bob mcwhirter tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2010-01-15:/people/bob//47 2009-12-11T22:43:05Z Movable Type 5.01 Where's Bob's Blog? tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.918 2004-12-09T18:41:40Z 2009-12-11T22:43:05Z So, I haven't been blogging here in quite a while. Now that the cat's been let out of the bag, I've actually been blogging over at OpenXource, a new venture I've started to address the growing needs of corporations releasing opensource and participating in open communities as more than simply users.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ So, I haven't been blogging here in quite a while. Now that the cat's been let out of the bag, I've actually been blogging over at OpenXource, a new venture I've started to address the growing needs of corporations releasing opensource and participating in open communities as more than simply users.

]]> MUA and Acts of God tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.832 2004-09-08T05:58:12Z 2009-12-11T22:42:58Z So, the act of God known as Frances has caused me to change MUAs. I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool Pine 3.96 user, but the sysadmin upgraded, and I had to adapt to Pine 4.x. Then, Frances rolled through, and the machine that is the MX for werken.com (where I .forwarded everything) lost power for most of the day. So, I removed my .forward on the codehaus.org box, did an apt-get for Pine, and discovered that it doesn't support DJB's Maildir stuff which we use at the haus. So, I've now fired up and am trying to learn Mutt (meaning that I'm un-learning a decade of Pine keystrokes). This is also a subtle reminder that it's still polite to send plaintext email wrapped at 72 columns. Also, it's not much fun climbing upon your 80-year-old house in the driving rain to tie a tarp over the roof the previous owners described as having "no leaks". Sure, depending on the definition of "no".... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ So, the act of God known as Frances has caused me to change MUAs. I used to be a dyed-in-the-wool Pine 3.96 user, but the sysadmin upgraded, and I had to adapt to Pine 4.x. Then, Frances rolled through, and the machine that is the MX for werken.com (where I .forwarded everything) lost power for most of the day. So, I removed my .forward on the codehaus.org box, did an apt-get for Pine, and discovered that it doesn't support DJB's Maildir stuff which we use at the haus. So, I've now fired up and am trying to learn Mutt (meaning that I'm un-learning a decade of Pine keystrokes). This is also a subtle reminder that it's still polite to send plaintext email wrapped at 72 columns.

Also, it's not much fun climbing upon your 80-year-old house in the driving rain to tie a tarp over the roof the previous owners described as having "no leaks". Sure, depending on the definition of "no".

]]> Theft! tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.828 2004-09-03T04:00:41Z 2009-12-11T22:42:58Z i-neighbors has popped up as the next social community meme. Nice logo. Looks somewhat familiar...... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ i-neighbors has popped up as the next social community meme. Nice logo.

Looks somewhat familiar...

]]> Drools, not dead. tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.802 2004-07-29T06:55:21Z 2009-12-11T22:42:57Z While surfing around to find stuff to put on the publications page of the new and improved Drools website, I kept tripping across comments from folks who thought Drools was dead and who complained about its lack of documentation. So I figured it was time to make some noise again. Drools is decidedly not dead. Rapid progress is being made towards a 2.0-final release, including 100% JSR-94 compliance. Thanks to Alex, Andy, Doug, Mark and others I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention, documentation and examples have all been massively improved. So, if you haven't been by lately, I suggest dropping by the site and checking it out again.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ While surfing around to find stuff to put on the publications page of the new and improved Drools website, I kept tripping across comments from folks who thought Drools was dead and who complained about its lack of documentation. So I figured it was time to make some noise again. Drools is decidedly not dead. Rapid progress is being made towards a 2.0-final release, including 100% JSR-94 compliance. Thanks to Alex, Andy, Doug, Mark and others I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention, documentation and examples have all been massively improved. So, if you haven't been by lately, I suggest dropping by the site and checking it out again.

