutouts along with a picture of the Garage where they founded the company. A Cell Phone and a GPS were added so that the progress of the sculpture could be tracked.Instructions were written on the back asking willing Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1150310880320991302006-06-14T14:48:00.000-04:002006-06-14T14:48:00.373-04:00This is just plain tech cool!These guys have created a user interface that is very invocative of Steven Speilberg's "The Minoriy Report" and the scene where Tom Cruise plays a detective who is using a computer to solve crimes where the system user must use hand gestures and voice commands to operate the operating system.In this case they use it with Google Earth and Warcaft. Warcraft III and Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1144959232111149852006-04-13T16:13:00.000-04:002006-04-13T16:13:52.166-04:00Hmm. Just found out about this:Ourmedia Homepage OurmediaNeed to check this out later.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1144939908388824782006-04-13T10:51:00.000-04:002006-04-13T10:51:48.456-04:00You can never have enough good Example Oracle Code:I was glad to find this link today:Oracle.Otnsamples.Oracle9ijdbc.Conncachesample.Conncachebean (Java2html)You can start at the top from here:http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/files/9i_jdbc/Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1142961776667987532006-03-21T12:22:00.001-05:002006-03-21T14:00:52.340-05:00Google has launched their own Finance Site. It is similar to Yahoo! finance.Now you can track your favourite stock. Even the Canadian ones like:Google Finance: Tri-Vision International Ltd.I've noticed in the past that some less known stocks or smaller companies are not well covered by some financial sites but Google Finance seems to treat all that I have tried equally well.The Financial Chart isAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1142565576839676562006-03-16T22:19:00.000-05:002006-03-18T08:27:34.596-05:00Sky Showbiz - Exciting Star Wars News: "Star Wars fans, prepare to be thrilled.The Force is getting a whole new lease of life in the shape of a brand new TV series.Star Wars creator George Lucas has agreed to make 100 episodes, covering the years between prequel Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith and the first 1977 Star Wars movie.Series producer Rick McCullum told the Daily Mirror: "We're very Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1135962264077743732005-12-30T12:04:00.000-05:002005-12-30T12:04:24.120-05:00"Setup is currently unable to detect available updates. Please try again later.""Setup is currently unable to detect available updates. Please try again later."Just to make sure this useful info gets found:"Setup is currently unable to detect available updates. Please try again later.""Setup is currently unable to detect available updates. Please try again later."MPSetup.exe Windows 2000 W2K pro Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1135872504615365552005-12-29T10:59:00.000-05:002005-12-29T11:08:24.626-05:00Every now and then Technology will dissapoint us.Case in point. I notice an O2Micro Secure Digital card slot on the right side of my hp/compaq nw8000. I think, "Perfect, I can make use of that for handy personal file storage and backup.". Afterall redundancy is the best fail safe.After finding a 150x (high speed) 2GB Secure Digital card and paying too much for it at local prices.I put the Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1132543432700267402005-11-20T22:23:00.000-05:002006-05-17T23:07:01.416-04:00If you admire beauty and value good health well then by all means check out this beauty and healthsite.If you are an Ali Landry or Paris Hilton or Monica Bellucci fan;They have some great pictures.See:They also have Heidi Klum. Yum!Ariusnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1131472717146544432005-11-08T12:58:00.000-05:002005-11-08T12:58:37.180-05:00If you live in the Boston Area.
Be sure to check out the Museum of Science.
They have an exhibit called Star Wars Where Science Meets Imagination.
Highlights include the Jump to Lightspeed.
Where you tour our Galaxy in the cockpit of the Millenium Flacon.
Also the Robot Object Theater Debate:
Meet C-3P0 and a Roboticist.
They discuss how possible R2D2 really is and modern developments in Ariusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1130953739314053862005-11-02T12:43:00.000-05:002005-11-08T13:10:58.106-05:00So I, like a million others I suppose, ran out and got the Star Wars Revenge of the Sith DVD.Here are some video captures:I imagine a conversation like this taking place during the editing of the above scene between Continuity Guys on the set of Revenge of the Sith:Continuity Guy 1:Hold it; Stop everything! Hey I think we just killed Obi Wan!Continuity Guy 2:Nah it just a scratch, see Anakin justAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1130876412662992462005-11-01T15:17:00.000-05:002005-11-01T15:49:37.686-05:00I admit it, I'm a big Star Wars fan.I'm even a fan of Star Wars fan films.Pink 5's Amy Earhart is the grand daughter of Ameila Earhart.She and the rest of the cast create a truly entertaining series of short films that capture events taking place around the events of the OT (Original Trilogy) Star Wars films.Check them out at http://rop5.blogspot.com/:Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1130166096513517542005-10-24T11:01:00.000-04:002005-10-24T11:01:36.570-04:00Need some extra computational processing power for your next project? Maybe the folks at grid.org can help you out.
