Date: 04/08/06     Keywords: no keywords

This is a short guide based on my personal experience. I infrequently pull all-nighters these days as they do not make a pleasant next-day experience. However when I do, I have found few things which helped me pull numerous all-nighters successfully and also with least amount of hangover the following day. First and foremost you need to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-pull-an-all-nighter-comfortably/

Date: 04/08/06     Keywords: php, java, linux

Perceived leaders of all three principal open source stacks (LAMP, J2EE and .NET) on Linux debated the merits of their respective platforms at LinuxWorld 2006 in Boston. My humble annotations are in square bracket. "Java is great, PHP sucks and .NET can't scale." [Short and sweet.] – Shaun Connoly JBoss's vice president of product development. "LAMP is the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/interesting-quotes-from-j2ee-vs-lamp-vs-net-faceoff-at-linuxworld-2006/

Date: 04/08/06     Keywords: software, crm

While reading about ecosystems, I found an uncanny similarity with (and gained insight into) software industry ecosystems. Like any other ecosystem, the Software industry ecosystem is in constant flux, with inherent forces that push it toward a stable state that includes niches that are well-defined and sensible with respect to applications. CRM or ERP software [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/software-industry-ecosystem/

Date: 04/07/06     Keywords: spam

Akismet is WordPress hosted spam filter from Matt M. I have been using it for about a week now. In this time I have seen 1-2 false positives and 2-3 false negatives. However considering the amount of spam I get, I think it does a pretty good job. I have also thought of using Bad Behavior on [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/akismet-is-good/

Date: 04/06/06     Keywords: web, linux

In an interesting press release IBM announced today that Olympus America Inc., a precision company that designs and delivers solutions in healthcare and consumer electronics worldwide, has increased the performance of its Web services three times by supplementing its current environment with Linux on IBM's "all-in-one" System i business computing solution. I am not surprised. Olympus [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/j2ee-performance-improvement-3x-on-linux/

Date: 04/06/06     Keywords: no keywords

I have often wondered what is a true blog. Lets find out. I have read definitions like it should contain a calendar and / or it should be updated regularly and / or entries should be dated. Let's look at them in details. This blog doesn't have a calendar. Does it prevent it from being a blog? [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-is-a-blog/

Date: 04/05/06     Keywords: php, java, web

An interesting chart comparing available jobs for these four popular languages - java, php, python and ruby. All of them are extensively used for web application development. Does it prove anything? You be the judge.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-versus-php-versus-python-versus-ruby-job-comparison/

Date: 04/05/06     Keywords: no keywords

These should lighten up your day. It did for me. May be NSFW (borderline). How to save your job? Are you lonely? Inter-office email Understand your yearly performance reviews Organizational structure Lesson in resource management Waiting for bonus How to save your job? Are you lonely? Inter-office email Understand your yearly performance reviews Organizational structure Lesson in resource management Waiting for bonus How to save your job? Are you lonely? Inter-office email Understand [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/corporate-culture-in-pictures-funny/

Date: 04/04/06     Keywords: java

Complete and submit a form ( permission to enroll you in the Sun Developer Network (SDN) ) to receive free NetBeans worldTour CD that includes the NetBeans IDE 5.0 , NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0, NetBeans Profiler 5.0 and Sun Java System Application Server 8.2 Platform Edition. The NetBeans worldTour CD will be published and updated as [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-cd-with-netbeans-ide-50-netbeans-mobility-pack-50-netbeans-profiler-50-and-sun-java-system-application-server-82-platform-edition/

Date: 04/04/06     Keywords: java

Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE, formerly referred to as J2EE) Version 5 has arrived. Its streamlined features offer added convenience, improved performance, and reduced development time, all of which enable developers to bring products to market faster. In short this is how J2EE should have been from start. Java EE specification lead Bill Shannon, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-ee-5-is-not-your-fathers-j2ee/

Date: 04/03/06     Keywords: virus

We surely do live in interesting times. World famous ecologist Dr. Eric Pianka proposes to eliminate 90% of human population with airborne ebola virus. You may be interested to know that ebola victims die a slow and torturous death as the virus initiates a cascade of biological calamities inside the victim that eventually liquefy [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/scientist-proposes-to-eliminate-90-human-population-receives-a-plaque-and-standing-ovation-meet-dr-doom/

Date: 04/01/06     Keywords: java

In a significant (read earth shattering for Java community worldwide) move Sun has announced their decision to open source Java technologies. The JCP will be disbanded in favor of open source bazaar model. Sun indicated their continued love and affection towards open source movement. They stated open sourcing Java was the last mental block they faced, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-open-sources-java/

Date: 03/28/06     Keywords: database, java

Previously I had provided the gist of how to access MS Access database from JDBC using JDBC-ODBC bridge. Today I will elaborate on that and provide you with two sample classes. The first - AccessJDBCUtil.java defines a method which provides you with a connection to the ms access database. The second - AccessJDBCTest.java uses the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/access-microsoft-access-database-from-java-using-jdbc-odbc-bridge-sample-code/

Date: 03/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

I don't hear anymore about the trial lawyer who was "accidedntally" shot by V.P. Mr. Dick Cheney. The last I heard was that the 78 year lawyer suffered a "minor" heart attack after being "peppered pretty good" by Dick Cheney. Do you know?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/what-happened-to-lawyer-whittington-who-was-bagged-by-cheney/

Date: 03/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

Ruby and ROR fanatics have adopted a highly annoying habit of luring hapless readers with highly provocative titles like "Ruby is not ready for production. Definitive proof". Let's really look at the reason why Ruby and ROR really sucks. When you visit these bait articles you are flooded with inane logic and ridiculous ridicules which tries [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-ruby-and-ror-sucks/

Date: 03/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

In a vicious twist of standard DDOS attacks, now attackers are using the DNS servers to do their dirty work. They send requests to DNS server with a spoofed reply address pointing to the victim's machine. This helps to easily mask the attack. Also the size of DNS response can be several times larger tha the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/dns-servers-leveraged-for-ddos-attacks/

Date: 03/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

An excellent book from Sun Microsystems available for free online. You can read it here. Personally I learnt how to make icons and it has helped me to delve into the mystical world of graphic designing. Highly recommended.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/java-look-and-feel-design-guidelines-free-book/

Date: 03/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

According to latest news flash scientists have found mice testicles can yield embryonic stem cell like cells. A team in Germany has successfully grown mouse ESC-like cells from spermatagonial stem cells which normally turn into sperm. The ESC-like cells can be grown into all tissues of the mouse body, suggesting that if the same could be [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mice-testicles-provides-ethical-stem-cells-for-ethicists-only/

Date: 03/23/06     Keywords: no keywords

Yet another tale of panic over outsourcing. In case you've been worrying about how the war in Iraq will end, or the coming of avian flu, or the extinction of the universe as we drift into the cosmic void, well, relax. Here's something you should really fret about: the future of the U.S. economy in [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/more-panic-on-outsourcing/

Date: 03/23/06     Keywords: software

Overview This is a detailed project proposal along with software system architecture which will give you a clear understanding of the hardware requirements and software design required to automate temperature tracking in Hospitals and other buildings. This shows a highly scalable, low-cost architecture using low-cost temperature sensors from Dallas Semiconductor. Motivation Temperature automation enables: Maintenance of optimum temperature thereby [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-develop-automated-temparature-tracking-for-hospitals-and-buildings-hardware-and-software/