]]> Janino Rocks My Socks tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.796 2004-07-22T04:57:41Z 2009-12-11T22:42:57Z We just replaced BeanShell with Janino in Drools. It's an order of magnitude faster, and simply rocks. Janino is a compiler that reads a JavaTM expression, block, class body, source file or a set of source files, and generates JavaTM bytecode that is loaded and executed directly. Janino is not intended to be a development tool, but an embedded compiler for run-time compilation purposes, e.g. expression evaluators or "server pages" engines like JSP.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ We just replaced BeanShell with Janino in Drools. It's an order of magnitude faster, and simply rocks.

Janino is a compiler that reads a JavaTM expression, block, class body, source file or a set of source files, and generates JavaTM bytecode that is loaded and executed directly. Janino is not intended to be a development tool, but an embedded compiler for run-time compilation purposes, e.g. expression evaluators or "server pages" engines like JSP.
]]> Anti-Spam Idiots tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.788 2004-07-15T01:03:25Z 2009-12-11T22:42:57Z 0Spam.com - A Virtually 100% Effective Free Anti Spam Service is a complete piece of crap. Nope, I don't use'em. I'm just abused by them. One of the many worms out there is sending its crap and spoofing the From with my email address. We all know it happens, right? Well, these idiots don't bother to check to see if it's bogus email, instead, they send an automatic verification email to me, for me to prove that I really sent the mail. 30 times. For the same recipient. Of course, they provide no way to anti-verify it. So, I continue to get assloads of their verification mails in my inbox. Helping to solve the spam problem? Not from my perspective. update Just received a reply to my complaint... OK, your address is now blocked. You could have setup filters in your mail client to block us as well. Doesn't that seem like an odd response to someone providing services to keep your inbox clean? Not even an opt-out response, but more of a "just delete'em" response. Yep, idiots.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ 0Spam.com - A Virtually 100% Effective Free Anti Spam Service is a complete piece of crap. Nope, I don't use'em. I'm just abused by them.

One of the many worms out there is sending its crap and spoofing the From with my email address. We all know it happens, right? Well, these idiots don't bother to check to see if it's bogus email, instead, they send an automatic verification email to me, for me to prove that I really sent the mail. 30 times. For the same recipient. Of course, they provide no way to anti-verify it. So, I continue to get assloads of their verification mails in my inbox. Helping to solve the spam problem? Not from my perspective.

update

Just received a reply to my complaint...

OK, your address is now blocked. You could have setup filters in your mail client to block us as well.

Doesn't that seem like an odd response to someone providing services to keep your inbox clean? Not even an opt-out response, but more of a "just delete'em" response. Yep, idiots.

]]> Open Source Code Coverage Tool tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.742 2004-05-26T22:51:34Z 2009-12-11T22:42:54Z EMMA: a free Java code coverage tool A Coverage Tool for Java Developers, Written By a Java Developer Code coverage for free: a basic freedom? Until recently, the world of Java development had been plagued by an absurd discrepancy: Java developers had excellent free IDEs, free compilers, free test frameworks but had to rely on code coverage tools that charged an arm and a leg in license fees. As a Java pro, I would like to use the same free coverage tool regardless of whether it is a massive commercial project at work or a small fun project at home. I've created EMMA to be that tool.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ EMMA: a free Java code coverage tool

A Coverage Tool for Java Developers, Written By a Java Developer

Code coverage for free: a basic freedom? Until recently, the world of Java development had been plagued by an absurd discrepancy: Java developers had excellent free IDEs, free compilers, free test frameworks but had to rely on code coverage tools that charged an arm and a leg in license fees. As a Java pro, I would like to use the same free coverage tool regardless of whether it is a massive commercial project at work or a small fun project at home. I've created EMMA to be that tool.

]]> RIP: XMLhack tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.741 2004-05-26T22:46:37Z 2009-12-11T22:42:54Z xmlhack has been a useful resource, but it looks like Edd has had his fill and needs a break. That's all for now... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ xmlhack has been a useful resource, but it looks like Edd has had his fill and needs a break.