Grids are the distributed Mainframe like power houses of our time.
If the same power could be harnessed from all of the cpus sitting mostly idle in large companies, just imagine what we could achieve.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1130035595472053542005-10-22T22:46:00.000-04:002005-10-22T22:46:35.533-04:00Seth Godin is a famous name in Internet Marketing and SMB advice.
The Big Moo book and its list of authors is a useful list of online marketing ideas and wisdom.
I'm tempted to copy the whole list here to preserve it but I'm pretty sure that as long as the Internet is here Seth Godin will be on it.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1129646101406690202005-10-18T10:31:00.000-04:002005-10-18T10:35:01.413-04:00Here is a well done site that follows the development of the Apple IPod.Church of the IPod is a great example of niche marketing. It aggregates news and product announcements from around the world monetizes with Google, and Amazon advertising.When you read it you'll say, "Why didn't I think of that?". The layout should also be very acceptable to the search engines as well.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1128862317611010942005-10-09T08:51:00.000-04:002005-10-09T09:03:49.066-04:00Everything is technology related when you can find it on the internet.Here is a site that offers legal documents for most scenarios like Buying a house, letters of incorporation, reserving a corporation name, joint venture agreements, promissary notes and similar legal documents. I've found that most legal documents just need to look legal. Most of them have already been written and you just Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1128027214102603952005-09-29T16:53:00.000-04:002005-09-30T04:37:01.013-04:00Well Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 was going just fine until I tried to add a Web Reference and then I got a dialog with the following error:some of the files required for web references are not installedI found an uninstall utility at highlighted link.Hope the link above helps you the way it helps me.They strongly recommend uninstalling/reinstalling the whole thing.After that a visit to the downloadAriusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1127772036066467512005-09-26T18:00:00.000-04:002005-09-27T00:13:02.803-04:00So the next version of Windows is Windows Vista formerly aka Longhorn.Not sure what the ETA is (betas are out) probably early next year at this rate, but the promises for the end user experience are breath taking.For example:Windows Vista boots up in 2 to 3 seconds(runs setup scripts in the background so you can work right away.) Wow its about time.Performance will vary based on hardrive I'm Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1127508708734018382005-09-23T16:51:00.000-04:002005-09-23T16:51:48.766-04:00Every now and then you come across a jewel.
If you are in search of concentrated knowledge on a wide range of subjects be it:
Business
Health and fitness
Internet and Online Businesses
Self Improvement
and a raft of other subjects then check out:
ezine articles
You'll find your valuable online surf time well spent.
Enjoy.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1126805008400429972005-09-15T13:23:00.000-04:002005-09-15T13:23:28.406-04:00If you need to find a blog for any subject be sure to use:
Google Blog Search.
Definately useful.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1125327451924577542005-08-29T10:57:00.000-04:002005-08-29T11:05:28.216-04:00If you've played with Microsoft dot net in the past and even if you haven't; visit:Visual Basic Express Edition BetaYou should definately give this a try.It installs easily. Actually I needed 2 tries thanks to another install I was running at the same time on the first try.There are some really nice improvements over the Visual Studio .net 2003 version such as: Way better visual editing for Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1125179132496358962005-08-27T17:45:00.000-04:002005-08-27T17:45:32.503-04:00So closely related to the ENV bike is the core
Intelligent Energy supplier.
We really need to break our dependency on fossil fuels or at least use it more efficient.
I'm convinced that one day we will.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1125145003390726152005-08-27T08:16:00.000-04:002005-08-27T08:44:42.406-04:00You might be wondering if I'm still keeping up with this blog by now.Well I've been busy with the entrails of the beast called making a living.Anyway a truly hope inspiring invention has compelled me to make mention of it.Better than the Segway formally known as Ginger comes the env bike.It looks more like a vehicle.People who commute will appreciate the form factor as being more road worthy and Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1121791540521401582005-07-19T12:44:00.000-04:002005-07-19T12:45:40.526-04:00Every technophile should read about:Buckminister FullerAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1119039057686081372005-06-17T16:10:00.000-04:002005-06-17T16:10:57.716-04:00Launching a web browser from a java application has been a challenge for a long time.
