I’m a netflix subscriber. Recently got an email about a class-action lawsuit against netflix. They are in settlement talks. Here is the breakdown of the settlement: Netflix has agreed to change it...

Looks like ActiveMQ 5.6 is out. Includes stomp updates. http://www.nighttale.net/activemq/activemq-560-and-other-news.html

New app ‘framework’ for making websites. Meteor (via meteor.com) Checking it out…

After reading a post about what not to test, discussed with a friend about how to determine where you need complete code coverage, and where you don’t. Resulting idea is that the more complex the c...

When I was about four, I started banjo lessons at the old town school of folk music in Chicago. I ended them when I was around 8. I grew up with a lot of really good musicians around. From Wendy Wa...

When turning code-coverage on for my grails app, I suddenly started getting an error when cobertura was instrumenting my classes; unable to read zip file. Found someone with similar issues here, bu...

Right now I’m trying to get my son’s gmail account re-enabled, with no such luck. Google’s attempt at COPPA compliance/mitigation is not impacted by parental agreement. But in attempts to figure ou...

Some of you know that I’m kinda a music nut. I have a fairly eclectic music collection and love to hear it all the time. Years ago I converted my albums to FLAC and MP3, bought Cowon audiophile dev...

Just updated the grails plugin for Cassandra to be compatible with Cassandra 0.7. Remember folks, this isn’t a GORM module.

As of now Android is my only smartphone operating system. WebOS is dead to me. Why you ask? Because now you can get Mario running around as a live wallpaper for Android. Unless WebOS starts using T...