That's all for now
]]> BEA + Codehaus = Controlhaus tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.740 2004-05-26T20:33:47Z 2009-12-11T22:42:54Z A new venture, named Controlhaus, an effort with BEA, was announced The BEA WebLogic Workshop controls are immediately and freely available for download at http://www.dev2dev.com/controlpack.com. BEA is sponsoring an open source community to foster collaboration and further improvement on service controls. The community will be hosted at controlhaus, a sister site to popular open source community codehaus, at http://www.codehaus.org.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ A new venture, named Controlhaus, an effort with BEA, was announced

The BEA WebLogic Workshop controls are immediately and freely available for download at http://www.dev2dev.com/controlpack.com. BEA is sponsoring an open source community to foster collaboration and further improvement on service controls. The community will be hosted at controlhaus, a sister site to popular open source community codehaus, at http://www.codehaus.org.
]]> Name Dropping tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.737 2004-05-26T05:54:37Z 2009-12-11T22:42:54Z The eWorld conference seems to be going well-enough. I spent the day at the dev2dev booth handing out the new WeblogicPro magazine, along with toy cars with BEA logos on 'em. You can tell the tech industry is in a slump by the type of schwag everyone gives out. Had the distinct pleasure of meeting Cameron Purdy and Cliff Schmidt yet again, and Chris Fry, Alex Vasseur and Jonas Boner for the first time. I'm still in SF until early Friday, so if you're here and I don't know it, look me up.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ The eWorld conference seems to be going well-enough. I spent the day at the dev2dev booth handing out the new WeblogicPro magazine, along with toy cars with BEA logos on 'em. You can tell the tech industry is in a slump by the type of schwag everyone gives out.

Had the distinct pleasure of meeting Cameron Purdy and Cliff Schmidt yet again, and Chris Fry, Alex Vasseur and Jonas Boner for the first time.

I'm still in SF until early Friday, so if you're here and I don't know it, look me up.

]]> dom4j 1.5-beta-2 tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.712 2004-05-12T14:20:52Z 2009-12-11T22:42:53Z dom4j 1.5-beta-2 has been released. Maybe that'll inspire us to get a new Jaxen release out the door sooner rather than later.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ dom4j 1.5-beta-2 has been released. Maybe that'll inspire us to get a new Jaxen release out the door sooner rather than later.

]]> Happy Birthday Jason tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.710 2004-05-11T14:08:16Z 2009-12-11T22:42:53Z Jason van Zyl, the original guy behind Maven turned a robust 32 yesterday. Here's to hoping he continues to increase the ROI of his life.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ Jason van Zyl, the original guy behind Maven turned a robust 32 yesterday. Here's to hoping he continues to increase the ROI of his life.

]]> BEA eWorld tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.705 2004-05-07T16:21:43Z 2009-12-11T22:42:53Z I'll be at BEA eWorld 2004. You'll be able to find me at the dev2dev booth. Service-Oriented Architecture... It's the buzz in the world of enterprise software development and integration: Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA). And at BEA, we're all over it.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ I'll be at BEA eWorld 2004. You'll be able to find me at the dev2dev booth.

Service-Oriented Architecture...

It's the buzz in the world of enterprise software development and integration: Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA). And at BEA, we're all over it.

]]> Kicking and Screaming into the 90s tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.698 2004-05-04T15:02:38Z 2009-12-11T22:42:53Z Well, I finally came kicking and screaming into the 1990s by signing up for Yahoo! Messenger. I think I still prefer IRC, but apparently some folks prefer Yahoo and some organizations block port 6667. Strange, but true.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ Well, I finally came kicking and screaming into the 1990s by signing up for Yahoo! Messenger. I think I still prefer IRC, but apparently some folks prefer Yahoo and some organizations block port 6667. Strange, but true.

]]> XML is *not* always the answer... tag:blogs.codehaus.org,2004:/people/bob//47.677 2004-04-13T15:42:44Z 2009-12-11T22:42:51Z TeXML: an XML vocabulary for TeX just struck me as horribly wrong. TeXML is an XML vocabulary for TeX. A processor translates TeXML source into TeX.... bob http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/bob/ TeXML: an XML vocabulary for TeX just struck me as horribly wrong.

TeXML is an XML vocabulary for TeX. A processor translates TeXML source into TeX.
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