Here are some possible solutions:
jdic: JDIC - JDesktop Integration Components
com.Ostermiller.utilAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1118400539776759002005-06-10T06:48:00.000-04:002005-06-10T06:51:15.156-04:00sitemap.xml.gz Generator for use with GoogleUser name: guestPassword: guestProvides a java webstart application to generate a sitemap.xml.gz file for any site on any operating system with no changes to the host server.This would be useful with Google's new Sitemap standardGive it a try.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1109025651416197162005-02-21T17:40:00.000-05:002005-02-21T17:40:51.416-05:00Interesting info about disabling Googles AutoLink feature if you should need it: Google's new toolbarAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1108913232026544342005-02-20T10:27:00.001-05:002005-02-20T10:27:12.026-05:00So your working with Visual Studio.net 2003 and you are happily adding Windows Forms and third party custom controls libraries to your project and building and rebuilding and testing.
You feel exhilarated like you've never been so productive and able to produce beautiful looking software so effortlessly; and then you get to a point where you start getting the following error message:
"is eitherAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1102443069313293142004-12-07T13:11:00.000-05:002004-12-07T13:45:13.593-05:00I love computer generated music. I love midi and sampling. One of my best finds in a long time is http://ww.magix.net:
MAGIX music studio sequencing software
They also have a great community area where their customers can contribute their musical art for review by their peers. It's a great showcase for what the product can do in the right hands.
You can listen live to their community based Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1101929909588648292004-12-01T14:38:00.000-05:002004-12-01T14:38:29.586-05:00Not really Tech Related (but on second thought isn't everything on the web tech related?) Here is a web site I wish we had made cause at RTI we love soundtracks! scorereviews.com soundtrack reviewsAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1101399078291673892004-11-25T11:11:00.000-05:002004-12-01T14:54:13.073-05:00If you ever need to look up a port assignment value: List of standard ports used by standard software
Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1100889752046187912004-11-19T13:42:00.000-05:002004-11-19T13:42:32.046-05:00Here is a useful list of all of the UIDefault keys for Swing:
How to change System colors of swing?Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1100886378700370872004-11-19T12:46:00.000-05:002004-11-19T12:46:18.700-05:00Location Free TV:
SONY'S LOCATION FREE PORTABLE BROADBAND TV This is a really neat idea! I wonder if you can get this to work with a laptop? I suppose it is just a matter of time.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1100544340210552302004-11-15T13:45:00.000-05:002004-11-15T13:45:40.210-05:00Care and feeding of the Windows NT Registry: How to Maintain Current Registry Backups in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1098316754903092972004-10-20T19:59:00.000-04:002004-10-20T19:59:14.903-04:00This GUI library could come in handy for our next project.
Infragistics JSuiteAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1098297365486180532004-10-20T14:36:00.000-04:002004-10-20T14:36:05.486-04:00Here is a TOC of a good book on the Modern software development process.
Software Development - Table Of ContentsAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1096188590266683182004-09-26T04:49:00.000-04:002004-09-26T04:49:50.266-04:00A good guide to FTP from Windows DOS batch mode. Microsoft Windows Command-Line FTP Command List
Definitely convenient even if it is not so secure.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1094305220603834292004-09-04T09:40:00.000-04:002004-09-04T09:40:20.603-04:00So Google IPO'ed in August 2004. What should they spend their R & D money on?
How about:
Google Goggles
Just for laughs.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1085276889279179382004-05-22T21:48:00.000-04:002004-05-22T21:48:09.280-04:00A great site for comparing cell phone options: CompareCellular.com - Nokia 3595. I'm still worried about those SARS ratings though.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1085073089966462922004-05-20T13:11:00.000-04:002004-05-20T13:11:29.966-04:00It's possible to search the text in Flash files indexed by Google; for example all the Flash files with the word antiques in them can be found by :
Google Search: antiques filetype:swf links: "antiques filetype:swf links "Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1083680109354276032004-05-04T10:15:00.000-04:002004-05-04T10:17:52.326-04:00Bitsum Technologies Home If you ever need to compress a windows exe for internet delivery,use PECompact found at the above link.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-107705496550701822004-02-17T16:56:00.000-05:002004-02-17T16:58:00.093-05:00Here was a useful article I found on how to do a find and replace on SQL Server Text fields: Microsoft SQL Server - Search and Replace in a TEXT column - SQLTeam.com:
Here is the useful bit of SQL in question:
"declare @otxt varchar(1000)
set @otxt = 'ExistingText'
declare curs cursor local fast_forward
for
select
id,
textptr(TargetField),
charindex(@otxt, TargetField)-1
from
Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1076695411856361092004-02-13T13:03:00.000-05:002004-02-13T13:05:22.153-05:00An interesting site with theory proposed by it's author for the explaination of everything Grand Unification & Time - WelcomeAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1074626253649881672004-01-20T14:17:00.000-05:002004-01-20T14:18:59.750-05:00A site that makes life easier for programmers. One day computers will probably write their own software all by themselves but for now, this site lists tools and libraries that helps programmers to write more code faster by generating some of it from the things they need to interact with like Databases via meta data. Code Generation NetworkAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1074608020436275652004-01-20T09:13:00.000-05:002004-01-20T09:15:06.390-05:00A Mars rover simulator. Maestro Headquarters Other interesting news is that Java is used for the software development of the Mars Rover. Spirit. Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1072815698869979162003-12-30T15:21:00.000-05:002003-12-30T15:22:44.216-05:00I may be late to this one but DLP TV looks very cool. Check out: DLP TV Showcase - Your Ultimate Resource for DLP TVsAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1072412656097362632003-12-25T23:24:00.000-05:002003-12-25T23:25:16.793-05:00Google's Patent for identifying duplicate pages: United States Patent: 6,658,423Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1071437400630613632003-12-14T16:30:00.000-05:002003-12-14T16:33:19.810-05:00Here is a search engine tool with a programmatic interface for more powerful, relevant searches. Knowledge management, data mining and information mapping with Grokker. I wonder what the future holds for this?Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1070483137024022682003-12-03T15:25:00.000-05:002003-12-03T15:56:37.343-05:00Stealing personal financial information is on the rise. The medium is sophisticated email (hence phishing) asking for your sensitive information. This works because the emails use the graphics, text and language that is close to that of the authentic site. Use the following site to learn how to protect yourself or to research a suspicious email that may come your way. Anti-Phishing.org - Stop Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1070122799284963872003-11-29T11:19:00.000-05:002003-11-29T11:20:33.890-05:00Should you protect your intellectual property? Here is an insider's point of view. ongoing · Software Patents from the InsideAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1069957285738629992003-11-27T13:21:00.000-05:002003-12-03T15:57:27.293-05:00Wow! a treasure trove of IT Security bulletins and other bad news! SecuriTeam.com ™ (Main Page)Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1069788012149475502003-11-25T14:20:00.000-05:002003-12-03T15:57:44.186-05:00Here is some useful information about m commerce. Mobile electronic Transactions - DocumentsAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1069702334934230802003-11-24T14:32:00.000-05:002003-11-24T14:32:44.513-05:00Another useful find: Java: Sorting Arrays. Saved for future reference.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1068372438657068882003-11-09T05:07:00.000-05:002003-11-09T05:07:16.663-05:00All about Google. Google WeblogAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1068368939966489892003-11-09T04:08:00.000-05:002003-11-09T04:08:57.956-05:00Port 25 blocked by ISP solution at Port 25 BlockingAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1067881579645444852003-11-03T12:46:00.000-05:002003-11-03T12:46:17.803-05:00Technology to help people overcome paralysis. Cyberkinetics, Inc.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1065813962692950132003-10-10T15:26:00.000-04:002003-10-10T15:26:02.550-04:00Here is a really great code sigining utility: KeyTool GUI Downloads. It really made my day to day. I hate keytool! Now I don't have to use that lousy CLI.
Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1065581158500810322003-10-07T22:45:00.000-04:002003-10-07T22:45:58.006-04:00A neat article about how GOOGLE does its thing: ITBusiness.caAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1064667421548601452003-09-27T08:57:00.000-04:002003-09-27T08:57:00.896-04:00A great resource for expert tips in Java Programming: Core Java Technologies Tech TipsAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1064200442586378672003-09-21T23:14:00.000-04:002003-09-21T23:14:02.520-04:00Science tries to educate us on our origins. Science can be contradictory. Here is a site that contradicts human evolutionary thinking. Michael Cremo and Forbidden Archeology Web PageAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1064106070080827302003-09-20T21:01:00.000-04:002003-09-20T21:01:10.200-04:00I always wanted to know what Laser stood for: CBC News: Physicists devise simpler laser: "Laser is an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, which describes how it works."Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1064092779675914552003-09-20T17:19:00.000-04:002003-09-20T17:19:39.636-04:00Here is an interesting find with links of interest to Computer Scientist. Fotis Fotopoulos Personal Home Page Some students of Fotis were indeed privileged! I wonder what his class grads are up to.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1063483106364870432003-09-13T15:58:00.000-04:002003-09-13T15:58:26.240-04:00Here is an interesting find of a speech by Carly Fiorina of HP (One of my favourite companies) Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis: Policymaking in an Internet Age: "Broadband is undeniably one thread of continuity that will be woven through education as the access to learning … in the reinvention of business, as the enabler of new commerce … on the global stage as the platform over which information Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1063301176182847702003-09-11T13:26:00.000-04:002003-09-11T13:26:16.140-04:00Here is an interesting article: CBC News: Black hole produces 'lowest note known in universe'
Technology is key to our understanding of the universe. Science applied in the pursuit of truth, is an enduring interest for me.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1062168058533247722003-08-29T10:40:00.000-04:002003-08-29T10:43:01.640-04:00This link: Forums - What are some of the UIManager keys for changing the java look and feel? is also related to Java Swing Look and Feel issues. I'm sure it will be a useful resource in the future. In case this link goes dead though, I'll lift the code example supplied. Full credit for it goes to Alex Burton of http://www.e-plus.com.au
public static void outputUIDefaults() {
// testing Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1062125420412353382003-08-28T22:50:00.000-04:002003-08-29T10:44:56.800-04:00Here is an article on the Wired Site that impressed me today: Wired 11.08: The Super Power IssueBeing Invisible Just imagine what we could do with that. I guess Hollow Man (with Kevin Bacon & Elisabeth Shue) is a possible scenario. Power in the wrong persons hands is just a prelude to tragedy. Just imagine what the criminal element will do with it. I guess it will also be in every persons Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1062100899362133092003-08-28T16:01:00.000-04:002003-08-28T16:01:39.276-04:00This resource is valuable too:
Pluggable look And Feel Reference: Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1062100101039355972003-08-28T15:48:00.000-04:002003-08-28T15:48:20.950-04:00Here was a link that helped me solve a big problem of how to change the background colour and other properties for a JOptionPane in Swing. Here it is for future reference: Pluggable look And Feel:
The code looked something like:
UIManager.put("OptionPane.background", new javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource(cBack));
UIManager.put("Panel.background", new javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource(Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1062031303191020722003-08-27T20:41:00.000-04:002003-08-28T09:30:23.496-04:00Here is a really cool software product: clever cactus! written in Java and JFC aka Swing. It is very similar to MS Outlook and supports Blogging too.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1061999002795867652003-08-27T11:43:00.000-04:002003-08-27T11:43:22.763-04:00If you are tracking Linux and you should be, here is a link that will help you keep up with Linux distributions: DistroWatch.
If you want to use MS Office on your Linux machine then checkout: codeweavers.com. They can make it happen.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1061921990514385802003-08-26T14:19:00.000-04:002003-08-26T14:19:50.506-04:00This link also came in handy for a review of certain JDBC arcana: JDBC CallableStatementAriusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1061909755678251382003-08-26T10:55:00.000-04:002003-08-26T11:03:19.430-04:00This link How SQL Server stores passwords proved to be useful today. So did its brother.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1061234757797334172003-08-18T15:25:00.000-04:002003-08-18T15:28:02.166-04:00Wow! here is a useful link with a bonanza of links to yet even more links:
Canadiana -- The Canadian Resource Page
Did I mention that I am an information junkie. Google says that they reference over 3 Billion pages. The only way to see all those web pages in one life time is to build a faster web browser. I'm already working on it. In the mean time Opera is pretty good. Try this math:
Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1061216871505563942003-08-18T10:27:00.000-04:002003-08-18T10:44:11.000-04:00Dear Reader.
I'm working from home today. Technology is serving me well today. I was actually on my train for the trip to work but decided that I was still too contagious to go to work physically.
I'm still monitoring the 2003 Black Out aftermath via:
CFRB NEWSTALK 1010. They are Canada's premier AM radio station with the largest listening audience.
You can listen live at: http://rd1.Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694009.post-1061177101281128082003-08-17T23:25:00.000-04:002005-10-18T11:34:18.813-04:00Hello Reader.My name is Rob Reid. I've been intrigued by computers since 1982. I had 2 Texas Instruments TI 99/4As back then. I even got the Expansion Box so I could put Memory Expansion cards into it. I was one of the few people I knew with a 48K system. I programmed in TI Basic and TI 99/4A assembler. I always wanted to write video games and had started a few projects but life always conspired Ariusnoreply@blogger.com0